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1. jQuery & HTML5 - the next web
application development platform
Kiril Matev
Technical Evangelist
Infragistics, Inc
kmatev@infragistics.com

2. Contents
• Definitions
• Benefits/Challenges of the use of jQuery
• Comparison with other platforms
• Typical Scenarios
• Presenting NA for jQuery 11.1
• NA for jQuery roadmap

3. Definitions
• What is jQuery?
• jQuery is a lightweight open source
JavaScript library
• It allows developers to find and manipulate
HTML elements with a minimum amount of
code
• Microsoft ships jQuery with Visual Studio

4. Benefits
• Why use jQuery?
• Independent from Microsoft
• Works on all platforms
• Allows a developer to build a highly
responsive, fast UI
• Allows a developers to build light-weight
AJAX applications compared to ASP.NET
AJAX
• Easy integration with ASP.NET AJAX
applications

5. Challenges
• Some challenges to keep in mind:
• Tooling is inadequate, productivity is low
• HTML5 will not become a standard for at
least 2-3 years
• Until then new browsers featuring
inconsistent support for HTML5 requiring
web developers to invest in ensuring their
code works on all of them

6. Comparing jQuery to other platforms
• Ranking developer productivity (cost of
development)
1. Web forms (cheapest)
2. MVC
3. jQuery
• Ranking performance, scalability
1. jQuery (most scalable)
2. MVC
3. Web forms

7. Comparing jQuery to other platforms
• Ranking flexibility, portability
1. jQuery (most flexible)
2. MVC
3. Web forms

8. Typical Scenarios
• jQuery/HTML5 would be the platform of
choice when:
Cross-platform/device compatibility is required
Substantial degree of scalability and
performance is required

9. NetAdvantage for jQuery 11.1
• Built for Web developers who want:
• high performance client-side user interface
• rich user experience
• based on the latest HTML, CSS and JavaScript
engines.
• Featuring jQuery controls, controls for Microsoft®
ASP.NET MVC and eventually PHP wrappers, it targets
the large-scale public Web sites, browser-based apps for
desktop deployment and Apple iPad apps that
developers are looking to build with support for Microsoft
and WebKit-based browsers.

10. NetAdvantage for jQuery 11.1
• Client-side based controls using CSS3 and
HTML5
• Grid, upload, video player, editors, rating
• Can be used with any data server end-point,
as they live entirely on the client
• Extensions to the client controls enabling
ASP.NET MVC
• Demos

11. NetAdvantage for jQuery 11.2
Roadmap
• Hierarchical Grid
• Load On Demand
• Paging
• Soring
• Filtering
• jQuery Tree
• Selection
• Activation
• Checkboxes
• Load On Demand
• Templating
• Images

12. NetAdvantage for jQuery 11.2
Roadmap
• jQuery Combo Box
• Auto- Suggest
• Auto-Complete
• Filtering
• Load On Demand
• Multi-Column Layout
• Grid Features
• Column Moving
• Column Resizing
• Column Hiding
• High-performance chart

13. Questions

14. Contacts
kmatev@infragistics.com