ASP.Net Ajax UpdatePanel Control Guide

 

A few weeks ago, a book about the general use of ASP.Net with Ajax was released. It was a book that deals with ASP.Net rather extensively as it takes a look at the program in a whole new light. With Ajax, everything in the internet world is jumbled that you have to create a whole new instructional book just to deal with it. The book was released in O’Reilly Series and was generally a good book especially for someone who wanted to be familiar with Ajax especially in ASP.Net series.

But we have to admit, a general book in ASP.Net with Ajax might not be what you need. Considering the intensity of this ASP.Net with Ajax, everything can’t really be discussed in one book. That’s why another book, related to the ASP.Net with Ajax was released. It’s a small book compared to the intensive ASP.Net with Ajax as it tackles a very specific topic. This book tackles only one thing: UpdatePanel Control. Anyone who is familiar with Ajax will know how important UpdatePanel Control is. This client centric function will enable to update the page without even refreshing the whole content. This is probably one of the best things that Ajax can do. If you have a website, you might want to use this since you don’t want your visitors to wait again and again to load the entire page. That’s why when you go to a site that’s Ajax based, you’ll be able to take a look at the content without changing the site completely. This book will give almost everything that you need to know about the UpdatePanel Control. Written by Matt Gibbs and Bertrand Le Roy, these writers are members of the ASP.Net Ajax team. The book is about 60 pages – really small compared to the O’Reilly series which could go up to 300 pages. The book tries to explain about UpdatePanel’s function and how to make it work. It starts out with the basics: what it does and its general background when it’s related to ASP.net. Then the book goes on to the very specific part of the function. You’ll be dealing with controls that should be able to place and refresh the information in a specific part of the website. There’s also a specific part that deals with Error messages and how you can go about it smoothly. A special section of the book is dedicated to Caveats – a very important control that you should be familiar with. Even the file upload is discussed in UpdatePanel’s chapter. This book is very small but very specific in its topics. Sometimes it deals with the topic really simply but it just goes to show that this book is not intended for anyone who is not familiar with ASP.Net just yet. It’s an additional reading that complements the bigger and general book on ASP.Net with Ajax. The book also recommended specific books for additional reading. If you’re already familiar with the program, you just have to brush up your knowledge and skills with this book but for an upstart programmer this is a gem if read with the general ASP.Net with Ajax book.