Frameworks included in this comparison are: ComfortASP.NET V0.47 (beta) MagicAJAX.NET V0.3.0 ZumiPage V2.10 ATLAS CTP January 2005 OutPost V1.2 FastPage V1.1.0 ComponentArt V3.0 Callback Control Telerik r.a.d.callback 1.5.2 Dart PowerWeb V1.4.1 LiveWrapper Anthem V1.0.0 Syncfusion Studio 4.1.0.50 / Essential Tools / CallbackPanel

ASP.NET “Atlas” is a package of new Web development technologies that integrates an extensive set of client script libraries with the rich, server-based development platform of ASP.NET 2.0. “Atlas” enables you to develop Web applications that can update data on a Web page by making direct calls to a Web server — without needing to round trip the page. With “Atlas”, you can take advantage of the best of ASP.NET and server-side code while doing much of the work in the browser, enabling a richer user experience.

AJAX Matters is an informational site about AJAX (short for "Advanced Javascripting and XML" or "Asynchronous JavaScripting and XML") and how these technologies are applied to web development.

XMLHTTP is a set of API's that allows us to send and retrieve data to and from a remote web server using its underlying HTTP protocols and methods. In this article, Mitchell provides us with a basic introduction to the XMLHTTP library, with some examples to get you started.

An advanced example of what can be done with XMLHTTP, using Google maps API and UniSys data for hurricane tracking.

A moderate example of using XMLHTTP to dynamically updating pages using XMLHTTP without a postback...