AJAX and WPF

[Tina]

Does AJAX go out the window with WPF? (and or WPF/E and XAML )??
Thanks,
T

 

[Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]]

No.

WPF is for windows applications, so no.

Silverlight (aka WPF/E) compliments AJAX. It has the potential one day to
swallow AJAX, but it is currently not positioned in such a way.

 

[Ben Rush]

Not even close.

ASP.NET AJAX is far more than just AJAX support; there is a huge, rich
client library associated with it that extends ECMA script to a more
object-oriented style (or, at least, makes it feel more OO to .NET
programmers).

IMHO, of the biggest mistakes Microsoft made in naming that framework was in
calling it ASP.NET AJAX, because it made everyone think that's the only
point to it.

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Ben Rush
Microsoft .NET Consultant
http://www.ben-rush.net/blog
http://www.sideshowsystems.com

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

No, in fact there are samples of WPF using AJAX for its "asynchronous data
transport".

 

[bruce barker]

No. WPF is just another ajax tool. javascript is still the preferred
language to use with browser hosted WPF. silverlight is competing with
flash, which has had little impact on ajax (even though it supports web
services).

google gears is probably a more interesting technology for browsers.
hopefully ms will come up with their own version.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)