Foundations of Atlas: Rapid Ajax Development with ASP.Net 2.0

I found this book very easy to understand. If you are disappointed at the book "Programming Atlas" from O'Reilly, you may want to give this book a try. This book is a much more interesting book to read.

I've been seeing a lot of bad reviews for this book since (apparently) there are a lot of errors in the code. I suppose if your skills are lacking and you need to have a book spoon-feed you in order to learn a new technology, then this book probably is not for you. On the other hand, if you want a well-written book, which lays out the concepts clearly, and are capable of using Microsoft's own documentation and or Google to assist with specific code issues, then this book is fantastic.

Microsoft Atlas is THE API for Ajax developers, and this book is a terrific grounding in how to use it. Great job Apress! Yes, it suffers from some syntax problems that other reviewers have mentioned on here BUT it is an evolving API. It is based on an earlier CTP (April) and MS have just released the June one. I emailed the author and he mentioned that he is working on revising and updating the text for the new CTPs. He is very fast to respond to any queries -- so I recommend that if you are having trouble, just drop him a line. This is a fun and easy to read book, and the chapter that takes you through building a financial application in Atlas is worth the price alone.

Really good book. Discusses both server side and client side aspects of ATLAS.

Well, I wasn't a big Ajax fan at first b/c, well, been there done that a long time ago. But little by little I got more and more impressed with it and decided to use it. I have just about every Ajax book on the menu and this is by far the best book I've read. By far, without a doubt, the best Ajax book going. I have Laurence's other ASP.NET book and it's a superb read and he did a great repeat performance here. I bought the book yesterday, read it non-stop, worked through the examples and just about every question I had was answered. Great examples, great explanations, easy to read, concise - I can't say enough good stuff about it.