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Store See larger picture Professional ASP.NET 2.0 (Programmer to Programmer) by Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Farhan Muhammad, Srinivasa Sivakumar, and Devin Rader - Wrox List Price: $49.99 Price at Amazon.com: $31.49 (Save 37%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Shipping rates and policies Average Customer Review: Based on 29 reviews. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 136794 Product Description All new, for ASP.NET 2.0, this bestselling book provides experienced developers with real-world examples of the powerful new time-saving, code-saving features in this new version. Seasoned author and International .NET Association founder Bill Evjen along with Scott Hanselman help developers make a smooth transition to this new version of ASP.NET with their clear explanations of even the most dramatic changes. Helpful examples in both VB and C# clearly show how to build ASP.NET 2.0 applications. Some of the key chapters and topics you'll find in this book include: 4 chapters on server controls, including an entire chapter dedicated to the controls that are new to ASP.NET 2.0 A chapter each on the new Master Pages and Themes/Skins features in ASP.NET 2.0 2 chapters on data presentation Data Management with ADO.NET discussing some of the radical ASP.NET 2.0 changes incorporated in ADO.NET Personalization, Membership, and Role Management A complete chapter on Portal Frameworks and the popular new Web Parts functionality of ASP.NET 2.0 Security beyond the built in membership and role management features Caching including the new SQL cache invalidation feature in ASP.NET 2.0 Proper debugging and error handling techniques for your applications Building your own server controls and HttpHandlers Business Objects, Mobile Development, XML Web Services Configuring, Administering, managing, packaging, and deploying ASP.NET 2.0 Applications According to Brian Goldfarb, Microsoft Product Manager - Web Platform and Tools Division, this book "... is a solid one, Professional ASP.NET 2.0 and I recommend to anyone who is serious about working with VS 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 -- Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Farhan Muhammad, Devin Rader, Srinivasa Sivakumar all did a fantastic job putting together a great read with easy to understand examples and high-quality guidance. This is a must-have for every ASP.NET developers bookshelf (I already have 2 on mine :))" Featured Customer Reviews Good Introduction or Reference, August 25, 2007 As context, I programmed in classic ASP and had experience with Java and VB.NET prior to purchasing this book, but I had not really worked with ASP.NET. I found this book an easy read, very clear, and broken up nicely to that I can use it as a reference. The examples are especially helpful, as they contain just enough context for each concept, but are not so specific that I have trouble translating them to match my own needs. Great Overview of how to develop professional ASP.NET 2.0 websites, May 02, 2007 It is difficult to find one book that will tell you everything you need to know. I do believe this book makes an honorable attempt at showing you what you need to know to develop 2.0 websites. The book topics range from talking about how to use the new features within the ide to packaging and deploying your finished products. Get up to speed on master pages, validation, themes, membership and roles security, caching, etc. Although you won't necessarily become an overnight expert by reading this book it will certainly show you what you need to get up to speed on how to develop 2.0 websites professionally. Check newer book, November 12, 2006 I bought this book before realizing that there was probably a newer edition "Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition" by the exact same authors released in Oct 2006 with 300 more pages. I haven't seen the new one, but I suspect it is this one in a newer release. Why this title hasn't been retired is a mystery, but I can't fault Amazon because it is still listed on the Wrox site as if it is a current book. An addendum: Even the one above now has a newer edition: Professional ASP.NET 3.5 : in C# and VB Provides a great Reference., November 10, 2006 Provides a great reference to almost all classes, excellent for the beginner. One suggestion would have been to create an entire application - step by step at the end of each chapter as an exercies . ASP.Net newbies need to stay away from this book, August 26, 2006 Don't say I did not warn you, this book is not for ASP.NET newbies. I'm fairly good with VB.NET and yet I simply can't use this book to learn ASP.Net. You will not even get past the first few pages. Another thing I don't like about this book is that it dives into technical details without give you the whole picture about what is a proper ASP.Net website.After reading this book you would not have a concept in your mind about how to build an ASP.Net. It's just bits here and bits there. You might also be interested in these items... ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution (Programmer to Programmer) Professional C# 2005 (Wrox Professional Guides) Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 Professional ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX (Programmer to Programmer) Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Security, Membership, and Role Management (Wrox Professional Guides)