Pro ASP.NET Web Forms Techniques [Paperback]

More than a collection of ASP.NET 2.0 language tips, this book helps you get to grips with ASP.NET 2.0. Moving to .NET 2.0 means that developers must understand the new coding techniques and standards (such as Master Pages and Generics) introduced with ASP.NET 2.0. They must also be aware of rising ancillary technologies such as Ajax and Atlas which may soon become intrinsically linked to ASP.NET development. The rise of alternative browsers, like Firefox, means that developers who want their web applications to be viewed as intended by their customers must master XHTML/CSS compliance.

Introduction of .NET 2.0 will push developers to master new coding techniques and standards, such as Master Pages and Generics. More than a collection of ASP.NET 2.0 language tips, this book helps you deal with ancillary techniques, new browsers and more.

ASP.NET MAKES IT EASY to create intemctive and intuitive interfaces for Web applica? tions, and attmctive and exciting Web pages. The server-based postback architecture, combined with the comprehensive army of server controls that are provided as part of the .NET Framework, allow developers to quickly build browser-based interfaces for Web sites and Web applications-using much the same event -driven approach as in tmdi? tional executable programs developed in languages like VISual Basic, Delphi, and C++. This is a completely new and different way of working from previous versions of ASP, and the underlying principles and workings of server-based events, which occur in response to actions made by the user in the page, can prove to be difficult to gmsp in their entirety. However, constructing ASP.NET pages, especially with some of the tools that are available or under development now, is very much easier and often less error-prone than in classic ASP. Besides, a completely server-based approach to user interaction does have its downsides. In high-latency scenarios, or over slow network connectionlÛ