Revving Up Cross-Browser and Cross-Server Web Sites With the Microsoft AJAX Library

Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX is not just for Microsoft ASP.NET developers. The Microsoft AJAX Library also provides productivity benefits for developers who target other server frameworks. The speaker discusses the AJAX Library, a standalone collection of the standards-based JavaScript classes included in Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX). One explains how the AJAX Library is an excellent tool for building client-centric Web applications that integrate with almost any backend data provider. In this session, the speaker provides an overview of the client-side script library.