By leveraging a number of existing and very popular technologies-in particular, CSS, XML, and JavaScript-Ajax allows Web applications to make quick updates to the user interface without reloading the entire browser page Covers generic Ajax and also serves as a complete tutorial on Microsoft's implementation, code-named Atlas Shows developers how to get started performing Ajax programming and operations using the ASP.NET platform on the backend server and a modern Web browser on the front end Explains how to use open source Ajax Library for .NET and how to use the corresponding functionality (Asynchronous Client Script Callbacks) that will be shipped with ASP.NET V2.0 An ideal resource for developers who want to get started with Ajax-oriented Web development using current technologies and in particular, Atlas