This book introduces the Microsoft .NET Framework and the common language runtime and goes on to cover the ASP.NET development process and ASP.NET Web Forms. The book discusses the various controls within ASP.NET, such as HTML server controls ASP.NET server controls, and validator controls, and explains how to create custom user controls and components. Retrieiving data from Microsoft SQL Server™ using ADO.NET and data controls is also covered. The book finishes with a discussion of how to create and use XML Web services. Code samples are based on Beta and post-Beta 2 buils of Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET and alternate between Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and Visual C#™.
Key Book Benefits:
- Describes how to exploit the new functionality of ASP.NET, including improved integration with the common language, XML, and ADO.NET
- Presents how-to examples for Visual Basic and Visual C# for building dynamic, reusable Web applications faster and more efficiently
- Features code samples on CD-ROM for supplemental reference and study