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'''AtlasASP.NET AJAX''', isformerly code-named [[Microsoft]]'s''Atlas''', codename foris a set of extensions to [[ASP.NET]] developed by [[Microsoft] for implementing [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]] functionality.

Including both client-side and server-side components, AtlasASP.NET AJAX allows the developer to create [[web application]]s in ASP.NET 2.0 (and to a limited extent in other environments) which can update data on the web page without a complete reload of the page (a "round trip" to the server). The key technology which enables this functionality is the [[XMLHttpRequest]] object, along with [[Javascript]] and DHTML. Atlas is currently provided as a Community Technology Preview ([[CTP]]).

ASP.NET AJAX is currently in beta testing; version 1.0 beta 2 was released on [[November 4]] [[2006]].<ref>{{cite web

|url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F93BF884-EE17-4524-9E5E-EDB45F3D79F5&displaylang=e

|title=ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Beta 2

|date=[[November 4]] [[2006]]

|accessdate=2006-11-07

|publisher=Microsoft

}}</ref> Microsoft has stated that ASP.NET AJAX will be included in a future version of the [[.NET Framework]].

== Browser Support ==

Currently, AtlasASP.NET AJAX does not support the majority of modern Internet browsers [http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/21/atlas-disappoints-in-cross-browser-support/], although it does support the vast majority of Internet ''users'' by supporting the two most common browsers, [[Internet Explorer]] and [[Firefox]] [http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp]. Support for other browsers such as Safari and Opera may improve before the product is officially released.

Microsoft has historically had poor support for web standards [http://news.com.com/2100-1023-243144.html] [[Microsoft Frontpage]] [http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/14/1256231.shtml?tid=133], although there have been some improvements with recent releases [http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=602975&seqNum=1&rl=1].

Currently, Atlas does not support the majority of modern Internet browsers [http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/21/atlas-disappoints-in-cross-browser-support/], although it does support the vast majority of Internet ''users'' by supporting the two most common browsers, [[Internet Explorer]] and [[Firefox]] [http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp]. Support for other browsers such as Safari and Opera may improve before the product is officially released.

== Name Change and Road Map ==

On September 11th 2006, [[Scott Guthrie]], the General Manager in charge of the .NET platform, announced[http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/09/11/_2200_Atlas_2200_-1.0-Naming-and-Roadmap.aspx] that ATLAS would be renamed, and launched as three products towards the end of the year. The new products will be called the [['''Microsoft AJAX Library]]''', containing the front end javascript library, the [['''ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions]]''', containing the server-side .NET code, and [['''ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit]]''', containing shared source controls that can be used to "get the most value from the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions"

== See also ==

*[[Ajax_framework | Ajax framework]]

*[[Ajax.NET]]

== References ==

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== External links ==