A First Look at ASP.NET v. 2.0

When Microsoft released the .NET Framework 1.0 Technology Preview in July 2000, it was immediately clear that Web development was going to change. The...

In the previous chapter we gave a brief outline of some of the new and exciting features in ASP.NET 2.0, and now it's time...

One of the features of ASP.NET 1.0 that so excited developers was the introduction of server-side data binding. This had probably the greatest effect...

This is the second in a two-chapter look at the new approach to accessing, displaying, and manipulating data introduced with ASP.NET 2.0. This new...

The look and feel of a site can be its savior or its downfall, and there are plenty of books and Web sites that...

Version 1.1 of ASP.NET provided many built-in security services for developers to take advantage of. A common favorite is Forms-based authentication. Forms-based authentication allows...

In we discussed the new infrastructure feature of Membership. Membership is used to store user credentials and offers APIs for validating those credentials as...

Customization is a big topic in application development. Users like to be able to change the layout, appearance, and behavior of their applications—fine-tuning them...

One of the greatest improvements of ASP.NET over ASP is the postback architecture, allowing client-side events to be linked to server code. Not only...

In version 1.0 of the .net Framework, the core controls from the WebControls and HtmlControls namespaces were "hard-coded" to create HTML output. This makes...

One of the most frequently requested features for the ASP.NET Cache is the ability to invalidate cached items from the database. This capability, along...

Throughout this book you've seen many examples of the great new features of ASP.NET 2.0, including some of the new server controls. In this...

You've seen throughout this book that building Web sites with ASP.NET is easier than ever. Not only have more features been added, but also...