Will’s Blog

Just noticed that there’s a download available from MSDN TV titled ASP.NET “Atlas” First Look. You can watch it streaming here, or download it for offline viewing here.

Wilco Bauwer has posted an Atlas Class Browser which will show the public properties/events/methods of each Atlas type. It includes the Web, Web.Net, Web.Data, Web.Services, Web.UI, Web.UI.Data namespaces. If you prefer, however to explore the actual Atlas JavaScript files, but prefer a more “spaced out” version, check out Ralph Sommerer’s post. He’s got some funky [...]

On Wednesday night I did a demo of Atlas. I was going to do a little demo on the Virtual Earth Atlas Server Control. In hindsight, doing a demo that depended on “external resources” was probably not the best idea. But it was working fine just moments before the presentation, and I hadn’t noticed the [...]

Here’s the actual presentation file: VDNUG_AjaxPresentation.ppt I’ll post the actual demos another time. Just a quick note, there’s a lot of links below. You could spend a long long time reading about it. If you’re interested in Atlas, do download the Hands On Labs and play around with it. There’s a lot there, and there’s [...]

Noticed this on Scott Isaacs’ blog (bolding signifies the area that I found the most interesting): Having a strong framework for building and integrating rich, highly interactive components enables MSN to deliver much better (and consistent) user experiences. The Framework provides us with a client-side component model, network stacks, firefox compatibility, and OO language enhancements [...]

Oh look, so Microsoft is creating an Atlas hey? Actually, it’s their codename for their new “Web client framework” which will provide us (developers) with tools for developing AJAX style applications. I think what web developers really want is a really good JavaScript IDE. Well, I do anyway… And i’ve seen lots of posts around [...]