How To Setup ASP.NET AJAX - Our Focus in This Series

Focusing on behind-the-scene infrastructures. Learn how to build the infrastructure to add Personalization, Client Callable Web Services, Security and Profiling your Web Applications.

Video Transcription

As fun as it is, to play with ASP.NET AJAX controls and extenders to create which animation, that is not our main focus in this series. There are plenty of samples and videos on AJAX.ASP.NET that do a great job showing the playful animations and robust user interface components using a series of “How do I” videos. Our focus will be on the behind the scenes infrastructure. We will show you how you will build the infrastructure to add personalization, client call for web services, security and profiling to your web applications. And do not worry; along the way, we will be sure to pop in some playful AJAXy why features where they make sense. First, we will create a basic data bound application in classic ASP.NET 2.0, then while AJAX enables it with update panels and triggers, this will reduce the number of network chips and page of brushes. That way, we are not only gaining performance but we also improve the user experience. Next, we will experiment with the lightweight architecture for client-side callable web services. This have the added benefit of executing in parallel so you can make multiple calls to bring back your data. We will also use client callable web service methods to tap into the ASP.NET authentication and profiling engine. And of course, no AJAX tutorial would be complete without a little bit of fun with interactive controls. Once we build the backbone of our site, we will do some decorating with interesting ASP.NET AJAX extenders and behaviors. So let us see what the final product looks like.