Anthem.NET is a free, cross-browser AJAX toolkit for both ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0, written by
Jason Diamond. The library is made of a number of server controls that use XMLHttpRequest
to post back. It sets itself apart from AjaxPro because it fully integrates with the classic life
cycle of each ASP.NET request. The view state is sent across the wire, and server-side page and control events such as Init, Load, and PreRender are regularly fired. As a result, you write a page using the same programming model of ASP.NET, you are not required to write any JavaScript yourself, and you still leverage the beauty of the AJAX model. The only difference with a traditional ASP.NET application is that you use a different set of server controls, most of which are just subclassed versions of the original ASP.NET controls.
Extremely lean and easy to use, Anthem.NET implements AJAX functionalities through the
“partial rendering” model applied at the control level. The partial rendering model is the same
model that ASP.NET AJAX pushes hard. (See Chapter 4, “Partial Page Rendering.”) For more
information, check out http://www.anthemdotnet.com.
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