In this book, three world-class ASP.NET experts present a start-to-finish, developer-focused preview of Microsoft's latest Web development breakthrough: ASP.NET 2.0. The first book to fully reflect the new ASP.NET 2.0 Beta, ASP.NET v. 2.0 The Beta Version identifies powerful new best practices for ASP.NET development. It will give you a jumpstart in creating new applications, optimizing their performance, extending them to mobile environments, improving their accessibility, and simplifying their deployment and management. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience and unfettered access to Microsoft's ASP.NET development team, the authors cover every significant platform enhancement. Using realistic code examples, they illuminate improvements in data access, user-interface development, portals, personalization, security, and many other areas. Coverage includes: Using ASP.NET 2.0's new Visual Web Developer and administration tools Simplifying database integration with code-free data binding and new data source controls Using Master Pages to improve control over application look-and-feel Strengthening security with membership providers, security server controls, cookieless forms authe
In this book, three world-class ASP.NET experts present a start-to-finish, developer-focused preview of Microsoft's latest Web development breakthrough: ASP.NET 2.0. The first book to fully reflect the new ASP.NET 2.0 Beta, ASP.NET v. 2.0 The Beta Version identifies powerful new best practices for ASP.NET development. It will give you a jumpstart in creating new applications, optimizing their performance, extending them to mobile environments, improving their accessibility, and simplifying their deployment and management. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience and unfettered access to Microsoft's ASP.NET development team, the authors cover every significant platform enhancement. Using realistic code examples, they illuminate improvements in data access, user-interface development, portals, personalization, security, and many other areas. Coverage includes: Using ASP.NET 2.0's new Visual Web Developer and administration tools Simplifying database integration with code-free data binding and new data source controls Using Master Pages to improve control over application look-and-feel Strengthening security with membership providers, security server controls, cookieless forms authe