The XML, SOAP based Web Services are emerging as tools for creating next generation distributed systems. Besides recognizing the heterogeneity as a fundamental ingredient, these web services, independent of platform and development environment can be packaged and published on the internet.
Resources::White Papers::Java Web Services : The year ahead in Java Web services
This article looks ahead at the new changes in the Web Services landscape for Java developers and discusses new frameworks, technologies.
Author: Dennis Sosnoski
Resources::White Papers::Comparison of AJAX frameworks for ASP.NET
A nice article comparing below frameworks :
ATLAS CTP January 2005 - updated from CTP December 2005
ComponentArt V3.0 Callback Control
Telerik r.a.d.callback 1.5.2
Dart PowerWeb V1.4.1 LiveWrapper
Author: Daniel Zei
Resoures::White Papers::Call SOAP Web services with AJAX: Build the Web services client - Part 1
This paper is the first of a short series that illustrates the implementation of a cross-platform, JavaScript-based SOAPWeb Services client based on the Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) design pattern for Web applications.
Date: 10/11/2005
Author: James Snell
Resources::White Papers::ASP.NET Spiced: AJAX
Learn how AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) can be used to make your Microsoft ASP.NET applications more dynamic and responsive. This is a good introduction to Ajax with some demonstrative code.
Date: 9/1/2005
Author: Karl Seguin
Concepts::What is Ajax? AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript + XML. It is a pattern for refreshing sections of a web page without reloading the page. The underlying technologies surrounding Ajax like XML, Javascript etc
are not new. What is new is its use in recent high profile applications like Google Suggest and Google Maps which have led to an tremendous interest in creating UI rich web applications.
Let us parse the name further to see how the different technologies come into play
A - Asynchronous because the browser does not wait around for the
server request to complete
ja - client script uses the javascript object, XMLHttpRequest for
making the server calls
x - server response is in XML which is parsed by the client.
Resources::White Papers::Ajax with ASP.NET Profiled Article:AJAX Was Here : Client Side Framework
This three part series titled is a hands-on in depth look at how Ajax can be used with ASP.Net. Part 3 shows how to create a auto complete textbox using the Ajax concepts learnt in the first two parts.