Who Should Read This Book?

ASP.NET Unleashed is intended for professional programmers who need to create a Web site. This book is a comprehensive reference for building Web sites with ASP.NET. The CD that accompanies this book contains hundreds of code samples written in both VB.NET and C# that you can start using immediately while building your Web site.

If you are new to building Web sites with Active Server Pages, you can use this book to teach yourself everything you need to know to build a Web site with ASP.NET. If you are an experienced Active Server Pages programmer, you can use this book to learn about the new features of ASP.NET. Finally, if you are familiar with ASP.NET 1.0, then you can use this book to learn about the new features of ASP.NET 1.1. The CD that accompanies this book includes a white paper named Moving from ASP.NET 1.0 to 1.1 that focuses on the changes from ASP.NET 1.0 to ASP.NET 1.1.

The final part of this book contains two complete sample applications: a job site and an online store. The complete code for these applications is included on the CD that accompanies this book.