With this book, web developers can build engaging and interactive sites and applications using Microsoft's latest web development tools - ASP.NET 2.0 and the new ASP.NET AJAX framework. You learn to create applications that have all the great tricks you see on popular commercial web sites, such as order forms and the ability to interact with a database. And you can build pages that display information interactively without a page refresh. This straightforward tutorial explains how. "Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX" helps you master the concepts and techniques of Microsoft's tools with plenty of annotated examples, review quizzes, web construction exercises and chapter summaries, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go.With it, you'll learn to: Master the fundamental skills of ASP.NET 2.0 to build professional quality web applications; Integrate new Ajax tools and CSS with ASP.NET 2.0 for flashier and more interactive sites; build applications with minimal coding using Visual Studio or its free counterpart, Visual Web Developer; connect your site with a database so that users can retrieve, interact and save data; debug your application, deal with unexpected problems, and protect your site from malicious users; use the community-maintained ASP. NET AJAX Control Toolkit to extend the controls that come with ASP.NET AJAX; and use personalization tools to give your site a customized look for each user.Ideal for beginning web developers, or those who are new to ASP.NET, this book gets you involved with your own learning through hands-on lessons that are clear and to the point. You get the chance to try out new techniques on the spot. Want to join the world of modern web development? This book will get you started.

The book has complete, up-to-date coverage of ASP.NET 3.5, Microsoft's newest release of the world's most popular web development technology; AJAX is taught as an integrated facet of ASP.NET from the very start. With this book, you will learn how to create engaging and interactive web applications using the latest version of the world's most popular web development platform: ASP.NET with AJAX, built on the productivity-enhancing features of Visual Studio 2008. All you need to get started is a basic knowledge of HTML and a desire to produce professional quality websites. "Learning ASP.NET 3.5" introduces new skills in each new chapter and offers fully annotated and fully functional examples that you can put to work immediately. Each chapter adds detailed summaries, practice questions to ensure comprehension, and exercises so you can apply what you've learned to new situations.Written by the bestselling author team of Jesse Liberty, Dan Hurwitz, and Brian MacDonald, "Learning ASP.NET 3.5" offers complete, up-to-date coverage of ASP.NET 3.5 and AJAX. The book includes chapters that are designed as a series of tutorials on different aspects of web development; and examples in each chapter that illustrate how a new concept works. Different chapters feature either a single running example with several stages, or a series of smaller examples. A single large example in the final chapter offers information that uses everything the reader has learned. It includes VB, JavaScript, and SQL Cheat Sheet sidebars to help readers with no little or no background with those topics. AJAX-style is fully integrated into ASP.NET programming - the way it should be taught and used. If you want to get up to speed with the world's most popular web development technology, "Learning ASP.NET 3.5" is the best resource for the job.