Is there an ASP.NET AJAX framework other than just using UpdatePanel & Friends or the ASP.NET AjaxControlToolkit?
Currently I am using plain ICallbackEventHandler calls but it gets quite complicated a while as a lot of serialization needs to be done.
Any suggestions?
Telerik has a nice library of AJAX controls.
The new ASP.NET MVC Framework (beta)?
Here is a list of different AJAX frameworks to use with ASP.NET.
We also used prototype for smaller tasks.
After some trial and error I have found out that the best way (for me) for handling Ajax in an ASP.NET Web forms application.
Works really nice, and I am in full control of the output.
Infragistics is popular, but gets wonky when you actually have to debug a problems.
There are tons of Ajax Frameworks for ASP.NET. Some of them are; Anthem.NET, Ra-Ajax (my project), Gaia Ajax, AjaxPro.NET and probably hundreds of others. My personal favorite (shameless plug) is obvously Ra-Ajax since that's what I am working with. (founder of)
Have a look at Ajax Calendar Starter-Kit to see its capabilities...