Microsoft released a new preview this week of its Atlas framework, along with two related tool sets, part of a push to continue the Web developer-tools momentum Microsoft stoked at its Mix06 conference last month.

That conference introduced a Go-Live license for Atlas, permitting the toolkit to be used in production projects. Slated for inclusion in the next version of Visual Studio, Atlas is Microsoft's response to the rise of AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML).

Microsoft intends to soon designate Atlas a shared-source project, allowing selected developers outside Microsoft to contribute to the software's code base. New "community technology preview" builds of Atlas are released every few weeks.

Microsoft introduces the Atlas Control Toolkit, which offers precoded functionality for an assortment of common UI elements like drop-down boxes and collapsible show/hide panels. Microsoft plans to solicit controls from its development community and will encourage swapping, Atlas manager Scott Guthrie said.


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