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ASP.NET 2.0: A Developer''''s NotebookBy
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When ASP.NET hit the street a couple of years ago, it was a
real eye-opener. Microsoft''''s tool for creating dynamic,
server side web applications introduced Web Forms, a feature
with the same rapid drag and drop convenience enjoyed by
Visual Basic developers, along with a method for creating
XML-based web services. ASP.NET was more than an upgrade of
Active Server Pages it was a quantum leap ahead.
Now Microsoft has a new version of ASP.NET as part of its
upcoming next generation release of the Visual Studio .NET
development platform. ASP.NET 2.0 is already available in
beta release, and web developers are anxious to get a good
look at it. That''''s exactly what our new Developer''''s Notebook
allows you to do.
More than just an introduction to ASP.NET 2.0, this
practical guide acquaints you with all of the new features
through nearly 50 hands-on projects. Each one places
emphasis on changes in the new release that can increase
productivity, simplify programming tasks, and help you add
functionality to your applications. For example, ASP.NET 2.0
includes master pages, themes, and skins so you can build
applications with a consistent page layout and design. Other
changes allow for the automatic creation of web pages for
use on mobile devices, while wizards and controls allow you
to perform frequent tasks (like data access) without having
to write a single line of code.
ASP.NET 2.0: A Developer''''s Notebook
also includes suggestions for further experimentation, links
to on-line documentation, and practical notes and warnings
from the author regarding changes to the new version.
The new Developer''''s Notebooks series from O''''Reilly offers an
in-depth first look at important new tools for software
developers. Emphasizing example over explanation and
practice over theory, they focus on learning by doing you''''ll
get the goods straight from the masters, in an informal and
code-intensive style. If you want to get up to speed on
ASP.NET 2.0 before its official release, this all lab, no
lecture book will get you there.
Acknowledgments
I am very grateful to my editor, John Osborn, for giving me thisopportunity to write a book on ASP.NET 2.0. His patience and
attention to details have definitely made this book a better read.
John has been more than an editor to me; he is more like a mentor. He
has been very encouraging and edges me on when I am at a loss for
words at times (literally!). A big thank you, John!I am indebted to the following technical reviewers and editors who
have taken time off their busy schedules and provided lots of
valuable feedback to the drafts of this book (as well as answering my
strings of questions). They are: Thomas Lewis, Jonathan Hawkins,
Jesse Liberty, David Mercer, G. Andrew Duthie, Jason Alexander, Tommy
Lee, and Ron Buckton. Thomas Lewis (ASP.NET 2.0 evangelist at
Microsoft) deserves a special mention, as he has been very patient in
answering my questions on the changes in the early days of the beta
of ASP.NET 2.0. Thank you, Thomas!Thanks are also due to Rod Paddock (Editor In Chief) and Markus Egger
(Publisher) from CoDe Magazine (http://www.code-magazine.com) for graciously
granting me the permission to reproduce my ASP.NET article
"Localizing ASP.NET 2.0
Applications," available in the March/April 2005
issue of CoDe Magazine. I also want to take
this opportunity to thank Lori Piquet at DevX (a division of
Jupitermedia Corp.), who has always been very supportive of my
articles on ASP.NET 2.0.As always, it has been a pleasure working with the
O'Reilly team. Did people ever tell you that you
guys rock?
