Infragistics’s NetAdvantage for ASP.NET AJAX

NetAdvantage for ASP.NET—the Infragistics’s flagship product for ASP.NET development—
offers a full range of components ranging from a tree and menu, to a hierarchical grid, and
even a charting engine. Infragistics employs a technique known as “Embedded AJAX” to build
the AJAX functionality directly into their controls. By embedding the AJAX into the control
itself, performance levels are achieved that would not otherwise be possible (when utilizing a
separate AJAX engine or wrapper). In addition to the built-in AJAX features, Infragistics also
supplies the “WARP Panel,” which can be used to give any control(s) AJAX capabilities, much
in the same manner as Microsoft’s UpdatePanel.

Because the AJAX capabilities are built into Infragistics’ WebControls, a developer need
only know how to set a property to start using AJAX. Infragistics refers to this concept as
“No-Touch AJAX.” Should you want to get your hands dirty, Infragistics provides a full clientside
object model with API’s and even an event model that can be programmed entirely
through JavaScript. NetAdvantage for ASP.NET offers interoperability with Microsoft’s
ASP.NET AJAX Extensions—enabling you to use these two powerful toolsets side-by-side.
Though the current level of integration with ASP.NET AJAX is not as deep as we’ve seen with
ComponentArt’s Web.UI, Infragistics manages to provide much of the same functionality
through their own framework.

For more information, visit http://www.infragistics.com/ajax.