I am really excited to tell you about the final release of ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 (formerly code-named “Atlas”).
Yesterday this new framework for creating more sophisticated user experiences on the Web was released as a free download (1.4MB). Microsoft also rolled out major updates to the http://ajax.asp.net/ community site to coincide with this release.
It was under a year ago that Microsoft publicly committed to shipping a fully-supported AJAX framework prior to “Orcas” (next version of Visual Studio) that integrates seamlessly with Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0. Microsoft also committed to supporting the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit, a shared-source development project consisting of both Microsoft and non-Microsoft developers.
The customer and partner excitement worldwidehas grown with each public release. There have been over 180 000 ASP.NET AJAX downloads since the Beta 2 release in early November, the number of early adopters featured in the Showcase has tripled and the Control Toolkit boasts more than 30 free ASP.NET AJAX controls.
You have to check it out!