Atlas supported page methods: A functionality to embed web service methods into .aspx pages and consume them with JavaScript. For instance, if you had the following method: [WebMethod] string sayHello() { return “Hello”; } —you could consume this method from JavaScript using the PageMethods.sayHello() call. With ASP.NET AJAX, this has changed a ...

Since ASP.NET AJAX has been published last week, it was time to compile information regarding Programming Atlas. On the book page, you now find a document describing changes made in the Atlas to ASP.NET AJAX migration that affect the book. In the meanwhile, I am already ...

I have always had my beef with the client controls Atlas introduced. I am using JavaScript since approximately ten years now, so I know my way around DOM fairly well. So why add another layer in between? Of course there are scenarios where that makes sense, ...