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ASP.NET web pages are known as web forms, but, as Cristian and Wyatt show, the process of building ASP.NET web forms is a lot like composing a castle with Lego bricks! ASP.NET is bundled with hundreds of controls—including HTML controls, web controls, and so on—that are designed for easy deployment within your applications.

Is your latest ASP.NET application Web 2.0 or Web Two-Dot-Slow? Does your site stay strong in times of high traffic? In this practical how-to guide, Jeff and Jon flex their technical muscle to show you how to build fast, responsive web sites that scale as your user base expands.

If you use static images to present graphs and charts online, now's the time to make your efforts more dynamic. In this results-focused tutorial, Pat explains how easy .NET makes the dynamic generation and display of bar charts online.

Are you ready to take off into the wide blue yonder of ASP.NET 2.0? Join Cristian and Zak on this eventful ride: you'll tame the installation process, sink your teeth into two ASP.NET languages, and conquer .NET programming basics with your bare hands. Finally, you'll pull server controls, user controls, master pages, and CSS into the beginnings of an application that will see you land safely - and without casualties - at the start of a brilliant career in ASP.NET programming.