Level of demand for ASP.Net Ajax for
developers
Ajax has been climbing steadily and is now only just outside
the SSL/Computer Weekly top 25.
Rates of pay for ASP.Net Ajax
Junior developers from £22k; senior developers £30-45k
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Is it technically difficult to learn ASP.Net
Ajax?
For server-side development, ASP.Net developers can build
simple Ajax applications, or add Ajax controls to their existing
applications, without leaving the drag-and-drop environment, and
without having to understand JavaScript or asynchronous
communication with the host. Client-side ASP.NET Ajax requires at
least a basic understanding of JavaScript/JScript.
Advantages of learning ASP.Net Ajax
Microsoft’s approach provides a lot of handholding for Ajax
beginners. The cross-browser client script libraries are integrated
with the ASP.NET server side Web application framework, and with
ASP.NET application services.
New ASP.Net Ajax developments
Preview ASP.Net Ajax 4.0 on
aspnet.
Industries and sectors ASP.Net Ajax used
in
Employers currently looking for ASP.Net with Ajax include an
investment bank, an online retailer, media and marketing services
companies, and many web design and software houses.
What systems does ASP.Net Ajax run on?
ASP.Net Ajax is supported by Visual Studio 2008, supplied as
part of ASP.NET 3.5, and can be downloaded for ASP.NET 2.0. It is
for Windows platforms only. However, the Client side Ajax Framework
is also shipped separately from ASP.Net as the Microsoft Ajax
Library, which can be used with other server-side technologies.
What's it for?
ASP.Net Ajax is Microsoft’s free framework for creating Ajax
(Asynchronous Javascript and XML) web applications. Ajax
applications can have the kind of rich user interfaces normally
associated with desktop applications. They are also more
responsive, because instead of reloading the whole page when the
user makes a change or a request, they exchange the minimum
possible data with the server while the application remains
available to the user.
Where did it originate?
ASP.Net Ajax began with the codename Atlas. It was released as a
separate download early in 2007, then included with .Net Framework
3.5, released at the same time as Visual Studio 2008