Recently published: Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader's Guide: VB Edition
[From the publisher]
Mike Murach & Associates has just published a VB edition of their ASP.NET 2.0 book for experienced developers entitled, appropriately enough, Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide: VB Edition.
Like the C# edition that was published in August, this book focuses on the practical aspects of upgrading. According to Murach, it’s easy enough for ASP.NET 1.x developers to get information on what’s new in ASP.NET 2.0. But it’s harder to figure out how…and when…to upgrade to the new features on the job. So this book goes beyond the typical overview and gives examples of how to apply the new features in everyday web applications.
To see how this works, developers can download chapter 3 of the book from the Murach web site. This chapter is on master pages, an ASP.NET 2.0 feature that makes it easy to include banners, navigation menus, and other elements on all the pages in an application. After explaining the basic concept, this chapter shows sample pages that use this feature, then shows and explains all the aspx and code-behind code that’s needed to make those pages work.
The remaining chapters in the book cover other key features, like the Access, SQL, and XML data sources; the GridView, DetailView and FormView controls; object data sources that allow binding to custom business objects; login and site navigation controls; profiles; the MultiView and Wizard controls; themes; web parts for building portals; and tools for configuring and deploying new applications.
To let upgraders move at a quick, professional pace, all of the content is formatted in Murach’s "paired pages" style. Each two-page spread presents a single topic. The lefthand page explains the topic while the righthand page shows the critical details, using syntax, code, screen shots, and how-to notes. This format allows experienced developers to take in a lot of information at a glance, so they can put it to work more quickly.
Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide: VB Edition is available directly from the publisher at www.murach.com and from online and brick-and-mortar bookstores.
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