AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) allows developers to create loading screens easily without a great deal of development in SharePoint 2007.  In this session we will walk through how to create various page load events using the AJAX toolkit, Web User Controls, the SmartPart, and SharePoint.  We will also convert the web .config, master pages, and server, so that the Site Collection is AJAX ready. 

Becky Isserman has been a SharePoint Developer, since 2005 when she went through the Portal University with Levi, Ray, and Shoup in Springfield, IL.  She is an Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD).  She has been a web designer/developer since she was fifteen hand coding HTML 3.0 websites in NotePad.  She enjoys working with SharePoint 2007, because she can perform the roles of administrator, developer, designer, and architect.  She currently lives in Olathe, Kansas, where she works at Terracon Consultants, Inc. and lives with her two cats, Gambit and Rogue, plus her boyfriend, Johnny.  If you would like to contact her you can e-mail her at rebecca.isserman@gmail.com or fill out the contact form at her blog http://www.mosslover.com .