Beginning ASP.NET 4: in C# and VB

FOREWORD

This is a very nice book written by one of ASP.NET's very own Most Valuable Professionals, Imar Spaanjaars. It takes a lot to be a Microsoft MVP — not only do you need expertise in the subject matter, you also need to be a great teacher and a technology philanthropist. Through his blogs, articles, and books, Imar has given a considerable amount of his time to benefit the web development community.

Imar has been active in the ASP.NET community for a long time and has written several books on web development, including the previous version of this book, Beginning ASP.NET 3.5. What makes this book so special is that it does not assume the reader has any prior knowledge of web development and at the same time it is a great book for anyone hoping to upgrade to ASP.NET 4. The book uses the free Visual Studio edition, Visual Web Developer Express 2010, starting from a chapter covering how to get started and then slowly introducing more advanced concepts in a seamless fashion.

In the process of helping create Visual Studio 2010 for Web Developers, I often interacted with community leaders to collect feedback on how we could make the product better for every web developer. Imar has been using ASP.NET 4 and VWD 2010 Express since their first Beta versions, and has been pouring in feedback on which bugs are important to fix and which features to emphasize. His passion for the technology is reflected in this book and I am positive that the readers of this book will feel that same passion. ...