Your hands-on self-study guide for building Web applications and services with ASP.NET and Visual C# .NET version 2003

Teach yourself how to write high-performance Web applications with ASP.NET and Visual C# .NET one step at a time. This practical hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamental tools and technologies including the common language runtime Web Forms XML Web services and the Microsoft .NET Framework with coverage that's fully up-to-date with the innovations in Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET version 2003. Work at your own pace through the easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on exercises to learn essential techniques. And accelerate your productivity by working with instructive code examples and best practices for ASP.NET Web development with Visual C# .NET. Topics include creating ASP.NET Web applications; managing application state; configuring ASP.NET applications; implementing security including using new capabilities in authentication and request validation; creating Web forms server controls and XML Web services; accessing data including exploiting new Microsoft ADO.NET functionality; enabling caching; testing debugging and deploying ASP.NET applications; and more.