.NET Platform : The next big overhaul to Microsoft's technologies that will bring enterprise distributed computing to the next level by fully integrating the Internet into the development platform. This will allow interaction between any machine, on any platform, and on any device.

Visual Basic.NET : The update to this popular visual programming language will offer greater Web functionality, more sophisticated object-oriented language features, links to Microsoft's new common runtime, and a new interface.

ASP.NET : A programming framework (formerly known as Active Server Pages) for building powerful Web-based enterprise applications; can be programmed using VB.NET or C#.

C# : Microsoft's new truly object-oriented programming language that builds on the strengths of C++ and the ease of Visual Basic; promises to give Sun's Java a run for its money.

Contents

Introduction

Ch. 1 Making Sense of .NET 1
Ch. 2 Anatomy of an ASP.NET Page 13
Ch. 3 Server Controls 43
Ch. 4 Database Access 131
Ch. 5 Creating More Advanced ASP.NET Pages 183
Ch. 6 Applying What We've Learned So Far 247
Ch. 7 Web Services 295
Ch. 8 Security and Membership 333
Ch. 9 Adding E-Commerce Essentials 355
Ch. 10 Debugging and Optimization 393

Index 419