Atlas: Taking Ajax to the Next Level
Apress eBooks · 2006
In this chapter, you were introduced to the overall architecture of Atlas, and you went on a tour of the various features of this architecture and how Atlas can empower your development of richer browser-based clients. Atlas is based on two pillars: the script library, which encapsulates many common functions as well as provides an object-oriented API layer for JavaScript developers and proxies to network services, and the server extensions, which provide server-based controls that can be used to implicitly generate JavaScript code that uses the libraries to implement your application on the client but that can also be debugged and maintained as server-side web applications. I also introduced the concepts of components and controls. In addition, I introduced data binding and gave a simple demonstration of how to connect client applications directly to web services or other middleware. In addition, I showed how to use Atlas behaviors—browser-independent, JavaScript-based enhancements to UI elements that are implemented on those elements using attribution. In the next chapter, you’ll see in more detail how Atlas makes JavaScript much easier. You’ll be introduced to the various libraries and how they create and present a unified design and coding framework with ASP.NET server pages. You’ll get an overview of the libraries and each of their functions and will learn about details such as the namespaces, inheritance, and various interfaces that these libraries offer you as a developer.