Finally , Ajax Comes to .NET

After Huge success of Googles Gmail and Image Map , providing rich client experience using the Ajax architecture. Microsoft has jumped into the ship by first lauching msn virual earth and now launching he Community Preview Site for ASP.NET code-named “Atlas”(http://atlas.asp.net) . “Atlas” is a package of new Web development technologies available now with ASP.NET 2.0. that will simplfy in a great way the use of Ajax in big Enterprise applications.

Previously , Ajax was a night mare for developers if they wished to use it in there web applications. Now, the rich client side library that will be downloaded on the client pc will enable developing easy to use, rich client side applications also handling the support for multiple browsers. This will definately be a breeze for developers who wish to use the power of Ajax to make client side rich applications.

Microsoft is about to release an upgrage to its hotmail service named Kahuna witht the power of Ajax which will be officialy released in first half of 2006. For now you can take a loot at some it at http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/msn_kahuna_preview.asp

Developers ! Microsoft or Others ? What to choose

From Search Engines to Smart Phones , SQL servers to Gaming Consoles , Operating Systems to CRM Microsoft is every where and so is .NET. Infact, in every domain, there is a presence of Microsoft. If you are planning to Switch from any other language or platform to .NET I would recommend you on a no of reasons which I will explain below.

Many would argue that Microsoft copied the ideas of others like ,for example, Java to .NET , Virtual Earth from Google Earth. Whatever is in trend . Ajax or web Services . Microsoft will soon jump into it and bring it to its developers community. So what do the developers need to do? Just get your hands good on the .NET Technology and how it works with the new stuff. In case of others, there are so many companies out there. If you are working on platforms like Java, you don't get this kind of interoperability and evolution. Even Java's supporter IBM has not migrated all its products to Java, whereas Microsoft has plans to convert all its libraries to .NET. My plans are not to attack Java. There are some areas where java is good but there are some key points like java is a language not a platform ,whereas .NET is a complete platform.

Companies working with .NET technology have a number of benefits. The first and foremost is the excellent support provided by Microsoft. Its excellent help for developers and extensive information for all the new technologies help them stay upto date. Its developers tools like Visual Studio are a breath for developers and the organizations working on large scale enterprise applications and now with the new visual studio team system . It will easy for teams to work on all phases of a software all through just one tool. Visual Studio iterations includes support for Microsoft's latest technology innovations, with the aim of making use of that new technology as simple as possible for developers. Visual Studio.NET follows the same strategy, making it simple to write .NET versions of everything from GUI applications and ASP.NET web sites, Pocket PC apps to Windows services using the same development tool.