ASP.NET is the successor technology to Active Server Pages (ASP), it allow you to write dynamic, data-driven applications that run over the World Wide Web. Here, Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz teach you everything you need to know to write Web applications and Web service applications. The book focuses on ASP.NET development using both C# and Visual Basic .NET, and coding examples are presented in both languages. Programming ASP.NET includes a detailed tutorial on Web Forms, which, in conjunction with Visual Studio .NET, allow you to apply Rapid Application Development techniques (including drag-and-drop control placement) to Web development. The book includes extensive coverage of each type of server control, including Web server controls HTML server controls, and custom controls. Since most Web applications and Web services involve retrieving data and returning it to a client browser, the book also offers extensive coverage of data access issues. These include topics such as using ASP.NET's list-bound controls, accessing data using the ADO.NET object model, and updating data with or without transaction support. Also discussed are topics such as: caching and performance; security; and configuration and deployment.