Review

If you're an ASP.NET developer who wants to upgrade from ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0, look no further, this is the book for you. This book will show you what's new and how to use it with the help of complete business applications.

The first section provides a quick introduction to the new features of ASP.NET 2.0 and shows you how to develop a complete application using the new features. The section concludes with the new master pages feature of ASP.NET 2.0.

Section 2 will teach you how to work with the new data access features of ASP.NET 2.0. These new features greatly reduce the amount of code needed for an application. The new features include, object data sources and some new bound controls.

Section 3 shows how to use more new and exciting features of version 2.0. These include the new login controls, user profile feature for saving user preferences, themes that help separate graphics from the rest of the application, and web parts for creating portals.

Section 4 shows you how to migrate your ASP.NET 1.x application to ASP.NET 2.0 and warns about some common compatibility problems that you may encounter.

Finally, the book concludes with a detailed explanation on how to configure and deploy ASP.NET 2.0 applications.

As with all Murach books, this one uses the popular and very effective "paired pages" format, with explanation/text of the left and code/examples on the right. This winning format is one of the key factors that separates Murach from other publishers. This format allows you to learn faster, more effectively, and also works as a great reference.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Section 1 Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0

Chapter 1 What’s new in ASP.NET 2.0
Chapter 2 How to create an ASP.NET 2.0 application in Visual Studio 2005
Chapter 3 How to use master pages

Section 2 ASP.NET 2.0 data access

Chapter 4 How to use SQL and XML data sources
Chapter 5 How to use the GridView control
Chapter 6 How to use the DetailsView and FormView control
Chapter 7 How to use object data sources

Section 3 New ASP.NET 2.0 features

Chapter 8 How to use site navigation
Chapter 9 How to use the login controls
Chapter 10 How to use profiles
Chapter 11 How to use the MultiView and Wizard controls
Chapter 12 How to use themes
Chapter 13 How to use web parts to build portals
Chapter 14 New ways to work with pages and other new web controls

Section 4 ASP.NET 2.0 in practice

Chapter 15 How to migrate from ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0
Chapter 16 How to configure and deploy ASP.NET 2.0 applications

Reference aids

Appendix A How to download and use the applications for this book

Index

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