In this article we have summarized the typical Ajax patterns utilized under the ASP.NET environment. By looking through and comparing each of the patterns introduced above, you are sure to find out what you really need in your practice.

There is no doubt that, with the gradual maturity of various existing Ajax framework, people have become accustomed to opting for the fourth pattern (the existing Ajax framework) through which they will not worry about the differences between various browsers and DOM-related stuff any longer. Due to our main interests lying in distinguishing the different patterns, the sample applications are pretty simple (sorry for this). However, I am sure the demos do show you the philosophies of each solution.