Distributed Data Applications with ASP.NET [Paperback]

* The only Enterprise level book that concentrates on distributed techniques.

* Fully updated for ASP .NET 1.1 and Visual Studio 2003.

* Authors were both anointed as software legends by Microsoft (www.softwarelegends.com).

* Demonstrates the range of possibilities and ease of development for distributed data-driven applications with .NET.

* Shows how easy it is to take advantage of several different types of client devices, and how to provide the best user experience possible for each one.

* Explores all aspects of building ASP.NET 1.1applications that handle data and work across the Internet or other HTTP networks such as local intranets.

ASP.NET is a huge advance from previous incarnations of ASP, with one of its goals being pure HTML output that achieves maximum cross-browser compatibility. The server-side event architecture tends to engender this approach, but amid the first flush of excitement its often forgotten that theres still a place for rich clients and handling data in a multitude of places. Distributed data-driven applications arent new, but the range of possibilities and ease of development have both increased with the introduction of .NET.

This book approaches data management and data applications from several different points of view:

• Understanding the new .NET data management philosophy for both relational and XML data
• Grasping the different techniques that it encompasses and how they relate to real-world requirements
• Exploring the application architecture and design implications of the .NET data management classes
• Designing distributed data-driven ASP.NET applications that benefit from the new data management techniques
• Examining the rich-client philosopl-