Essential ASP.NET 2.0

1. Architecture UNLIKE ITS PREDECESSOR, ASP.NET 2.0 is not a fundamentally new way of building Web applications. Instead, ASP.NET 2.0 primarily adds new features on top of an existing architecture with the goal of simpl...

2. User Interface Elements ASP.NET 2.0 INTRODUCES SEVERAL FEATURES that make it easier to build compelling, unified user interfaces. In this chapter we look at the three primary new user interface elements of ASP.NET 2....

3. Data Binding IN THIS CHAPTER, we look at the declarative data sources and the new data-bound controls introduced with ASP.NET 2.0. Of all the features introduced in this release, declarative data binding undoubtedly...

4. State Management WHERE DO YOU STORE per-client state in a Web application? This question is at the root of many heated debates over how to best design Web applications. The disconnected nature of HTTP means that ther...

5. Security SECURITY IS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE of most Web applications, and thinking about it earlier rather than later can save you heartache and money down the road. That's why this chapter doesn't come at the end of t...

6. Web Parts WEB-BASED PORTAL APPLICATIONS have become a popular platform for all types of products, ranging from Intranet sites used internally at a company to popular Internet sites supporting millions of users. Micro...

7. Diagnostics MANY PRODUCT TEAMS AT MICROSOFT have shifted focus in recent years. Instead of just focusing entirely on whiz-bang features like calendar controls and wizards, much of the team resources have been dedicat...

8. Performance ONE OF THE OVERARCHING GOALS of this release of ASP.NET was to improve the performance and scalability of applications. The ASP.NET team accomplished this in two ways: by optimizing code paths and improvi...

9. Asynchrony AT FIRST GLANCE, it almost seems unnecessary to discuss asynchrony in building Web applications with ASP.NET. One of the key advantages of building applications that execute in the context of a Web server...