@Ajax.ActionLink in ASP.NET 5 MVC6

Question

I'm using ASP.NET 5 RC1.

What is the equivalent in ASP.NET 5 MVC 6 of @Ajax.ActionLink

Example:

@Ajax.ActionLink("Show", 
             "Show", 
             null, 
             new AjaxOptions { HttpMethod = "GET", 
             InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace, 
             UpdateTargetId = "dialog_window_id", 
             OnComplete = "your_js_function();" })

as used in ASP.NET 4 MVC 5.

I get:

The name 'Ajax' does not exist in the current context.

in ASP.NET 5

Update:

I understand it is not going to be implemented. Is it possible someone can provide me with the taghelper code example alternative?

Answer 1

Explanation

I would go a limb here and say that it's not a helper at that point.

It's a component. It is not simply HTML but also JavaScript. Once you have JavaScript tied to a component, which framework are you using? Are you using pure JavaScript?

If this component is tied to pure JavaScript (no jQuery), it will need to be updated/tested for all current, previous and future versions of every browsers.

And that, is why I'm thinking that it was left to be built as a component rather than built into the framework itself.

Too many moving pieces, too many dependencies on frameworks/software that the client can and will change.

Solution

As for a solution, my recommendation is to go with jQuery or something along those lines.

HTML

<a class="ajaxLink" href="#" data-href="/Project" data-method="DELETE">Delete Project</a>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("a.ajaxLink").on('click', function (){
        var self = this;
        $.ajax({
            type: $(this).attr('data-method'),
            url: $(this).attr('data-href')
        }).then(function() {
            // success callback
        });
    });
});

As you can see, this can become quite easily a simple client-side solution rather than a server side solution.

I hope this answers your question and solves your problem.