The most comprehensive book on Microsoft's new ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET 4 Unleashed covers all facets of ASP.NET development. Led by Microsoft ASP.NET program manager Stephen Walther, an expert author team thoroughly covers the entire platform. The authors first introduce the ASP.NET Framework's basic controls and show how to create common site-wide layouts and styles. Next, they cover all aspects of accessing, presenting, organizing, and editing data. You'll find thorough and practical sections on building custom components and controls, providing effective site navigation, securing sites and applications, and much more. This book presents hundreds of realistic code examples, reflecting the authors' unsurpassed experience with ASP.NET both inside and outside Microsoft. * Build interactive Web Forms, validate form data, and upload files * Provide interactive calendars, wizards, site maps, and other valuable features * Design efficient, maintainable sites with Master Pages and Themes * Build data-driven applications with database controls, ADO.NET data access components, QueryExtender, LINQ to SQL, and WCF Data Services * Generate charts on the fly with the new Chart Control * Extend ASP.N ET with custom controls and reusable components * Create site registration and authentication systems that store membership data in SQL Server or Active Directory * Use URL Routing to build dynamism, flexibility, readability, and SEO-friendliness into your URLs * Improve performance and scalability with caching and preloading * Maintain state with cookies, cookieless session state, and profiles * Localize, configure, package, and deploy ASP.NET applications * Use the ASP.NET MVC Framework to improve agility, testability, speed to market, and extensibility * Retrofit existing ASP.NET applications with Ajax and build pure client-side Ajax web applications * Construct a complete ASP.NET 4 website from start to finish

Stephen Walther 蜚聲世界的ASP.NET專傢，現為微軟公司ASP.NET小組資深程序經理。多次榮獲微軟最有價值專傢（MVP）稱號，並榮獲微軟公司社區最高技術榮譽“微軟傳奇人物”稱號。他開發的微軟ASP.NET示範性應用程序ASP.NET Community Starter Kit，麻省理工學院、斯坦福大學和哈佛大學等200多所大學使用的Collegescape應用程序，以及拍賣網站www.cityauction.com等，都已經成為經典。本書為其代錶著作。

Kevin Hoffman Exclaim Computing公司的首席係統架構師，負責為各行業客戶構建自定義架構和應用解決方案。10歲便開始接觸編程，曾為科學儀器、軍事應用、小型企業、財富500強企業編寫各種應用程序。他經常在MSDN Magazine發錶文章，且是Kotan Code博客http://www.kotancode.com）的作者。

Nate Dudek Exclaim Computing公司的開發組長，經常齣席各種會議，撰寫技術文章，就軟件開發最佳實踐、軟件架構和新技術指導軟件開發人員。過去10年，他為各行業構建並開發瞭多種軟件，包括電力實時係統、企業資源規劃係統和電子商務係統。他在美國剋拉剋森大學獲得瞭計算機科學理學學士學位，輔修瞭軟件工程和數學。他的技術博客是Caffeine Dependency Injectionhttp://www.caffeinedi.com）。