Can somebody explain the differences, status and future of the various ASP.NET AJAX libraries and to
- by tjrobinson
I'm confused about the differences and relationships between the various Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX components/libraries/toolkits and particularly the naming of them.
It starts off relatively simple with ASP.NET AJAX itself:
ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 (available for ASP.NET 2.0 in a separate package called ASP.NET 1.0 Extensions)
ASP.NET AJAX 3.5 (included with ASP.NET 3.5)
ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 (included with ASP.NET 4.0)
Then come the various projects on CodePlex and elsewhere:
ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit (aka Original Ajax Control Toolkit)
Samples
CodePlex
It seems that the September 2009 Release is the final release of the Original Ajax Control Toolkit and that it's been superseded by...
Ajax Control Toolkit in ASP.NET Ajax Library
It looks like the old ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit has now become part of a larger ASP.NET Ajax Library but is still maintained seperately on CodePlex. This release is in beta at time of writing so presumably if I want to use the "Control Toolkit" I should stick with the September 2009 Release of the Original ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
CodePlex
Microsoft Ajax Library Preview
Is this the same as the ASP.NET Ajax Library mentioned above just with a confusing name variation?
Is the "Control Toolkit" included in Preview 6 and is it older newer or older than the code in Ajax Control Toolkit in ASP.NET Ajax Library?
CodePlex
Microsoft ASP.NET Ajax Wiki - note the inconsistent insertion of ASP.NET into the name
Links to useful articles, roadmaps would be useful.