Uses of AjaxHelper class while using jQuery in asp.net mvc

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I am using jQuery and jQuery UI across my project with HtmlHelper extensions. And somehow the advantages of using the AjaxHelper has eluded me.(or maybe I'm ignorant) I was just curious to know what are the uses of the AjaxHelper class in asp.net mvc. and whether its really worth incorporating into my project.

Can some one point out some obvious advantages since I find myself comfortable without its use but not-so-comfortable for not exploring it fully.

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-22 07:39:40Z

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AjaxHelper is the same as HtmlHelper except that it pollutes your html code with MS AJAX specific javascript (like onclick="some very ugly code that performs an AJAX request and handles the result"). So if you are using jquery, I would strongly recommend you to never think about AjaxHelper. By the way starting from ASP.NET MVC 3, the MS AJAX is replaced by jquery as default framework and the AjaxHelper produce clean markup and handlers are attached unobtrusively.

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Robin Maben Over a year ago

Yes, I am using asp.net mvc3.

Darin Dimitrov Over a year ago

Well then the AjaxHelper will use HTML5 data-* attributes to indicate unobtrusively the actions that need to be performed. For example it could generate the following link: <a data-ajax="true" data-ajax-mode="replace" data-ajax-update="#foo" href="/Home/About">test link</a> and then if you include the jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js to your project it will work.

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