Simplify web development with powerful new features in ASP.NET 2.0

Explore powerful new features in ASP.NET 2.0 that reduce the code developers need to write, saving time and effort while building dynamic and interactive Web pages and applications. A scenario-based demonstration in this chapter from ASP.NET 2.0 Illustrated looks at a day in the life of a developer who is in the process of fulfilling the requirements of a fictional customer, and shows how all the various features in ASP.NET 2.0 fit together and interact to give web developers improved productivity and a simpler development process. Coverage includes the process steps required for:

• Using a data source control and GridView to display data
• Enabling sorting and paging for the rows
• Providing a row editing feature
• Adding filtering to select specific sets of rows
• Displaying single rows in a form for editing
• Working with data exposed through a business object
• Caching the data to reduce database access
• Using a master page to give a consistent look and feel
• Adding a menu and other navigation features

Title: ASP.NET 2.0 Illustrated
ISBN: 0321418344
Published: June 2006
Author: Alex Homer, Dave Sussman
Chapter: Chapter 2: Is it really this easy?
Published by Addison Wesley Professional