Summary

This chapter and the previous chapter offered a whirlwind tour of ASP.NET 2.0 and some of the application features that you can provide to the projects you develop. ASP.NET is highly focused on the area of developer productivity, and works very hard at providing you access to the features and functions that most websites need to employ today. This chapter covered the following ASP.NET technologies:

• Cross-page posting

• ASP.NET compilation techniques

• Master pages

• The datasource controls

• The new navigation system and some of the navigation server controls

• Membership and role management

A nice aspect of the features presented is that you can either utilize the wizards that are built into the underlying technology or simply avoid these wizards and employ the technologies yourself. Either way is fine. Another useful aspect of the technologies introduced is that they all allow for a huge amount of customization. You can alter the behavior and output of these technologies to achieve exactly what you are looking for. If you want to dig deeper into ASP.NET, be sure to take a look at Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition (Wiley, 2006).