(FALL 2009)

This course provides a practical introduction to developing rich internet applications using ASP.NET AJAX and C#. Because of the rich support provided by Microsoft's AJAX tools, an ASP.NET programmer can get up and running in this new environment quickly. The course begins with a discussion of rich internet applications, which include substantial client-side code, typically JavaScript. Microsoft's AJAX tools are surveyed, and a simple AJAX application is illustrated. Students then learn about the AJAX Client Library, partial page rendering, remote-method calls, the AJAX Control Toolkit, and built-in application services. This course is current to ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.

Jason Wei, B.S., MCT, MCSD, MCSE, MCAD, OCP, is a senior web service engineer for Toshiba America. He has ten years of software and embedded system development experience. Over the past five years, Wei has been working on several large-scale enterprise solutions using Microsoft.NET technologies, which involves ASP.NET, AJAX, C#, VB.NET, XML web services, .NET Remoting, .NET security, Oracle, SQL Server, Windows Forms applications, ADO.NET, RFID solutions, and Microsoft Office Automation. Wei’s expertise also includes C++ and C# programming, embedded system (using Linux) design, and real-time system design. He holds ten U.S. patents.