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Product Description: ASP 2005 Insider Solutions is for the developer who is already familiar with ASP.NET, and wants to explore some of the more advanced topics that will help you build better, more efficient, and more attractive Web pages and Web applications...read more

ASP.NET 2.0 is an amazing technology that allows you to develop web sites and applications with very little hassle, and its power and depth enable it to host even the most complex applications available. Using code examples in C#, this invaluable beginner's guide shows you how to program web applications in ASP.NET 2.0 and see dynamic results with minimal effort.Through detailed explanations and working C# code examples, this popular author team eases you into the world of ASP.NET development and gradually introduces you to all sorts of interesting ASP.NET tricks and tools. You'll quickly see how ASP.NET 2.0 is designed to ensure a significant reduction in the amount of code you have to write--and, in turn, to make your life easier.What you will learn from this bookWhy Visual Web Developer is an ideal environment for building feature-rich ASP.NET 2.0 applications with C#How to secure web sites, providing login functionality and role-based access to contentUseful techniques for safely updating data, using ASP.NET 2.0's built-in data handling capabilitiesHow centralized site design can be easily achievedHow to add e-commerce functionality to a siteMethods for enhancing an application's performanceWho this book is forThis book is for anyone new to web programming who wants to program dynamic, feature-rich web applications in ASP.NET 2.0. It will also be ideal for programmers seeking to upgrade their ASP 3 knowledge to ASP.NET, or programmers from non-Microsoft web disciplines who need to learn ASP.NET 2.0.Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Provides information on creating Web sites and applications using ASP.NET 2.0.

Provides information on using Visual Web Developer to create Web sites.

Provides information on programming Web applications using ASP.NET 2.0, covering such topics as site design, security, styling, Web server architecture, writing data, code, e-commerce, and exception handling.

Looks at the changes in ADO.NET and System.XML, covering such topics as DataSet and DataTable classes, CLR hosting, and reading and writing XML.

Product Description: All programmers working in database technology using Microsoft development tools will find this book useful. As a reference, it is suitable for beginners and experienced programmers alike. This is a great addition and complement to any other ADO manual, and its one you’ll want to keep on the desk at all times...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Alex Homer is managing director of Stonebroom, Ltd., a software-development, consulting, and training organization. He was formerly lead technical author and reviewer for Wrox Press, specializing in Microsoft Web and database technologies Dave Sussman speaks frequently at Microsoft development conferences and has been writing about ASP since its earliest releases...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Alex Homer is managing director of Stonebroom, Ltd., a software-development, consulting, and training organization. He was formerly lead technical author and reviewer for Wrox Press, specializing in Microsoft Web and database technologies Dave Sussman speaks frequently at Microsoft development conferences and has been writing about ASP since its earliest releases...read more

Product Description: What is this book about?With this book and Web Matrix, you'll be developing your own powerful ASP.NET websites in no time.You'll start at the beginning, learning how to create graphical web pages in Web Matrix. Then you'll use Visual Basic ...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book will inspire you with a range of ideas on how data can be used to drive Web applications, and how that data can be most effectively utilized at each level of the design. Inefficient data use leads to the sort of slow, unresponsive Web applications that nobody enjoys using...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: ASP.NET 1.0 is the final release of Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP). It is a powerful server-based technology designed to create dynamic, interactive, HTML pages for web sites and corporate intranets. ASP.NET is a core element of Microsoft's exciting ...read more

Product Description: ASP.NET is the latest incarnation of Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) - a powerful server-based technology, designed to create dynamic and interactive HTML pages for your Web site, or corporate intranet. ASP.NET also constitutes a core element in Microsoft's ...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Amazon.com Review: Written for any Web developer making the move to the latest Microsoft .NET Web development technologies, Professional ASP.NET provides both a tutorial to APIs and a real guide to the best practices for this new platform. Ideal for those with a little previous ASP experience, this book strikes just the right balance between theory and practice to show what works with the new ...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Access 2000 is the database of choice for many small to medium businesses. Using Access in conjunction with VBA, VB or ASP it is possible to develop sophisticated systems for storing and manipulating business data. Office 2000 and Access 2000 offer many new features that can be used with VB to create great user interfaces and applications...read more

Product Description: The ADO 2.6 Programmer's Reference provides a concise and comprehensive guide to the ways in which ADO 2.6 can be used in all kinds of applications. It demonstrates the use of ADO both in Web applications written using ASP, and in compiled applications written using Visual Basic and other languages...read more

Product Description: Microsoft's Active Server Pages technology is still a relatively new way to create dynamic Web sites and Web-based distributed applications. However, during its short life span, it has evolved to become the foremost tool in the Windows-oriented Web programmer's toolbox...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: All windows developers need to use ADO. ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) 2.5 is Microsoft's latest Data Access technology. It is used to enable fast and efficient data transfer between a database and the end users. What's more, ADO 2.5 works across a range of languages (VB, VC, ASP, Access, Office etc) and with a range of back-end databases - SQL Server 7, Oracle 8i, Access 2000 etc...read more

Product Description: This book is about Active Server Pages 3.0, as included with Windows 2000. However, because ASP is now a core part of so many Web-oriented features within Windows, this book covers a far wider area than just how ASP works. ASP is maturing all the time to encompass more integration with other Windows services and software, and so there are many other areas that impinge directly on the use and performance of ASP...read more

Amazon.com Review: For anyone who works with databases on the Microsoft platform, ADO 2.1 Programmer's Reference provides a thorough guide to the latest Microsoft APIs in a small handbook that fits into any size briefcase. This book will be appreciated for its efficient packaging of late-breaking technical information, as well as many small samples that show how to use these APIs effectively...read more

Product Description: What is this book about?Access 2000 is an important part of the Office 2000 program suite, and is available on both the Premium and Professional editions of Office 2000. Access has traditionally been the Office suite database program par excellence...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Provides 3 resource texts for the ASP programmer: Professional ASP 2.0, Professional ASP Techniques for Webmasters, and Professional MTS MSMQ with VB and ASP, bundled into one package and offered at a reduced price. Softcover. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book provides a reference to Microsoft Active Server Pages version 2.0, one of the key technologies underpinning the Microsoft Web Server, Internet Information Server 4. ASP allows server side scripting to dynamically construct web pages, interact with server based components, such as business objects, and manipulate databases...read more