AJAX Control Toolkit

The AJAX Control Toolkit is a joint project between the community and Microsoft. Built upon the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions, the AJAX Control Toolkit is intented to be the biggest and best collection of web-client components available.

The Toolkit addresses three needs: first of all it enables website developers to make their website applications come to life by providing them with the necessary environment, secondly it provides users with an extensive set of great examples that are aimed at those who want to write client-side code, and last but not least, it creates a place for advanced script developers to highlight their work effectively.

Included in this package you will be able to find a wide variety of tools that were carefully designed to help you develop your projects effectively.

First one to get mentioned is the control toolkit, which is a set of sample ASP.NET AJAX controls as well as their source. The SampleWebsite component is a website that can help you understand the functionality better by demonstrating how to use the controls. It contains the rest of the Toolkit documentation. The ToolkitTests is a website that contains various automated tests for every control in the pack and the AjaxControlExtender is a VSI installer that will install templates on your system in order to enable the creation of new ASP.NET AJAX extender controls by making use of Visual Studio 2005.