ASP.NET 2.0 is filled with all sorts of new features. While this isn't an introductory session and will assume some basic familiarity of ASP.NET 2.0 it does provide a nice tour of a wide set of ASP.NET capabilities. We'll look at Cross Page Posts, Site Navigation, Wizard Control, Url rewriting, as well as learn how to build a web based RSS reader with "zero" code! Plus: CodeSmith 3.0 Tips & Tricks! CodeSmith is an advanced, template-driven code generation tool that helps software developers be more productive. In this pack we'll explore also some of great tips and tricks that show off some of the awesome capabilities of this tool.Source code included.

This paper will explore the HTTP pipeline architecture. First from a high level, and then look inside the pipeline at all classes involved. It will also discuss how to extend the pipeline by creating custom application classes with global.asax, by creating custom handlers and by creating custom modules. Finally, it will describe threading in the pipeline: how threads are allocated, how classes are allocated and pooled, how it impacts your applications. Source code included.

In this paper, you will learn techniques to help you utilize the full power of ASP.NET in creating Web Forms, including: Using code-behind to segregate the presentation code from the logic; Understanding the control lifecycle of a web page; Managing state in ASP.NET; Using Visual Studio .NET as a development tool.

This paper will focus on effective diagnostic and error handling. Several features in Microsoft ASP.NET support diagnosing problems in your applications and recovering gracefully from errors. This talk will cover each of these features in detail, including tracing, debugging, and error handling. Source code included

This white paper provides an overview of the features and benefits of Microsoft® ASP.NET 2.0. Hosters utilizing ASP.NET 1.1 will be able to use the setup and configuration recommendations to implement or integrate ASP.NET 2.0 into their hosting solution. This white paper also provides hosters who have not yet implemented ASP.NET the information they need to evaluate requirements for implementing ASP.NET 2.0 into their hosting environment.

ASP.NET 2.0 provides a powerful infrastructure for developing personalized, modular UI for Web applications such as portals. In this session, we take an in-depth look at how you can develop fully customized UI that deeply leverages and extends the Web Parts infrastructure. Learn how you can enable rich end-user customization through custom editor parts, catalog parts, and part import/export. Discover how you can use Web Part connections to build easily composable UI components. Source code included.

MSN's Web incubation team is creating a new AJAX-based personalized Web experience at start.com - here is your opportunity to get under the covers and see how we are building this site. Start.com allows for consumers to personalize their web experience to the things that matter the most to them. See how we build Start.com modules (Startlets) such as the Stock Picker, Weather Picker, and Blogger Map. Learn how to create your own custom Startlets for Start.com. We will also present how your RSS feed can also define a unique experience when viewed within Start.com. The Start.com team and architect will give you a tour of code you can use today. Join us for lunch and catch the latest wave of innovation from MSN's Web incubation team.

This article discusses different ASP.Net cross page navigation mechanisms that are available in version 1.x and 2.0 and their corresponding design decisions. Five different mechanism are discussed, including client-side redirect, server-side redirect, cross-page posting, MultiView and Wizard controls. Samples for each of the mechanisms are provided as well as common design issues are discussed.

In order to facilitate ease of development and deployment of applications, the .NET framework provides the user with a number of tools. All these tools can be run from the command line with the exception of the Assembly Cache Viewer (Shfusion.dll) and the Microsoft CLR Debugger (DbgCLR.exe). In order to ensure that these tools function optimally the user has to set the Path, Include and Lib environment variables by running SDKVars.bat in the /v.2.0/Bin directory and executing it in the command shell.

By the end of this book, you should have a firm grasp on what it takes to download and install ASP.NET and the .NET Framework, configure and start your Web server, create and work with basic ASP.NET pages, install and run either Access or MSDE, create database tables, work with advanced, dynamic ASP.NET pages that query, insert, update, and delete information within a database. All examples provided in the book are written in both Visual Basic .NET and C#, the two most popular languages for writing ASP.NET Websites. They start at beginners' level and work up.