Market_Desc: ASP.NET developers who need to learn how to use Atlas to build web sites and applications. Special Features: § Atlas is Microsoft's Ajax tool for ASP.NET developers - hitting two of the top best-selling biggest developer book topics § Wrox is a recognized leader publishing in ASP.NET and Ajax § Covers the final release of Atlas - not a beta or preview - so this is the version developers want to read about § Written by a well-known team of Microsoft MVPs with unique platforms for publicizing this book. About The Book: This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the ASP.NET 'Atlas' features, showing developers how to build richer, more responsive dynamic web sites and web applications. The book begins with a quick overview of architecture and features, and describes where it does and does not make sense to use Atlas. The authors then quickly dive into the details, covering topics as follows: § Atlas user interface design issues. § Javascript enhancements with Atlas. § How to use the UpdatePanel for implementing serverside controls. § XML scripting in Atlas. § Implementing drag and drop functions. § Databinding. § Overview of the Atlas Control Toolkit. § Debugging and security. § ASP.NET services. § Bridging and Gadgets. The authors provide readers with a rich set of code examples.