Most Web applications follow a simple 3F pattern: fetch, format, and forward data to the browser. With this indepth guide, developers can take their Web design and programming skills to the next level to build more complex Web pages, applications, and services. The book demonstrates the advanced dataaccess capabilities of ADO.NET and the powerful pagecreation capabilities of ASP.NET, plus how to employ code reusability, pagelets, codebehind, serverside controls, and other timesaving techniques.