Why and How to use server side ajax -- even you do not like it

Why and How to use server side ajax -- even you do not like it


Think about it, SP now is not that harmful, because we all accept the statement "never put (business) logic in SP" -- this is the way to "neutralize" SP (if you realize that all "data logic" belongs to "business logic" -- other than performance optimization -- then, you basically have nailed SP to nothing!) . We need to find the equivalent thing in server side ajax.

The key of using server side ajax is to understand the two sides:

1. "Configuring" via XML is not necessary, but for now (pre-Orcas) it is indeed a little bit simpler than javascript.

2. The harm is that you do not know when to stop, and continue to hack features on the server side, while it is really easy to do it via javascript API of those server side controls.

So, the key is to remember the javascript API of those server side controls.