Finding Your Best Starting Point in This Book

Finding Your Best Starting Point in This Book

This book is designed to help you build skills in a number of essential areas. You can use this book whether you are new to Web programming or you are switching from another Web development platform. Use the following table to find your best starting point in this book.

If you are	Follow these steps
New
To Web development	Install the code samples. Work through the examples in Chapters 1 and 2 sequentially. They will ground you in the ways of Web development. They will also familiarize you with ASP.NET and Visual Studio. Complete the rest of the book as your requirements dictate.
New
To ASP.NET and Visual Studio	Install the code samples. Work through the examples in Chapter 2. They provide a foundation for working with ASP.NET and Visual Studio. Complete the rest of the book as your requirements dictate.
Migrating
From ASP.NET 1.x or from classic ASP	Install the code samples. Skim the first two chapters to get an overview of Web development on the Microsoft platform and Visual Studio 2005. Concentrate on Chapters 3 through 20 as necessary. You may already be familiar with some topics and may only need to see how a particular feature differs between ASP.NET 1.x and ASP.NET 2.0. In other cases, you may need to explore a feature that's completely new for ASP.NET 2.0.
Referencing
The book after working through the exercises	Use the Index or the Table of Contents to find information about particular subjects. Read the Quick Reference sections at the end of each chapter to find a brief review of the syntax and techniques presented in the chapter.