Comments on: Pitfalls of Using JQuery with ASP.NET Ajax http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2008/06/pitfalls-of-using-jquery-with-aspnet-ajax/ Running commentary about agile development, user experience design and Ajax. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:03:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Takuan Daikon http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2008/06/pitfalls-of-using-jquery-with-aspnet-ajax/#comment-1791 Takuan Daikon Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:55:47 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=950#comment-1791 It does have it's pitfalls, but it can be very rewarding when you overcome those. Using the info gathered on the article you linked to, I was able to eliminate the need for ScriptManager in my application, and the end result looks cleaner, is more consistent with the rest of the client-side code, and results in fewer requests overall. I'm quite pleased with the result! That's not to say that the built-in ASP.NET stuff wasn't nice to have, it most certainly was (especially in the early stages), but the more I learn and the more the project evolves, the more I wanted this kind of consistency and control. It does have it’s pitfalls, but it can be very rewarding when you overcome those. Using the info gathered on the article you linked to, I was able to eliminate the need for ScriptManager in my application, and the end result looks cleaner, is more consistent with the rest of the client-side code, and results in fewer requests overall. I’m quite pleased with the result!

That’s not to say that the built-in ASP.NET stuff wasn’t nice to have, it most certainly was (especially in the early stages), but the more I learn and the more the project evolves, the more I wanted this kind of consistency and control.

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