This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the ASP.NET 'Atlas' features, showing developers how to build richer, more responsive dynamic web sites and web applications.   The book begins with a quickoverview of architecture and features, and describes where it does---and does not---make sense to use Atlas.  The authors then quickly dive into the details, covering such topics as:

• Atlas user interface design issues.
• Javascript enhancements with Atlas.
• How to use the UpdatePanel for implementing serverside controls.
• XML scripting in Atlas.
• Implementing drag and drop functions.
• Databinding.
• Overview of the Atlas Control Toolkit.
• Debugging and security.
• ASP.NET services.
• Bridging and Gadgets.

The authors provide readers with a rich set of code examples, all of which are provided as well on the companion website.