My New Book is Out!
My latest book, Programming Microsoft Web Forms, is now out, and I have a copy right in my hands! If you are an experienced ASP.NET developer, this is likely not the book for you (take a look at Dino's latest), but if you are or know of an experienced programmer who has not done ASP.NET and wants to begin Web development, or a newcomer to programming in general looking to do Web forms, do remember my book.
The book starts out with an introduction to the Web forms environment. Web forms are just different than Windows forms or Windows services. The book then moves on to controls, Web form layout (including the hows and whys of HTML tables and CSS), as well as Web Parts, Data Binding, Custom Controls and User Security and Administration. Finally, I show how to access your Web application through a Windows forms application, using the WebBrowser control. There is an appendix that explains how to create and deploy applications in IIS, an especially important issue for Visual Studio 2005 users, since unlike earlier versions, Visual Studio 2005 does not create an IIS application on the development machine for you.
And buy 2. They make great stocking stuffers<g>.