Build your expertise as you move beyond the basics--and delve into the core topics of programming with ASP.NET 2.0. Useful to both experienced developers and those developing new skills, this ultimate reference is packed with expert guidance, hands-on programming instruction, and practical examples to help you advance your mastery of developing applications for the Web.

Discover how to:

• Author rich, visually consistent pages and manage layout with themes and Master pages
• Create personalized pages that persist user preferences
• Retrieve, modify, and manage data with Microsoft ADO.NET
• Configure the HTTP pipeline to serve ASP.NET 2.0 pages
• Control program flow by tracing and handling exceptions
• Design caching layers and learn state management techniques to optimize application performance
• Manage users with membership control, registration, and authentication capabilities
• Build real-world data access layers using common design patterns
• Use custom collections with data source controls
• Learn the internals of grid controls

PLUS--Get code samples on the Web