Atlas without ASP.NET

I have observed that Atlas has a strong dependency to ASP.NET.
All Atlas controls have the form of ASP.NET components.

Could I use functionality of Atlas without using ASP.NET?

More precisely I would like to take advantage of Atlas rich UI features but use a server with no ASP.NET support (Tomcat, JBoss, Weblogic etc) and without using ASP.NET at all.

Is it possible? If yes how?

Please assist.

Hi,

and welcome to the ASP.NET forums.

I read on a blog last weekend that at Mix06 there was a demo by just using the script libraries to interact with PHP pages that ran on an Apache server. Unfortunately I could find the presentation or sample code at that time.

Grz, Kris.

hello.

well, i think it's fair to say taht atlas is divided into 2 parts: client side and server side. Most of the client side features can be used in non-asp.net pages. for instance, you can use the OO abstractions to build better javascript objects. You can also use the atlas elements that wrap the controls and i think that you can also use most of the behaviors.

i also think that you can call web services if their return value is formatted according to the JSON rules.

so, if you want to reuse the client side of the atlas, you should only need to add the necessary jscript files to your pages and you should be ok :)

Atlas versus 3rd party components

Hi,

I would like to take advantage of AJAX in my ASP.NET apps and would like to ask whether i should learn Atlas or buy in some 3rd party components. The 3rd party components looks as though I can use them with little understanding of AJAX (ie no learning curve) so I guess this might be a good starting point. But what could I achieve with Atlas that the 3rd party components can't achieve?

Could someone please enlighten me?

Regards

Steve.

incorporating atlas controls into your pages is pretty straightforward. There is no real need to learn anything new to get up to speed pretty quickly. I suppose it all depends how deep you want to go. It is still early days for the whole project so there are issues/bugs. One main thing i would say that i have come across so far when trying to get to grips with this new framework is that there is not so much help to hand at the moment when you do run into difficulties. I think it will all come good in the end personally. the how to videos that you can find at atlas.asp.net get you off to a nice speedy start and you can move on from there.

Atlas used in a Web Application

Can the Atlas components and framework be used with the new VS2005 Web Application Project?

Yep -- that is definitely supported. There isn't a built-in project template for this (although you could create one). We will be adding one for the next Atlas Refresh though.

To use Atlas, just add the Atlas assembly to your web application project, and update the web.config file with the appropriate registrations (just add a blank Atlas web-site project to see what these are).

Hope this helps,

Scott