As Microsoft MVPs, this team of authors has witnessed first-hand the innumerable problems and challenges that even the most experienced developers regularly encounter. This project survival guide offers little-known solutions, undocumented features, tips, and tricks—otherwise known as hacks—that you can use to build and deliver real-life applications using ASP.NET.
Written with the seasoned professional in mind, this book examines how some hacks ultimately become mainstream code or practices that are integrated into a product or process. You'll benefit from the extensive experience of the authors as they show you how to adapt various hacks to your specific application and business environment. Plus, in-depth discussions of the solutions prove to bea helpful way to learn more about the inner workings of ASP.NET 2.0.
What you will learn from this book
- Various hacks such as page templates, multiple forms, URL rewriting, and SQL cache dependencies
- The many improvements in ASP.NET 2.0 that were originally hacks but are now part of the base product
- How the many new built-in functions reduce the amount of code you need to write for the most common applications
Who this book is for
This book is for experienced developers familiar with ASP.NET programming who are looking to take their skills from an "average" to "excellent" level.
Wrox MVP Hacks and Tips provide unique and little-known solutions to complex programming challenges. Written by Microsoft MVPs—highly regarded independent technical experts nominated by their peers and selected by Microsoft—each title reveals the highest quality hacks that have been discovered through years of hands-on experience.