Advance your expertise with ASP.NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1—and build dynamic Web solutions that can run across multiple browsers and mobile devices. This guide expertly balances coverage of ASP.NET infrastructure with practical, hands-on examples you can modify for your own Web applications and services. As you examine the ASP.NET infrastructure—including the HTTP runtime, standard and custom controls, configuration, and security issues—you’ll learn techniques and best practices for building high-performance, effective, and functional solutions. Whether you’re creating a dynamic portal application or a corporate intranet, this must-read reference demonstrates how to use ASP.NET to accelerate your productivity—and shave precious hours off your development time.

Discover how to:

Access data using Microsoft ADO.NET
Master the DataGrid control to display, edit, and page through data
Program page forms to enable multiple forms and pop-up windows
Use ASP.NET mobile controls to write one application that can run on multiple devices
Write stateful session-based Web services
Reuse common UI elements across applications with Web Forms user controls
User inheritance to modify existing ASP.NET controls for your own programs
Create data-bound and templated custom controls from scratch
Deliver dynamically generated images to the Web with GDI+
Learn state management techniques that help optimize scalability
Get best practices for writing code that helps resist attack
Configure ASP.NET files for deployment and fine-tune application performance
Configure the HTTP pipeline to serve ASP.NET pages