"Beginning Web Programming in C#: From Novice to Professional" will teach you the fundamentals of the web environment and how Visual Studio .NET (VS .NET) makes it accessible to C# programmers. You'll build a working website that demonstrates all the elements of a C# web application, through step-by-step examples that explore the essential technologies and how VS .NET helps you integrate them into a highly interactive, attractive web application.

'ASP.NET 1.1 Solutions Toolkit' is a collection of reusable ASP.NET components, all of which serve two purposes. First, the components may be used as they are (or with minor modifications) to add exciting features to your own ASP.NET web sites. Second, each component's design and implementation is discussed.

* How to create dynamic web pages with ASP.NET web forms and web server controls * How to display and manipulate data using ADO.NET and Visual Studio .NET components * How to persist state in different ways, within the "stateless" web environment * How to create XML files and XML schema, and how to use them for data transfer * How to integrate your web applications with others, through web services * How to make your application more secure, via the security features in ASP.NET and IIS * How to eliminate bugs and unexpected failures, through effective debugging and exception-handling techniques * How to improve the performance of your application and prepare it for release NOTE: There is an Apress title called Programming the Web with Visual Basic .NET (Torkelson, Peterson, Torkelson) but this title is aimed at a higher-level audience and is more of a 'transition' book than an inspirational skills improvement book.