This brings with it many new and exciting built-in functions that reduce the amount of code you'll need to write even for the most common. With more than 50 new server controls, the number of classes in ASP.NET 2.0 has more than doubled, and in many cases, dramatic changes in the new version. Greatly expanded from the original best-selling Professional ASP.NET 2.0, the new special edition adds hundreds of pages of new coverage of advanced and new techniques relating to data and data sources, model operators, personalization, membership, role management, localization, configuration, migration, and the Altas. Bonus CD-ROM and DVD * Bonus DVD includes a 180-day trial Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional * CD-ROM that accompanies a valuable library of chapters from other key Wrox books. It contains more than 1,000 pages from more than 15 Wrox, ASP.NET 2.0 C # 2005, VB 2005, NET 2.0,. And SQL Server 2005 books. What you will learn from this book * The idea of the control server and an important role in ASP.NET development * How to create templated ASP.NET pages using the master features a new page * Techniques for debugging and error handling * How to work with data from enterprise databases including SQL Server 2005 and Oracle (r) * How to package and deploy ASP.NET applications * How to retrieve, update, and delete data quickly and logically * How to implement the cultures and regions features to localize your website into several languages for different visitors * How to use the "Altas" add-ins for the new ASP.NET 2.0 to add Ajax-style capabilities to your ASP.NET applications * An understanding of how to use and extend the new model pro vider? To access the data store, process, and more * How to track the performance of your application and health with new monitoring tools * When and how to migrate your ASP.NET 1.x applications to 2.0 Who this book is to This book is for experienced programmers and developers who seek to make the transition to ASP.NET 2.0. Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. 5-book set includes: Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition (ISBN: 0-470-04178-1) ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution (ISBN: 0764584642) Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Security, Membership, and Role Management (ISBN: 0764596985) Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control and Component Development (ISBN: 0471793507) ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks and Tips (ISBN: 0764597663) CD-ROM with more than 1000 pages of the 15 bonus chapters NET 2.0 and others. SQL Server (TM) 2005 Wrox books DVD with 180 days trial version of Microsoft (r) Visual Studio (r) 2005 Professional Edition