A new version of the ASP.NET Ajax Library has been released

A new version of the ASP.NET Ajax Library has been released at CodePlex:

* The ASP.NET Ajax Library includes the Ajax Control Toolkit. You can continue to use the Ajax Control Toolkit in ASP.NET Web Forms applications by dragging-and-dropping controls from the Visual Studio Toolbox. The new Ajax Control Toolkit also can be used in ASP.NET MVC and even pure HTML applications.

* The ASP.NET Ajax Library has a new CodePlex project located at http://Ajax.CodePlex.com

* The ASP.NET Ajax Library has a new documentation/tutorial/sample code website located at http://www.ASP.net/ajaxLibrary

* The ASP.NET Ajax Library is being hosted on the Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network. Learn more about the Microsoft Ajax CDN at http://www.ASP.net/ajaxLibrary/CDN.ashx

* Microsoft has contributed the ASP.NET Ajax Library to the CodePlex Foundation. Learn more about the CodePlex Foundation by visiting http://CodePlex.org 

The ASP.NET Ajax Library Beta release enables you to build database-driven Web applications that run entirely in the Web browser. The library provides the following features for developers:

• Powerful developer libraries and tooling support
• Performance – build high performance websites
• Interoperability – use it with any server platform and alongside jQuery
• Extensible – build on top of the library and inherit from controls like DataView

from:http://forums.asp.net/t/1494489.aspx