Using Atlas Architecture in ASP.NETIf your application has dynamic pages which require partial page refreshing or your application has many client side validations and mouse events, then you can very well use Microsoft’s Atlas framework in your ASP.NET application. This framework allows you to create and implement many high level features using Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML).
This article
gives you an introduction on Atlas Architecture. Atlas has Client Side
components and Server Side Components which when integrated and used by
your webpage, solves the purpose of creating responsive and dynamic pages.
On the Client
Side, Atlas provides the following: Script Core
offers extended object oriented features like inheritance, interface,
classes, abstraction and many others. Your javascript code can implement
these features and work like .NET Objects Component
Model is the heart of Atlas architecture. You can design your webpage
with many advanced objects and not just HTML tags. Component model has
HTML DOM as its base and appends additional features like data binding
to it. Though this layer is advantageous, it complicates the web page
design as well. Base Class
Library provides APIs which when used makes your javascript code easy
to develop and maintain. .NET Framework already has a base class library
and this layer is an add-on to it. Few APIs provided by this Base Class
Library include StringleBuilder, IDisposable and Event. It also has WebRequest
and WebResponse objects which are on top on XMLHttpRequest object. Security
services (e.g. authentication) are also provided. Browser Compatibility
makes your code compatible across all browsers. No need for including
browser specific code in your application. Controls
are user interface elements provided by Atlas UI framework. You can append
additional rules and logic to the existing controls and also define rules
for validating these controls. If you are
using these client side features provided by Atlas, then your server side
code should have the possibility to integrate with it. This integration
can be achieved using Server Side Atlas features which are broadly classified
into web page extensions and atlas services. They are discussed below: Script Manager
associates Atlas Script Libraries to your code. If you have any Atlas
script code in your page, then it automatically generates the corresponding
client side code. Server Controls
allows you to create and use your own Ajax featured controls. Control Extensions
help you in extending semantics of already existing ASP.NET controls. Web Services
help in establishing asynchronous callbacks using javascript proxies.
Atlas supports both ASP.NET and windows communication foundation web services. Application
Services ensure interaction between client side code and server side code
to establish security through authentication and profile management. Data Services
ensure data binding in your server side code. With these
components offered by Atlas, you can very well create a high-end application
with all advanced features.
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