Publisher's Synopsis
Build your expertise as you move beyond the basics-and delve into the core topics of programming with ASP.NET 2.0. Useful to both experienced developers and those developing new skills, this ultimate reference is packed with expert guidance, hands-on programming instruction, and practical examples to help you advance your mastery of developing applications for the Web.
Discover how to:
- Author rich, visually consistent pages and manage layout with themes and Master pages
- Create personalized pages that persist user preferences
- Retrieve, modify, and manage data with Microsoft ADO.NET
- Configure the HTTP pipeline to serve ASP.NET 2.0 pages
- Control program flow by tracing and handling exceptions
- Design caching layers and learn state management techniques to optimize application performance
- Manage users with membership control, registration, and authentication capabilities
- Build real-world data access layers using common design patterns
- Use custom collections with data source controls
- Learn the internals of grid controls
PLUS-Get code samples on the Web
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