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 蜚声世界的ASP.NET专家，现为微软公司ASP.NET小组资深程序经理。多次荣获微软最有价值专家（MVP）称号，并荣获微软公司社区最高技术荣誉“微软传奇人物”称号。他开发的微软ASP.NET示范性应用程序ASP.NET Community Starter Kit，麻省理工学院、斯坦福大学和哈佛大学等200多所大学使用的Collegescape应用程序，以及拍卖网站www.cityauction.com等，都已经成为经典。本书为其代表著作。

Kevin Hoffman Exclaim Computing公司的首席系统架构师，负责为各行业客户构建自定义架构和应用解决方案。10岁便开始接触编程，曾为科学仪器、军事应用、小型企业、财富500强企业编写各种应用程序。他经常在MSDN Magazine发表文章，且是Kotan Code博客http://www.kotancode.com）的作者。

Nate Dudek Exclaim Computing公司的开发组长，经常出席各种会议，撰写技术文章，就软件开发最佳实践、软件架构和新技术指导软件开发人员。过去10年，他为各行业构建并开发了多种软件，包括电力实时系统、企业资源规划系统和电子商务系统。他在美国克拉克森大学获得了计算机科学理学学士学位，辅修了软件工程和数学。他的技术博客是Caffeine Dependency Injectionhttp://www.caffeinedi.com）。