ASP.NET 4 Unleashed by Stephen Walther

Web development has been rapidly evolving over the years. The features and functionality
that today’s web developers are asked to produce are exponentially more involved
and complex than they were just a few years ago. As the demands of today’s business and
commercial software grow, so too must the power of the tools and development frameworks
developers use every day.

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Even in the years since ASP.NET was first introduced, it has undergone dramatic growth in
terms of ease of use, power, flexibility, scalability, and time to market. Some of the largest
websites hosted on the Internet have ASP.NET and the .NET Framework to thank for their
speed, power, and scalability including Dell, MySpace, and Microsoft.
Whether you plan on building the next greatest social network, a simple blogging site, or
a year-long project to build a suite of Line of Business applications for the enterprise—
ASP.NET might be the right tool for the job.
Who Should Read This Book?
ASP.NET 4 Unleashed is for professional programmers who need to create rich, interactive
websites. This book is a comprehensive reference for building websites with all the tools
and technology that are part of the ever-growing ASP.NET umbrella. There are hundreds
of code samples on the accomanying website that you can use to immediately begin
building your website.
If you are new to building websites with ASP.NET, you can use this book to learn everything
you need to know to build a website with the ASP.NET Framework. If you are an
experienced ASP.NET developer, you can use this book to refresh your memory on some
lesser-used features and learn about the new features in ASP.NET 4 Unleashed .
What Do You Need to Know Before You Read This
Book?
To get the most out of this book, you should have a decent familiarity with the core
concepts of the .NET Framework. This book can be used as a reference for ASP.NET veterans
as well as serve as a full, cover-to-cover learning experience for developers new to
building ASP.NET web applications. The samples are designed to be clear and easy to read,
regardless of whether your background is in VB.NET or C#.
To get the most from the database chapters, you should have some experience working
with a database, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or Microsoft Access. Purely to make
the samples easier to install and test, the data-driven samples either work from data files
or from SQL Server databases