Level: Intermediate

Robert Boedigheimer

Principal Systems Developer

Schwans Shared Services, LLC

In this session, you will learn the benefits of moving to jQuery, and discover a mapping between popular ACT controls and jQuery plugins.

Many ASP.NET web sites first added client side functionality through the Ajax Control Toolkit (ACT), and now want to replace it with the popular jQuery framework. Learn the benefits of moving to jQuery, and discover a mapping between popular ACT controls and jQuery plugins.

• The basics of jQuery and plugins
• The benefits of jQuery vs. Ajax Control Toolkit
• jQuery alternatives for many ACT controls