For the next couple of posts, I think I'm going to focus on showing off some of the new Atlas components; therefore, I'll go through a brief demo on how to start a new Atlas project using Visual Studio 2005 first before diving into them head first.
Before I begin, please note that Atlas is currently Beta and that means that things are going to be changing on a pretty consistant basis. I'd appreciate it if you can send feedback to me if something isn't quite lining up with what you're seeing so that I can update my posts appropriately.
With that being said, let's proceed with setting up that new Atlas project using Visual Studio 2005...
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Open Visual Studio 2005
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Click File -> New -> Web Site...
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Since the new Atlas controls are contained under the CTP, you'll want to select the "ASP .NET AJAX CTP-Enabled Web Site" template under Visual Studio Installed Templates
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Since I've got IIS enabled on my system, I'm going to select "HTTP" for location and type in "http://localhost/AtlasDemo" for the URL. You can select "File System" if you don't have IIS enabled on your system and choose a location where you want the files installed. If you choose "File System", Visual Studio can still emulate the web site for you when you run in debug mode (very nice feature by the way...)
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Select your favorite programming language (I like C#) and then click the OK button
After a few seconds of Visual Studio chewing on your request, you'll have your first Atlas project set up and ready to go. Too easy, eh? Next post, I'm thinking we should check out the UpdatePanel component and see what it can do...