I’m pretty sure that all those guys who were there for the AJAX presentation by Merill Fernando (MVP ) at the Latest .NET Forum meeting have more than enough reasons to be excited about future web development projects. For me, If I had known this technology six months ago, It would have made a definite impact on the performance of the application which I was working on. AJAX will optimize server calls by sending only the Data Content and by Not Refreshing the whole page.

However the most pleasing thing for me is that none of the technologies surrounding AJAX are not new but they are being used here in a manner to optimize the power of these technologies by combining them into one. The AJAX class Libraries are free for download from here.

I ‘ve found paper titled “Ajax: A New Approach to Web Application” in which AJAX was first introduced by Jesse James Garrett.

This very recent article on ComputerWorld is a Good Starting point for beginners or any enthusiats on Ajax.