ASP.NET 4 AJAX and jQuery Using Visual Basic 2010, Part 1 of 5

Course description

AJAX is based on a collection of open and standards-based technologies that can give Web pages you build a responsiveness that rivals what you get in desktop applications. The course starts out with an exploration of the fundamentals of AJAX. Then you’ll go through a few of the more interesting features in JavaScript that will help you write code that runs in the browser. Next up is an introduction to the five server-side controls that you can use in a Web forms page to reduce the amount of data that has to move between client and server. Then you’ll explore some of the techniques you can use to create applications that give users a good experience with your Web application. Next you’ll look at the AJAX Control Toolkit, a collection of server-side controls and extenders that do a lot of the work that you used to have to write reams of JavaScript code to accomplish.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Prerequisites

This course assumes that you are familiar and experienced with Microsoft’s .NET Framework and ASP.NET development tools. You should be familiar with Web development and understand how HTTP and HTML work to produce Web pages for the user. You should have experience writing applications with ASP.NET 3.5, 4.0, or later Web forms, and be familiar with how ASP.NET processes page requests, and have strong experience with .NET Framework 3.5, 4.0, or later programming. You should have experience with Visual Studio 2008, 2010, or later for building Web application projects. Experience with building database applications using these tools will be helpful, although not strictly necessary. You should also have some experience with writing JavaScript.

Meet the expert

Don Kiely

Don Kiely is a featured instructor on many of our SQL Server and Visual Studio courses. He is a nationally recognized author, instructor, and consultant specializing in Microsoft technologies. Don has many years of teaching experience, is the author or co-author of several programming books, and has spoken at many industry conferences and user groups. In addition, Don is a consultant for a variety of companies that develop distributed applications for public and private organizations.

Video Runtime

145 Minutes

Time to complete

185 Minutes

Course Outline

Fundamentals

Fundamentals (44:57)

• Introduction (04:59)
• Solution is Ajax (02:12)
• XMLHttpRequest (01:55)
• Demo: XHR (13:48)
• Web From Processing (01:15)
• ASP.NET Page Processing (01:27)
• ASP.NET AJAX Processing (03:45)
• Ajax & Visual Studio (02:10)
• Debug and Explore Ajax (02:05)
• Demo: Postbacks (10:45)
• Summary (00:30)

Java Script (33:52)

• Introduction (01:00)
• JavaScript, the Language (02:11)
• Object Orentation (02:28)
• DHTML (00:45)
• getElementById() (00:57)
• Arrays (02:04)
• innerHTML Property (00:45)
• style Property (01:16)
• Multi-Browser Support (02:07)
• JavaScript Object Notation (01:40)
• JSON Rules (1) (00:57)
• JSON Rules (2) (01:34)
• JSON Rules (3) (01:03)
• Using JSON (01:23)
• JavaScript Objects (01:32)
• Enclosures (03:13)
• Prototype (03:25)
• Two Faces of ASP.NET AJAX (00:57)
• Server-Side AJAX (01:53)
• Client-Side AJAX (01:54)
• Summary (00:38)

Server Side Ajax

Server Side Ajax (28:12)

• Introduction (01:46)
• Ajax Server-Side Controls (01:39)
• ScriptManager (02:12)
• Demo: ScriptManager (03:38)
• Property Collections (02:20)
• ScriptReference (01:37)
• ServiceReference (00:56)
• Demo: Script Service (10:52)
• Debug Mode (02:40)
• Summary (00:27)

Update Panel (38:04)

• Introduction (01:01)
• UpdatePanel Default Behavior (06:02)
• Demo: UpdatePanel (10:43)
• Triggers (01:51)
• Demo: Async Trigger (03:39)
• Other Controls (00:25)
• ScriptManagerProxy (02:18)
• UpdateProgress (01:02)
• Demo: UpdateProgress (07:00)
• Timer Control (00:46)
• Demo: Timer (02:45)
• Summary (00:28)