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Microsoft® ASP.NET and AJAX: Architecting Web Applications: Architecting Web Applications (PRO-Developer)
 
 
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Microsoft® ASP.NET and AJAX: Architecting Web Applications: Architecting Web Applications (PRO-Developer) [Kindle Edition]

Dino Esposito (Author)
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Rethink the way you plan, design, and build Web applications—with expert guidance from Web development luminary Dino Esposito. Whether giving legacy sites a much-needed tune-up—or architecting rich Internet applications from the ground up—you’ll learn pragmatic approaches to AJAX development that you can employ today.

Discover how to:

  • Delve into the mechanics and design goals of partial rendering—such as improving page-refresh speed
  • Use AJAX-enabled server controls to bring desktop-like functionality to Web solutions
  • Apply design patterns to common Web development issues, including client-side data binding
  • Manipulate JavaScript more easily using the jQuery and Microsoft AJAX libraries
  • Examine the interoperability and security models in Microsoft Silverlight
  • Weigh the tradeoffs when architecting Web applications for richness (Silverlight) vs. reach (AJAX)—and deliver the right solution for your audience

About the Author

Dino Esposito is a well-known ASP.NET, AJAX, and Microsoft Silverlight® expert who has written or co-written several popular books, including Microsoft ASP.NET and Ajax: Architecting Web Applications and Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 4. He is a regular contributor to MSDN® Magazine and speaks at industry events such as DevConnections and Microsoft TechEd.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By John Nunn TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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Finally there is a book dedicated to the design of AJAX applications, too many books cover this subject with not real though in to the design and architecture of the solutions. Dino has managed to cover this very important subject in a clear and insightful manner. This book is full of clear examples of how to achieve a rich user experience as well as why, without compromising the robustness of the final solution. The approach is both pragmatic and understandable, providing clear guidance for the experienced developer. This is not an introduction to ASP.net or AJAX, rather a guide to best practices when using these great technologies together. By taking the reader back to first principles around how the scripting engine works and interacts with external services, this book provides a clear insight into the inner workings without becoming bogged down in technical intricacies.
The book is littered with numerous examples of design patterns that help to resolve a number of potential issues along with clear guidance on how to analyse issue to ensure the right pattern can be chosen. The last chapter of this book is dedicated to Rich Internet Applications using Silverlight, which is quite fitting as a number of the architectural issues facing Silverlight developers are the same as those facing AJAX developers and the majority of solutions described in this book can be applied to Silverlight apps just as easily as AJAX ones.
This book can be read in conjunction with, Microsoft® .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise (PRO-Developer), which provides a more detailed dialog on key design principles and how to apply these in the .net world.
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Just what I needed 10 Feb 2010
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I bought this book after using several methods to include Ajax in .NET web projects and still not being sure "whats best". Put simply this book told me exactly what I needed to know, at the level I required. Its not a download examples book, it just clearly explains in a straight forward way "probably to experienced .NET developers" the pro's and con's of several routes to Ajax functionality. I would recommend this book to any developer looking for an in depth look at how the technology "actually" works. Along with Microsoft.NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise from the same author, it helped make the jump to designing an Ajax application from the ground up, with confidence.
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Good current book, about to be outdated quickly 21 Jan 2010
By D. S. Cherry Jr. - Published on Amazon.com
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Dino is a well respected author and developer. I have read at least five of his books. They range from old school ADO.NET to architecting web applications for the enterprise (highly recommend that read). This book is well written and organized. The content is heavy on the front end as the title suggests. You will explore the kludgy innards of JavaScript. jQuery and many Ajax approaches are also considered. In addition, Dino puts his own personal spin on patterns and processes.

The book starts very well with a background in the Ajax surge. It then jumps into the client side, patterns, binding to the client and ends with RIA's. Overall this is solid and I recommend the read if not quick skimming after the fifth chapter.

However, .NET 4.0 is right around the corner. The client side bindings, more jQuery integration and updated Microsoft Ajax JavaScript libraries will change a lot of how this book approaches Ajax. Therefore, its an interim book for those not looking to move to 4.0 and live in at least the 3.5 world for the foreseeable future.

It delves into Silverlight a bit and. But has no mention of the ground swell of popularity that is ASP.NET MVC and its fairly elegant Ajax approach. One of the highlights is Dino's insight into the pros and cons of partial rendering vs. full scale asynchronous approaches. I have been on an enterprise application where we had to implement the former. He nailed the reasons why.

Read this book if you want a good background in current technologies that are changing at the speed of light. It won't be a gold source for later pick up and review though.
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Another great book from a prolific author 14 Dec 2009
By Umed Zokirov - Published on Amazon.com
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Most of the Ajax and JavaScript books focus on implementation and that's a good thing. However those books do not describe how Ajax fits within an architecture of an application. This books captures it succinctly. I also recommend author's other book "Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise"
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Not a HOW-TO but theory 9 Sep 2010
By Fazal Abbas - Published on Amazon.com
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If you are looking for a AJAX how-to book then this is not the book for you. You have to go through a lot of text to find the development material. Its all theory. Not a single program in its entirety but small functions in lot of text. This book detail about the history, need and architecture. Not for people looking for code samples.
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