Building ASP.NET Server Controls [Paperback]

* Up to date for the latest release version of .NET

* Written by two Microsoft employees who have been using the technology for both internal and external use since it was in alpha stage.

* Describes the ASP.NET server control architecture in Visual Studio .NET 2003 covering state management, events, rendering, cross-platform support, control lifecycle, localization and deployment.

* Provides background on User Controls as compared with server controls, discussing the benefits and strengths of each.

* Discusses the various methods available to create server controls including inheritance, composition, and from scratch. Discusses when to use Control as a base class as compared to WebControl highlighting the tradeoffs.

* Demonstrates how to integrate client-side development technologies such as DHTML and JavaScript with server control technology to create powerful interactive controls.

* Covers ASP.NET mobile server control development including an in depth discussion of browser capabilities and device adapters when targeting the various mobile devices available.

* Covers how to enrich the design-time experience when building custom server controls including custom designers, custom property editors, as well as other design-time enhancements.

IN THE EARLY DAYS of the web it was great fun to craft web pages by hand, carefully placing each HTML tag onto the page. As time has gone on, we've acquired a wealth of new technologies, including CSS, JavaScript, and the full gamut of HTML standards, including XHTML and DHTML. These advances bring freedom but also complexity and an almost overwhelming array of choices. Few developers can intimately know all of these technologies, and even if they could, browser compat? ibility issues are often significant enough to humble the most hard-core developer. lÒ