ASP.NET 2.0 is an amazing technology that allows you to develop web sites and applications with very little hassle, and the strength and depth enables to host even the most complex applications available. What you will learn from this book Why Visual Web Developer is an ideal environment for building feature-rich ASP.NET 2.0 applications with C # How to secure web sites, providing login functionality and role-based access to content Useful techniques for the secure updating of data, using ASP.NET 2.0 's built-in data handling capabilities How do centralized site design can be easily achieved How to add e-commerce functionality to a method for improving the performance of the application site Who this book is to This book is for anyone new to web programming who wants to program dynamic, feature-rich web applications in ASP.NET 2.0. It will also be ideal for programmers trying to improve their ASP 3 knowledge to ASP.NET, or programmers from non-Microsoft web disciplines who want to learn ASP.NET 2.0.