ASP.NET MVC Tip #36 ââ?¬â?? Create a Popup Calendar Helper

In this tip, Stephen Walther demonstrates how you can create a JavaScript popup calendar (date picker) that works within an ASP.NET MVC view. The calendar is created with the AJAX Control Toolkit. A script file only version of the AJAX Control Toolkit was just released by Microsoft at the CodePlex website: http://www.codeplex.com/AjaxControlToolkit/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=16488 This version of the AJAX Control Toolkit does not contain server-side controls or control extenders. It contains only the client-side files – JavaScript, CSS, images – required to use the client-side AJAX behaviors. This is great news for ASP.NET MVC developers. It means that we can easily take advantage of the client-side AJAX behaviors contained...(read more) ...