New .NET Course: ASP.NET AJAX Using C#

AJAX, or "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML," is an important new technology, part of what is sometimes called "Web 2.0." It is a standards-based approach to building rich Internet application that offer users a highly interactive user interface experience. Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX, used in conjunction with Visual Studio 2005, provides a highly productive environment for creating AJAX applications.

The new course introduces AJAX and covers foundational topics, such as JavaScript, DTHML, the Document Object Model (DOM) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). The course then covers in depth the various components of Microsoft's AJAX support, including ASP.NET AJAX Extensions, the AJAX Client Library, and the AJAX Control Toolkit.

There are a great many example programs and many labs. The course includes a case study, the implementation of an interactive website for the Acme Book Club.

The new course is part of an extensive .NET curriculum, providing parallel courses in C# and Visual Basic. In the coming months Object Innovations will be introducing a Visual Basic version of the ASP.NET AJAX course and additional new .NET courses, including the important Windows Communications Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight.

Shipments of the new courseware begin immediately.