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This book is aimed at experienced ASP developers who are working at the leading edge, rather than the casual ASP developer or beginner. For example, we do not cover the basics of COM, ASP, or the programming languages we use in this book. You don't need to be experienced with ASP to make the most of this book although being relatively comfortable with ASP concepts with certainly help. This book is also ideal for Visual Basic developers who want to make the move into Web application design. You should also understand the general principles of the use of components, and have knowledge of Visual Basic (or VBScript). Some of the samples are written in other languages, such JScript and C#, but you don't need to be fluent in these languages to be able to use this book.

Most Web applications follow a simple "3F" pattern: fetch, format, and forward data to the browser. With this in-depth guide, developers can take their Web design and programming skills to the next level to build more complex Web pages, applications, and services. The book demonstrates the advanced data-access capabilities of ADO.NET and the powerful page-creation capabilities of ASP.NET, plus how to employ code reusability, pagelets, code-behind, server-side controls, and other time-saving techniques.

This title is the ideal step-by-step introduction for developers who want to learn Active Server Pages+ (ASP+) scripting technology, which offers powerful new possibilities for writing clean, reusable, scalable code for Web pages. It offers a solid, practical introduction to ASP+ and related technologies, including the Common Language Runtime (CLR), Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C#(tm), and the Microsoft .NET Framework. It also provides real-world examples and code samples to help developers solve daily Web challenges.