Preface

ASP.NET 2.0 is arguably the fastest , most efficient, most reliable and best supported way to create interactive web applications available today. It has some of the best development tools on the market, and Microsoft has created new controls with Version 2 you can drag onto your web form that take care of nearly all the "plumbing" (security, data access, layout, and so on) you would normally write for yourself; this allows you to concentrate on your specific application.