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Part 2. Developing in SharePoint 2010 > Hour 8. Understanding Client Object Mod...
Hour 8. Understanding Client Object Model in SharePoint 2010
What You’ll Learn in This Hour:
• Understanding client object model fundamentals
• Exploring context in client object model
• Exploring the JavaScript client object model
Due to the complexity of the topics discussed, some figures in this book are very detailed and are intended only to provide a high-level view of concepts. Those figures are representational and not intended to be read in detail.
SharePoint has always had a great server side object model. But the server side object model was never adequate to address the needs of the emerging trend of rich Internet applications. Web applications are becoming more and more sophisticated all the time. Each user interaction in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) was followed by a postback, which is really annoying to the end user. Prior to SharePoint 2010, client side functionality was achieved by out of the box web services provided by SharePoint. But these were never complete, and each time a new functionality was needed, developers were required to create custom web services that used server side objects internally. Another concern for SharePoint developers was they had to in....
