ASP.NET v.2.0 will make it easier to build consistent, professional user interfaces. It’ll simplify application management. It’s faster. And it’ll substantially reduce the amount of code you’ll have to write. In short, it’s worth learning -- sooner rather than later. And nobody outside Microsoft knows ASP.NET v.2.0 better than the authors of this preview guide.
Alex Homer, Dave Sussman, and former ASP.NET program manager Rob Howard cover ASP.NET 2.0 in unprecedented depth: everything from “code-free data binding” to mobile applications, security to caching. Especially helpful: a full chapter on master pages for standardizing look and feel, and another on the new Portal Framework. This isn’t just a regurgitation of Microsoft’s white papers: It’s best practices and superior code from professionals with unsurpassed ASP.NET experience. Bill Camarda

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.

Rob Howard founded Telligent Systems, a solutions company specializing in Microsoft enterprise technologies. As Program