Utilizes a straightforward, step-by-step approach to teach users the fundamentals of ASP.NET 3.5, with detailed instructions and exercises to explain how to create ASP.NET Web pages, covering topics including collecting user input, using the Visual Basic .NET programming language, AJAX, the new features of ASP.NET, and more. Original. (Beginner)
As editor and main contributor to 4GuysFromRolla.com, a popular ASP.NET resource website, Scott Mitchell has authored more than a thousand articles on Microsoft web technologies since 1998. In addition to his vast collection of online articles, Scott has written six previous books on ASP and ASP.NET: Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages 3.0 in 21 Days (Sams); Designing Active Server Pages (O’Reilly); ASP.NET: Tips, Tutorials, and Code (Sams); ASP.NET Data Web Controls Kick Start (Sams); Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 24 Hours (Sams); and Teach Yourself ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 Hours (Sams). Scott has also written a number of magazine articles and is a regular columnist for Microsoft’s MSDN Magazine. Scott’s nonwriting accomplishments include speaking at numerous ASP.NET user groups and conferences across the country. Scott regularly teaches classes on ASP.NET and related web technologies at the University of California–San Diego University Extension. Scott also works as an independent software developer. Scott can be reached at mitchell@4GuysFromRolla.com; his blog is available at www.ScottOnWriting.NET.