Unofficial .NET Atlas Lens

This lens is dedicated to the new AJAX-based framework from Microsoft codenamed - Atlas. Learn all about what Atlas is, how it works, when new updates are going to come out, and some proven techniques on how to use Atlas in production environments.

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News

Microsoft readies Atlas AJAX tooling - 9/11/2006

Atlas ship date released? - 8/8/2006
Looks like some definite plans are being made in regards to the official release of Atlas. It's scheduled for release before the end of the year, and will be a part of the .NET Framework v3.5 (Orcas). Alain breaks the news

June CTP Released - 7/6/2006
The new Atlas June CTP fixes a number of bugs, and now supports dynamic Update Panels paving the way for more user control and web part development.

Serializing Objects into Javascript - 7/5/2006
Scott Hanselman describes how to serialize an object into Javascript using Atlas.

Microsoft CodePlex Announced - includes Atlas Control Toolkit
Microsoft's community of developers and code-sharing forum can be found here

New "Atlas" Control Toolkit
Collection of Atlas-based components and samples to help get you started quicker.

Atlas with PHP example

Ajax Security - issue of spoofing XmlHttpRequest calls
Darknet.org.uk | Discussion Thread

Build your own Mashup
How to build your own ajax mashup using Atlas and Live Local.

All things AJAX

Atlas Resource Sites

Microsoft Atlas Home: Official Atlas homepage.
Altas Preview Documentation: ASP.NET 'Atlas' Preview Documentation
Client Library Browser: Browse the client library source code details. Great reference site.
Atlas Visual Studio Template: Learn how to install the Atlas Templates!
Nikhil's Web Development Helper: This browser extension provides tools for Atlas developers who want to know what's happening on the client-side. Live DOM inspector, full error information, and live HTTP and HTTPS traffic logging (and request/response details) are some of the main features.
Fiddler: HTTP Debugging Proxy for inspecting and "fiddling" with HTTP response/requests.
Windows Communication Foundation with Atlas: WCF (formerly Indigo) is the new Microsoft Platform for building software services and would be used in place of ASP.NET web services (ASMX). Read on to learn more about the benefits of migrating to WCF early.
Debugging Atlas with Visual Studio 2005: Covers setup for both IE and Firefox. Specifically for VS2005.

June CTP - Getting Started

Release Notes

Step-by-step Installation

Documentation

Sample Applications

Atlas Control Toolkit

Samples and Tutorials

In-Place Editing Sample
Updated version of an old Nikhil demo to play within the June CTP.

DevX Atlas Intro Article
Intro to Atlas: The Road to Effortless AJAX Begins Here.

Dynamic Update Panels in June CTP
Nikhil explains what's new. Full Sample Here

More Atlas Series presentation slides
Download Slides and demos.

Atlas Dice Demo with slides

Executing code when an ASP.NET Atlas page first loads

Building Rich Web Applications with ATLAS - ASP.NET's framework for Ajax - Larry Port (slides and code from Jan 17 2006 presentation).

Atlas Scribble Application
Code Project Tutorial on drawing with Atlas. Gives a nice overview of the framework and identifies the different files associated with Atlas.

Books on Atlas

Foundations of Atlas: Rapid Ajax Development with ASP.NET 2.0

by Laurence Moroney

Great overview of both client side and server side Atlas. Offers great explanations but could use more code samples.

Amazon Price: $25.60 (as of 07/26/2008)

Programming Atlas

by Christian Wenz

Another in the long line of solid books from O'Reilly. If you like their style, this is a great option.

Amazon Price: $20.36 (as of 07/26/2008)