Rethink the way you plan, design, and build Web applications—with expert guidance from Web development luminary Dino Esposito. Whether giving legacy sites a much-needed tune-up—or architecting rich Internet applications from the ground up—you’ll learn pragmatic approaches to AJAX development that you can employ today.

Discover how to:

* Delve into the mechanics and design goals of partial rendering—such as improving page-refresh speed
* Use AJAX-enabled server controls to bring desktop-like functionality to Web solutions
* Apply design patterns to common Web development issues, including client-side data binding
* Manipulate JavaScript more easily using the jQuery and Microsoft AJAX libraries
* Examine the interoperability and security models in Microsoft Silverlight
* Weigh the tradeoffs when architecting Web applications for richness (Silverlight) vs. reach (AJAX)—and deliver the right solution for your audience