Teach yourself how to write high-performance Web applications with ASP.NET and Visual Basic .NET 2003--one step at a time. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamental tools and technologies, including the common language runtime, Web Forms, XML Web services, and the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1--including new ASP.NET mobile controls. Work at your own pace through the easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on exercises to learn essential techniques. And accelerate your productivity by working with instructive code examples and best practices for ASP.NET Web development with Visual Basic .NET. Discover how to: Create a Web application, add a new Web Forms page, and add controls Manage application state and enable session state Configure applications and use side-by-side execution Implement security features in ASP.NET, including new Request Validation Create Web Forms pages Delve deeper into server controls--and build your own Access and bind data Create and use Web services Use caching to improve performance Trace and debug ASP.NET applications Deploy applications manually or through Visual Studio .NET Includes practice exercises and sample code on the Web

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