Part 1. ASP.NET Fundamentals

Welcome to ASP.NET 4.0 In Practice, dear reader!

ASP.NET was first introduced in the early 2000s as an effort from Microsoft to bring the easy development typical of Windows applications to the web. From this first attempt, the web has changed a lot and so has ASP.NET. Now ASP.NET is a mature framework that lets you create powerful applications.

This book is divided into four parts. Part 1 is going to give you a jump start into the fundamentals of ASP.NET. If you’re an average developer who wants to put things in context, consider this part a quick refresher course. If you’re new to ASP.NET, you’ll get all the basics you need.

Chapter 1 is a general introduction to ASP.NET, specifically to the Web Form’s model.

Chapters 2 and 3 cover data access strategies in web applications. You’ll learn best practices for data access and how to leverage them in your applications.