Using NET Framework. And Microsoft's new object-oriented languages, ASP.NET brings the same rapid productivity drag-and-drop interface for web application programming language Visual Basic brought to Windows applications. ASP.NET also introduces a web service, which allows developers to expose application functionality via HTTP and XML, so that clients on any platform can access via the Internet. There are many benefits to using ASP.NET, and one big disadvantage: the developer must devote time to master this technology, a new Web application. The ASP.NET Cookbook provides solutions to the wealth of plug-and-play support for common problems encountered when developing ASP.NET web applications and services in the Cookbook format problem-solution-popular discussion. The coding solutions in ASP.NET Cookbook appeal to a variety of developers, from experienced experts. Each recipe provides immediate solutions to pressing problems, while simultaneously allowing developers who prefer to learn hands-on style with the experience they need to master ASP.NET.