Master ASP.NET 2.0's power and time-saving features

With more than 50 new server controls, the number of classes inside ASP.NET 2.0 has more than doubled and the changes are sometimes dramatic. This book teaches you

• The pivotal role of the server control in ASP.NET development
• How to create templated ASP.NET pages with the master pages feature
• Debugging and error-handling techniques
• Frameworks that help you extract, create, manipulate, and store XML

Revolutionize the way you program

Get the fundamentals of C# plus essential background on the .NET architecture. Here's what you must know to write dynamic Web pages, an XML Web service, a classic Windows desktop app, and more, including

• Principles of programming in the .NET environment
• How to use existing COM components with .NET applications
• Techniques for manipulating XML using C# 2005
• How to access databases with ADO.NET

Explore underlying platform commonalities you can use

Here's an in-depth look at Common Language Runtime (CLR) fundamentals, Base Class Libraries (BCL), and the more advanced Framework libraries used in most managed applications. You'll discover

• Details of the CLR's architecture
• How assemblies work and options for deployment
• Specific portions of the BCL and advanced Framework libraries, including transaction libraries
• The secure programming model and forms of isolation and concurrency

Examine what you can achieve with generics

Generics bring a new dimension of type-safety, expressiveness, and performance to data types. Here's comprehensive information on generics and the rules governing them, BCL generic types, the Power Collections library, and more, such as

• How to use generics to improve the type-safety of your code
• Steps for extending classes and introducing derivative generic types
• Guidelines for applying generics
• Ways to achieve runtime efficiencies