This book introduces a fast-track path to understanding Atlas, and how this technology can increase the power and functionality of your code while conserving time and effort. The book begins with a bare-bones introduction that explains how Atlas relates to Ajax.
Microsoft Atlas is a web-client framework that makes building Ajax-style applications easier. It provides a prewritten framework that gives you a structured environment in which to work. Atlas also provides you with an object model and standardized debugging to make development faster and simpler.
Ajax is a way of combining a number of Web technologies including JavaScript, dynamic HTML, and a feature known as XMLHttp (which reduces the need for client browsers to constantly reconnect to the server every time new information is downloaded). But at the moment, people developing with Ajax have to write their code from the ground up, which is complex and time consuming.
The book guides you through a series of practical examples that demonstrate the Atlas framework and available controls. After reading this book, youll be able to compile a seamless Atlas-based application of your own!
| Ch. 1 | Introducing Ajax | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Atlas : taking Ajax to the next level | 17 |
| Ch. 3 | Atlas : making client-side JavaScript easier | 33 |
| Ch. 4 | Introducing client controls in Atlas | 53 |
| Ch. 5 | Using client controls in Atlas | 77 |
| Ch. 6 | Introducing server controls in Atlas | 125 |
| Ch. 7 | Using server controls in Atlas | 165 |
| Ch. 8 | Data binding in Atlas | 197 |
| Ch. 9 | Using the AtlasUIGlitz library | 231 |
| Ch. 10 | Mapping with Atlas | 249 |
| Ch. 11 | Building a sample application with ASP.NET and Atlas | 269 |
Anonymous
Posted September 29, 2006
I purchased this book in late August '06. This is the worst technical book I have ever seen -- bar none. Out of date before it hit the street. Way, way too many errors. The author, on his blog site states that he wrote the book a year before Atlas was made generally available. So much has changed in the language particulars since then that is nearly impossible to proceed with the code he provides. Nor is there an active forum for confused or perplexed users. So why is this book even being offered or published? I have been around since VB 1 and have used/learned VB, VC++, C#, CSS, ASP.NET 2, and Javascript, all from books, so I speak with some experience. If you buy this book, you are throwing your money away.
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Overview
This book introduces a fast-track path to understanding Atlas, and how this technology can increase the power and functionality of your code while conserving time and effort. The book begins with a bare-bones introduction that explains how Atlas relates to Ajax.
Microsoft Atlas is a web-client framework that makes building Ajax-style applications easier. It provides a prewritten framework that gives you a structured environment in which to work. Atlas also provides you with an ...