Joydip Kanjilal, Sriram Putrevu, "Teach Yourself ASP.NET Ajax in 24 Hours"
Sams | ISBN-10: 0672329670 | July 19, 2008 | 432 pages | PDF | 5.9MB

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to build advanced web sites and applications with ASP.NET Ajax--and upgrade existing pages to deliver more power and business value. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson equips you with sufficient information and guides you to mastery of Ajax in real-world applications.

One step at a time, you’ll discover how to make the most of the Microsoft Ajax Library and Ajax Server Extensions. You’ll develop secure, reliable Web services and applications that solve real problems--including a complete sample e-commerce application.

 "Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5"

Adam Calderon, Joel Rumerman,
Addison-Wesley Professional | ISBN 0321514440 | July 6, 2008 | 648 Pages | PDF | 5.9MB

ASP.NET AJAX server controls can encapsulate even the most powerful AJAX functionality, helping you build more elegant, maintainable, and scalable applications. This is the first comprehensive, code-rich guide to custom ASP.NET AJAX server controls for experienced ASP.NET developers. Unlike other books on ASP.NET AJAX, this book focuses solely on server control development and reflects the significant improvements in ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX and the latest Visual Studio 2008 features for streamlining AJAX development.

Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Devin Rader, "Professional ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB"
Wrox | ISBN: 0470187573 | March 2008 | 1704 pages | PDF | 28.9MB

Building on the revolutionary ASP.NET 2.0 release, ASP.NET 3.5 adds several key new developer features including AJAX, LINQ, and a new CSS designer in Visual Web Developer 2008. The dramatic reduction in code that developers realized from the more than 50 new server controls in ASP.NET 2.0 now allows developers the time to make their applications more interactive with AJAX, to work with data in their preferred language with LINQ, and to build visually attractive and consistent standards-based sites with CSS.

Jesse Liberty, Dan Hurwitz, Brian MacDonald, "Learning ASP.NET 3.5, 2nd Edition"
O'Reilly Media, Inc. | ISBN-10: 0596518455 | July 15, 2008 | 607 pages | PDF | 12MB

With this book, you will learn how to create engaging and interactive web applications using the latest version of the world's most popular web development platform: ASP.NET with AJAX, built on the productivity-enhancing features of Visual Studio 2008. All you need to get started is a basic knowledge of HTML and a desire to produce professional quality websites. Learning ASP.NET 3.5 introduces new skills in each new chapter and offers fully annotated and fully functional examples that you can put to work immediately. Each chapter adds detailed summaries, practice questions to ensure comprehension, and exercises so you can apply what you've learned to new situations. Written by the bestselling author team of Jesse Liberty, Dan Hurwitz, and Brian MacDonald, Learning ASP.NET 3.5 offers complete, up-to-date coverage of ASP.NET 3.5 and AJAX.