The implementation of master pages is a highly anticipated feature in ASP.NET 2.0. A master page is a template that you can use to define the overall look and feel of your ASP.NET Web applications. In ...

Two and a half years have passed since Microsoft first released ASP.NET. Yet even after that much time and experience with ASP.NET, developers are still asking about performance. The issue comes up ...

Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from Dino Esposito's upcoming book, Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 [Microsoft Press, ISBN: 0735620245]. It has been edited for length and format to fit the ...

The most glaring difference between Web and stand-alone applications is the disconnected nature of the Web. That is, a Web application isn't constantly connected (to a database server, application ...

Asynchronous programming allows you to execute tasks without holding up the execution flow or responsiveness of your application. By taking advantage of asynchronous methods to perform ...