Microsoft AJAX Library Essentials: Client-side ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Explained Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: AJAX and ASP.NET
• The Big Picture
• AJAX and Web 2.0
• Building Websites Since 1990
• HTTP and HTML
• ASP.NET and Other Server-Side Technologies
• JavaScript and Other Client-Side Technologies
• What's Missing?
• The World of AJAX
• What is AJAX Made Of?
• Uses and Misuses of AJAX
• Introducing ASP.NET AJAX
• Resources and Tools
• Setting Up Your Environment
• Installing IIS
• Installing Visual Web Developer
• Creating a Folder for Your Project
• Preparing the Atlas Application in Windows Vista
• Preparing the Atlas Web Application in Windows XP
• Hello World!
• Time for Action—Quickstart AJAX
• What Just Happened?

• Summary

• Chapter 2: AJAX Foundations
• JavaScript and the Document Object Model
• Time for Action—Playing with JavaScript and the DOM
• What Just Happened

• JavaScript Events and the DOM
• Time for Action—Using JavaScript Events and the DOM
• What Just Happened?

• Even More DOM
• Time for Action—Even More DOM
• What Just Happened?

• JavaScript, DOM, and CSS
• Time for Action—Working with CSS and JavaScript
• What Just Happened?

• The XMLHttpRequest Object
• Creating the XMLHttpRequest Object
• Initiating Server Requests
• Handling the Server Response
• Time for Action—Making Asynchronous Calls with XMLHttpRequest
• What Just Happened?

• Summary

• Chapter 3: Object-Oriented JavaScript
• Concepts of Object-Oriented Programming
• Objects and Classes
• Encapsulation
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Object-Oriented JavaScript
• JavaScript Functions
• Functions as Variables
• Anonymous Functions
• Inner Functions and JavaScript Closures
• JavaScript Classes
• Class Diagrams
• C# and JavaScript Classes
• Referencing External Functions
• Thinking of Objects as Associative Arrays
• Creating Object Members on the Fly
• Private Members
• Prototypes
• The JavaScript Execution Context
• var x, this.x, and x
• Using the Right Context
• Inheritance using Closures and Prototypes
• Inheritance Using Closures
• Inheritance Using Prototyping
• Introducing JSON
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Introducing the Microsoft AJAX Library
• Microsoft AJAX Library Components
• Asynchronous Communication
• Client Asynchronous Communication
• Server Asynchronous Communication
• Working with WebRequest
• Time for Action—WebRequest
• What Just Happened?

• More WebRequests
• Time for Action—More WebRequest
• What Just Happened?

• Summary

• Chapter 5: OOP with the Microsoft AJAX Library
• The New Features
• JavaScript Base Classes Extensions
• Time for Action: Bubble Sort and Base Classes Extensions
• What Just Happened?

• Classes in Microsoft AJAX Library
• The Type, Namespaces, and Events
• Time for Action—Creating and Using the Person Class
• What Just Happened?
• Inheritance
• Time for Action—Implementing Inheritance using Microsoft
• What Just Happened?
• AJAX Library
• Enumerations
• Interfaces
• Ti me for action—Inheritance and Interfaces
• What Just Happened?
• OOP Recommendations

• Summary

• Chapter 6: Creating Client Components
• DOM Elements and Events
• Components, Behaviors, and Controls
• Creating Components
• Disposing of Components
• Sys.Application and Client Page Life-Cycle Events
• The init Event
• The load Event
• The pageLoad() Method
• The pageUnload() Method
• The unload Event
• Behaviors
• Controls
• Quicksteps for Creating Custom Client Components
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Case Study: Timer and EnhancedTextBox
• The Timer Component
• The EnhancedTextBox Behavior
• Creating Timer and EnhancedTextBox
• Time for Action—Creating Custom Client Components
• What Just Happened?

• Using the Components
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Debugging Tools and Techniques
• AJAX Debugging Overview
• Debugging and Tracing with Microsoft AJAX Library
• MicrosoftAjax.debug.js
• Anonymous Functions vs. Pseudo-Named Functions
• Parameters Validation
• Debugging in Internet Explorer
• Web Development Helper
• Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
• Other tools
• Debugging in Firefox
• Firebug
• Venkman JavaScript Debugger
• Web Developer
• Fiddler
• Testing
• Summary

• Appendix A: Microsoft AJAX Library Reference
• Conventions
• Function Class
• emptyMethod() Method
• _validateParams() Method
• createDelegate() Method
• createCallback() Method
• Type Class

• JavaScript Base Type Extensions
• Array Class
• Boolean Class
• Date Class
• Error Class
• create() Method
• Number Class
• Object Class
• RegExp Class
• String Class

• Sys Namespace
• Sys.Application Class
• Sys.ApplicationLoadEventArgs Class
• Sys.Browser Class
• Sys.CancelEventArgs Class
• Sys.Component Class
• Sys.CultureInfo Class
• Sys.Debug Class
• Sys.EventArgs Class
• Sys.EventHandlerList Class
• Sys.IContainer Interface
• Sys.IDisposable Interface
• Sys.INotifyDisposing Interface
• Sys.INotifyPropertyChange Interface
• Sys.PropertyChangedEventArgs Class
• Sys.ScriptLoader Class
• Sys.ScriptLoaderTask Class
• Sys.StringBuilder Class

• Sys.UI Namespace
• Sys.UI.Behavior Class
• Sys.UI.Bounds Class
• Sys.UI.Control Class
• Sys.UI.DomElement Class
• getElementById() Method ($get)
• addCssClass() Method
• containsCssClass() Method
• removeCssClass() Method
• toggleCssClass() Method
• getLocation() Method
• getBounds() Method
• setLocation() Method
• Sys.UI.DomEvent Class
• Sys.UI.Key Class
• addHandler() Method ($addHandler)
• addHandlers() Method ($addHandlers)
• clearHandlers() Method ($clearHandlers)
• preventDefault() Method
• removeHandler() Method
• stopPropagation() Method
• Sys.UI.MouseButton Enumeration
• Sys.UI.Point Class
• Sys.UI.VisibilityMode Enumeration

• Sys.Net Namespace
• Sys.Net.NetworkRequestEventArgs Class
• Sys.Net.WebRequest Class
• Sys.Net.WebRequestExecutor Class
• Sys.Net.WebRequestManager Class
• Sys.Net.XmlHttpExecutor Class

• Sys.Serialization Namespace
• Sys.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer Class
• serialize() Method
• deserialize() Method

• Index