Contents tagged with Atlas
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Using ScriptManager with other frameworks
ScriptManager is a useful control. It manages script references, removes duplicates, enables localization and debug/release modes, enables script combining and makes client-side component-based development easier (components register their script dependencies with ScriptManager without the page developer having to know those dependencies). But one thing we should have anticipated was that this control would be interesting to developers who wish to use a different framework than the Microsoft Ajax Library.
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ASP.NET Ajax roadmap published
We just published our roadmap for ASP.NET Ajax.
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ASP.NET Ajax client-side templates and declarative markup article in MSDN Magazine
I wrote a short column in Dino Esposito's latest MSDN Magazine article to introduce two new features that we will ship with the next version of ASP.NET Ajax. The features will enable you to declaratively instantiate client-side components and to build data-driven HTML from simple templates.
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Ajax charting
Miljan from ComponentArt announces the 2008 release of their charting engine. It's a really interesting engine for Ajax developers because it has a full client-side object model. Check it out.
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Script reference profiler
ASP.NET Ajax 3.5 SP1 contains a new feature that enables the application developer to combine scripts in order to reduce the number of downloaded files. But in order to do that, the developer must have a way of discovering what scripts are being used in a page or application.
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Script combining screen cast
I recorded a 5 minute screencast that shows how to use the new script combining feature in ASP.NET Ajax 3.5 SP1:
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Late notice: speaking in Montreal tonight
I'll switch to French for this post as the talk will be in French.
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How to make UpdatePanel accessible
DotNetSlackers just published my article on how to make UpdatePanel accessible:
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A case for partial rendering
I've been seeing more and more authors lately dismissing partial rendering (a.k.a. UpdatePanel) as a poor man's version of Ajax, something you should only choose if you're too lazy to implement "true" Ajax.
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Getting absolute coordinates from a DOM element
For some reason, there is no standard API to get the pixel coordinates of a DOM element relative to the upper-left corner of the document. APIs only exist to get coordinates relative to the offset parent. Problem is, it's very important to get those coordinates for applications such as drag and drop, or whenever you need to compare coordinates of elements that may be in completely different parts of the document.