Using jQuery for AJAX with ASP.NET Webforms

Question

Anyone know of a link to a good article/tutorial for getting started using jQuery for AJAX calls rather than ASP.NET AJAX? I'm trying to avoid using UpdatePanels entirely in this app, which I haven't been able to accomplish in the past.

Answer 1

Here are few links:

A Look Into JQuery API http://gridviewguy.com/Articles/407_A_Look_Into_JQuery_Ajax_API.aspx

Using FireBug Profiler to Dig Deep into MS AJAX and JQuery API http://azamsharp.com/Posts/83_Using_FireBug_Profiler_to_Dig_Deep_into_MS_AJAX_and_JQuery_API.aspx

On Demand Loading Using JQuery Ajax API http://azamsharp.com/Posts/74_On_Demand_Loading_Using_JQuery_Ajax_API.aspx

Answer 2

Damien Edwards just gave an awesome talk on this topic at the recent MIX11 conference. You can watch the video online and download his code. He developed a jquery-UI extenders project that works the same way that ASP.NET AJAX toolkit works, but just extends normal controls/tags/elements with jQuery functionality. The project is on CodePlex.

Answer 3

The most complete article I've ever found about this topic

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/ajax/AjaxAndAspNET.aspx

It avoids update panel, script manager and viewstate.