Using jQuery for AJAX with ASP.NET Webforms

Anyone know of a link to a good article/tutorial for getting started using jQuery for AJAX calls rather than ASP.NET AJAX? I'm trying to avoid using UpdatePanels entirely in this app, which I haven't been able to accomplish in the past.

From stackoverflow

• Here are few links:

  A Look Into JQuery API http://gridviewguy.com/Articles/407_A_Look_Into_JQuery_Ajax_API.aspx

  Using FireBug Profiler to Dig Deep into MS AJAX and JQuery API http://azamsharp.com/Posts/83_Using_FireBug_Profiler_to_Dig_Deep_into_MS_AJAX_and_JQuery_API.aspx

  On Demand Loading Using JQuery Ajax API http://azamsharp.com/Posts/74_On_Demand_Loading_Using_JQuery_Ajax_API.aspx

• Rick has some good in depth tutorials for jquery + asp.net

  http://www.west-wind.com/Weblog/

  Dave has some good stuff also here

  http://encosia.com/2008/03/27/using-jquery-to-consume-aspnet-json-web-services/

  Mark Struzinski : I was just going through Risk's backlogs and found an awesome article using JavaScript serialization to pass the data. I'm coding it right now. Thanks!

  kdmurray : These are great resources for integrating jQuery into webforms apps!!

  Ismail : Thank you very much. Helped me a lot.

• You can also refer, Multiple ways to make ajax calls using jQuery in ASP.Net