Conclusion

Because of its server-side nature, ATL Server debugging is slightly more complex than a regular console application. Youll need a good understanding of the ATL Server code and Web development issues to successfully troubleshoot problems. Its our hope that with the hints we provided in this chapter and with use of the WebDbg tool, your life as a developer will be made much easier.

The role of many Web applications is to present information to a user or to take and store information from the user . This data might include online catalogs, online ordering information, or todays weather. Regardless of the kind of data youre working with, youll need to access a database. In the next chapter we take a look at accessing databases with ATL Server.