This book is intended as a primer for professional developers who have a reasonable knowledge of server-side web development. This book doesn’t provide an exhaustive look at every ingredient in the .NET Framework—in fact, such a book would require twice as many pages. Instead, this book aims to provide a lean, intelligent introduction to ASP.NET for professional programmers who don’t want to rehash the basics. Along the way, you’ll focus on other corners of the .NET Framework that you’ll need in order to build professional web applications, including data access and XML. Using these features, you’ll be able to create next-generation websites with the best tools on hand today.
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