Welcome to the samples for the ASP.NET v 2.0 The Beta Version from Addison-Wesley. This book covers all of the new features in ASP.NET 2.0, giving complete code samples for how those new features can be used. The fact that there is an entire book devoted to just the new features indicates just how many changes have been done to ASP.NET in this version.

Version 2.0 of ASP.NET reduces the amount of code you have to write by up to 75%, and includes features such as site templates, new controls, membership and personalization, simplified data binding and much more.

If you have an problems with the code feel free to contact us.

Installation simply requires IIS applications created, one at the root of this directory, and one for the 06 directory, for the security samples. Some of the samples use the pubs or Northwind databases in SQL server. You should adjust the connectionStrings section in web.config accordingly and ensure that the ASPNET user account (or NETWORK SERVICE if running on Windows Server 2003) has access to those databases.

The current release of the .NET Frameworks is Beta 1. Beta 2 was released in April 2004, with the final product to be released in the second half of 2005. Final dates haven't been released.

This book covers Beta 1, but also discusses the plans for changes and extensions to the features in the Beta releases that will follow. What this effectively means is that the class interface listings and code samples you see here cannot be guaranteed to work in exactly the same way right through to the final release version.