This collection of reusable ASP.NET components serves two purposes. First, the components are ready to use, so you may add exciting features to your own ASP.NET websites. Second, each component's design and implementation is discussed, and you'll discover tips and tricks applicable for developing your own controls. Controls can be cut and pasted or used as templates for you to build your own controls. And the 15 included controls (programs) cover a broad range of situations, providing you both working coded solutions to your problem and the rationalization behind those solutions. Overall, this highly anticipated book provides immediate solutions to range of common problems.

The primary goal of this book is to demonstrate Visual Web Developer 2005 Expresss effectiveness when developing applications. The secondary goal is to examine how coding best-practices can be applied with this new product. Beginning Visual Web Developer 2005 Express provides a rigorous overview of the application: how it operates, how it compares to the other versions of Visual Studio .NET 2005 now available, and the best way to use it. The authors demonstrate techniques and concepts that you need to build working ASP.NET 2.0 applications. They use real applications based on VWDs Personal Web Starter Kit. They also compare and contrast VWD and VS .NET, and discuss how to overcome difficulties when moving from one to the other. The books practical and goal-oriented discussion helps you maximize VWD Express as quickly as possible. This book does not assume any prior coding knowledge, so hobbyists and students alike will be able to glean valuable information from it.