Who This Book Is For

This book was written for programmers and web developers who want to build web applications using Microsoft's powerful new ASP.NET platform. Many readers will have experience with "classic" ASP or other web development platforms, though that is not required. Many developers will have read a primer on C# or Visual Basic .NET. (If you haven't, see either of the following O'Reilly books by Jesse Liberty: Programming C#, Third Edition or Programming Visual Basic .NET, Second Edition. Or, if you have no previous programming experience at all, start with either of the following O'Reilly books by Jesse Liberty: Learning C# or Learning VB.NET.) Other experienced VB, Java, or C++ developers may decide they can pick up what they need to know about the languages just by working through the exercises in this book.