Suitable for almost all programmers who want to master ASP.NET with an eye toward real-world development, Programming ASP.NET is an excellent resource that a mixture of good coverage of APIs with actual programming techniques and advice using Visual Basic and. NET C #. The combination of the places in the forefront of titles currently available in ASP.NET. Written in part by veteran computer author Jesse Liberty, this book offers an excellent mix of coverage of important ASP.NET features that you really have to be used for programming in the real world. Readers with previous ASP experience will appreciate early sections that compare the older ASP sample with the new ASP.NET to highlight what's new and better, with a good description of the event model of ASP.NET. The authors first step through the important, like basic ASP Web controls and data binding, before studying the data-driven applications using the (slightly complicated) ASP.NET database APIs. Coverage of the security options. NET round out a tour of what you need to create real applications. throughout with samples from VB. Illustrated NET and C #, Programming ASP.NET is a worthy addition to the ranks of O'Reilly and one of the best titles available for learning ASP.NET -. Richard Dragan Topics covered: Basic introduction NET. Platform and ASP.NET basis; program in HTML, ASP and ASP.NET compared; events in ASP.NET session (application, page, control and event), HTML and ASP controls compared; ASP controls APIs (including in-depth support for calendar) ; code behind the form; using Visual Studio NET IDE;. tracing, debugging, and error handling, validation controls in ASP.NET (including built-in and custom validators, plus regular expression support), data-binding technique of association; list and datagrid control; ADO.NET tutorial (basic APIs and programming techniques ); call a stored procedure, updating database records; Repeater and datalist controls used with ADO.NET, ASP.NET custom controls (including custom control derived, composite, and full); Web service description (including SOAP, WSDL, and other standard ), creating and consuming a sample Web service for the stock ticker; ASP.NET caching techniques explained (including fragment and object caching); security options in ASP.NET for authentication, authorization, and impersonation; configuration and deployment options in ASP.NET (including XCOPY deployment), and attachment with quick tutorial database design.