It supports most
modern browsers, including Mozilla/Firefox, Safari, Opera, and, of course, Internet
Explorer. The Microsoft AJAX Library is covered in detail in Chapter 3.
Second are the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions, which provide a server development
platform that integrates AJAX and ASP.NET 2.0. Together, they provide a powerful programming
model that allows the development of AJAX functionality using the same
mechanism that is already in place for developing standard ASP.NET web applications.
This eliminates much of the tedious and burdensome scripting associated with the
development of AJAX applications today. Finally, it makes it very easy to AJAX-enable
your existing ASP.NET applications. The ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions are discussed in
detail in Chapter 4.
Figure 2-5. The ASP.NET AJAX architecture
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With the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions, the process of developing an AJAX application
is similar to what is done today to build an ASP.NET web forms application. Server controls
generate the HTML UI as well as the JavaScript functionality, and the AJAX-enabled
pages run within the browser by leveraging the AJAX Library.
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