The professional developer's best buy on ASP.NET 2.0! Includes:* Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition* ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming Problem-Design-Solution* Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Controls and Component Development* Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Security, Membership, and Role Management* ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks and Tips* CD-ROM with more than 1000 pages of bonus chapters from 15 other .NET 2.0 and SQL Server(TM) 2005 Wrox books* DVD with 180-day trial version of Microsoft(r) Visual Studio(r) 2005 Professional Edition Learn the newest, most advanced ASP.NET 2.0 techniques The key new features and capabilities of ASP.NET 2.0 are identified and defined here. Learn to:* The pivotal role of the server control in ASP.NET development* Create templated ASP.NET pages using the Master Page feature* Work with data from SQL Server(t) 2005 and Oracle(r)* Add Ajax-style capabilities to ASP.NET applications* Localize your web sites into different languages Design and implement feature-rich sites Create information or e-commerce sites using the focused problem-design-solution format. You will:* Implement a ready-to-use professionally coded complete ASP.NET 2.0 site* Discover unique and resourceful ways to handle common problems* Master GridView, DetailsView, Wizard, SiteMap, and other new server controls* Implement themes, membership, localization, caching, and more Master writing custom ASP.
NET 2.0 server controls Explore step-by-step recipes that help you write your own custom components and learn to:* Use Ajax patterns, ASP.NET client callback, CSS, DOM, and XML* Implement custom Web Parts and ASP.NET 2.0 security* Build custom tabular and hierarchical data source controls* Develop custom HTTP modules, HTTP handler factories, and control builders Ensure security in your ASP.NET 2.0 applications Here's the developer's perspective on maximizing ASP.NET security. Discover how to:* Use ASP.NET trust levels to provide secure environments* Write your own custom provider-based features* Take advantage of new options for locking down configuration sections* Extend Membership with password histories and custom encryption Share solutions developed by Microsoft MVPs They've faced every challenge and developed a solution. For example:* Page templates, multiple forms, URL rewriting, and SQL cache dependencies* Improvements in ASP.NET 2.0 that originated as hacks* Built-in functions that reduce the amount of code required* Hacks that can be adapted to your application or business environment

ASP.NET allows web sites to display unique pages for each visitor rather than show the same static HTML pages. The release of ASP.NET 2.0 is a revolutionary leap forward in the area of web application development. It brings with it a wealth of new and exciting built-in functions that reduce the amount of code you'll need to write for even the most common applications.

With more than 50 new server controls, the number of classes inside ASP.NET 2.0 has more than doubled, and in many cases, the changes in this new version are dramatic. This book will alert you to every new feature and capability that ASP.NET 2.0 provides so that you'll be prepared to put these new technologies into action. Greatly expanded from the original best-selling Professional ASP.NET 2.0, this new special edition adds hundreds of pages of new coverage of advanced and new techniques relating to data and data sources, the provider model, personalization, membership, role management, localization, configuration, migration, and Altas.

Bonus CD-ROM and DVD
* The bonus DVD includes a 180-day trial of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional
* The accompanying CD-ROM features 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 server control and its pivotal role in ASP.NET development
* How to create templated ASP.NET pages using the new master page feature
* Techniques for debugging and handling errors
* How to work with data from enterprise databases including SQL Server 2005 and Oracle(r)
* Ways 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 web site into multiple languages for different visitors
* How to use the new "Altas" add-in for ASP.NET 2.0 to add Ajax-style capabilities to your ASP.NET applications
* An understanding of how to use and extend the new pro?vider model for accessing data stores, processes, and more
* How to keep track of your application's performance and health with new monitoring tools
* When and how to migrate your ASP.NET 1.x applications to 2.0

Who this book is for

This book is for experienced programmers and developers who are looking 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. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job. This book is also available as part of the 5-book ASP.NET 2.0 Wrox Box (ISBN: 0-470-11757-5). This 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 bonus chapters from 15 other .NET 2.0 and SQL Server(TM) 2005 Wrox books
DVD with 180-day trial version of Microsoft(r) Visual Studio(r) 2005 Professional Edition