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Microsoft Ships April Atlas CTP
Microsoft this week released the April Community Technology Preview (CTP) of
ASP.NET, code-named "Atlas."
Atlas is an ASP.NET 2.0 framework for building cross-browser, cross-platform
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) applications. The company announced
with last month's CTP that it feels Atlas is stable enough to issue a
"go-live license" that lets developers put their Atlas applications
into production.
Atlas provides client-side script libraries that integrate with ASP.NET 2.0's
server-based development framework and provides the same type of development
platform for client-based Web pages that ASP.NET provides for server-based pages.
"Atlas makes it possible to easily take advantage of AJAX techniques
on the Web and enables you to create ASP.NET pages with a rich, responsive UI
and server communication," says a statement on Microsoft's download
site for Atlas. Developers interested in downloading the latest Atlas CTP can
do so here.
About the Author
Stuart J. Johnston has covered technology, especially Microsoft, since February 1988 for InfoWorld, Computerworld, Information Week, and PC World, as well as for Enterprise Developer, XML & Web Services, and .NET magazines.