The first chapter examines the architecture behind ASP.NET 2.0 with the help of a looping example including coverage about Code Behind files, the Page Life Cycle, Events, and Compilation related concepts. The author clearly provides the purpose behind the different directories such as App_Browsers, App_Code, App_Themes, etc. The second chapter provides concise coverage of user interface elements; Master Pages, Themes, Navigation controls, and Control adapters.

Chapters 3 and 4 explore Data Binding and State Management techniques. The author has explained the wizard and MultiView controls in Chapter 4. The next chapter covers all the aspects related to building secure web application, and it examines the new login controls, usage of Membership class, Configuration of Role Manager, Machine Keys, File Encryption, and other advanced concepts.

Chapter 6 explores completely how WebParts are used in a step-by-step manner and with the help of complete source code in C#. I hope that this chapter will be very useful for developers towards their quest to develop powerful ASP.NET applications. The final three chapters examine some of the advanced concepts such as Diagnostics, Performance, Caching, Client callbacks, and the aspect of Asynchronous web access. Each chapter ends with a short summary.