To build truly next generation websites, you need UI components that give you the power and flexibility to harness the speed of Ajax and rich experience of client-side programming—all without requiring you to write any JavaScript. Telerik is delivering the UI component suite that meets all of these requirements with its next generation RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX.

Built for the future of ASP.NET

Over a year ago, Microsoft released the “official” Ajax framework for ASP.NET with the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions for ASP.NET. The new cross-browser Ajax and client-side programming library finally provides ASP.NET developers with a Microsoft designed and supported framework that they can depend on to implement projects of all sizes.

Telerik recognized early in ASP.NET AJAX’s development that it represented the future of ASP.NET development. Not only does the new framework standardize the API for Ajax programming in .NET, it also provides a radically simplified way to write client-side code. By integrating the ASP.NET AJAX core in to UI components, Telerik realized that it could deliver client features and performance previously very difficult to achieve.

Telerik’s new RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, formerly RadControls for ASP. NET “Prometheus”, is the culmination of over a year’s worth of work to build the most comprehensive ASP.NET UI suite directly on Microsoft’s ASP.NET AJAX. The suite delivers incredible performance gains over previous Telerik UI suites for ASP.NET and it adds many new controls to developers’ ASP.NET toolboxes.

Ajax on a diet

Most UI components that provide out of the box Ajax support do not enable you to realize the maximum performance Ajax can provide. That’s because most ASP.NET Ajax frameworks execute the full ASP.NET page lifecycle with every asynchronous Ajax callback. While that makes the transition from PostBack to Ajax programming easy, it also negatively impacts the efficiency of Ajax callbacks because “heavy” data fields like ViewState travel back and forth with every async request.

To truly get the most of out of Ajax, you need to execute asynchronous calls that are devoid of ViewState data and that don’t labor through the entire ASP.NET page lifecycle. The solution is Ajax calls to web services.

Telerik’s new RadControls for ASP. NET AJAX make the process of using “high-speed Ajax” as easy as setting a couple of properties. By telling controls like RadMenu and RadTreeview where your web service is located and the name of the method to call, the controls will automatically bind to your web service and begin delivering incredibly high performance Ajax operations. No JavaScript required. No ViewState sent back and forth. Just efficient, compact, optimized Ajax updates.

Performance.

All of the features in the world can’t make-up for ASP.NET UI components that perform slowly. Telerik has changed that equation with the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX by delivering some of the highest performing controls for ASP. NET without sacrificing the features you need to be productive.

For example, the new RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX loads up to 4 times faster than the previous non-ASP.NET AJAX versions. Meanwhile, RadGrid will soon receive a brand new databinding engine in ASP.NET AJAX that effortlessly handles sorting, filtering, and paging hundreds of thousands of records in mere milliseconds.

Finally, new utility controls like RadScriptManager and Rad- StyleSheetManager maximize your page optimization by combining all RadControl script files and stylesheets in to single link references on your page.

Don’t Compromise

If you’re tired of working with UI component suites for ASP.NET that perform slowly, and don’t provide you with all of the tools you need for your applications, a clear solution to your problems has arrived. From rich scheduling components to simple color pickers to innovative Ajax management components, Telerik’s RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX has everything you need to make your next project a success.

For more information on RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, visit:

http://www.telerik.com/aspnetajax