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ASP.NET Data Web Controls: Providing DataGrid Pagination: Jun 20, 2003; Learn how to provide pagination support for the DataGrid Web control using the default paging mechanism. You will also discover the advantages of custom paging that allows the DataSource to contain only those records that will be displayed on the current page of data the user is viewing.

ASP.NET Dynamic Data Unleashed: Field Templates: Aug 13, 2012; Field template is a special type of ASP.NET user control that encapsulates presentation and validation logic for a single field. In this chapter, Oleg Sych and Randy Patterson show you how to use them.

ASP.NET Extensibility With XML: Sep 26, 2002; Explore how XML is integrated with the configuration of Windows Forms and Web Forms applications using the ASP.NET web.config files.

ASP.NET Programming: Using Web Forms: Jan 25, 2002; In this sample chapter from Sams Teach Yourself C# Web Programming in 21 Days, Peter Aitken introduces techniques you can use with Web forms, including basic state management and some details about the life cycle of Web forms.

ASP.NET Rendered Custom Controls with C#Builder: Apr 23, 2004; Of the three types of ASP.NET controls, a rendered custom control is the most powerful. Rendered custom controls give you the ability to manipulate the appearance and behavior of a control at a very fine-grained level. Although rendered custom controls are somewhat complex to use, the advantage is that you have full control over their appearance, events, and state.

ASP.NET Up Close: Dec 6, 2001; In this sample chapter from Applied .NET: Developing People-Oriented Software Using C#, the authors discuss ASP.NET in detail — what it is, how it works, and how to apply its more advanced features.

ASP.NET: Prepare for a New World: Oct 12, 2001; In this article, David Chappell provides insight into how pages are handled in ASP.NET, the forthcoming technology for ASP developers.

Automate Tedious Debugging Tasks Using Debug Analyzer.NET: Apr 20, 2011; Today there are mechanisms to automate debugging tasks via custom native debugger scripts or even VB script. Unfortunately, these approaches force us to learn new technologies instead of leveraging what we already know. Mario Hewardt, author of Advanced .NET Debugging, shows you how Debug Analyzer.NET is the solution to that problem by providing a comprehensive set of Debugger .NET APIs as well as a harness with powerful debugger automation features.

Automate Your Development: Build Code Diagnostics and Code Fixes with the .NET Compiler Platform APIs: Mar 5, 2015; An important feature of the API framework in the Visual Studio 2015 compiler is the capability to create your own diagnostic, code fix, and refactoring projects. Bill Wagner, author of Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C#, Second Edition, shows how you can use these APIs to automate everyday tasks such as finding code that lacks enclosing braces - and then adding them automatically.

Automatic Memory Management and Unmanaged Resources in .NET: Aug 29, 2003; Is your program suffering "senior moments"? Jim Mischel shows you how automatic memory management and garbage collection in the .NET Framework can stop those memory leaks.

Automating Documentation with VBCommenter: Jun 25, 2004; C# developers have long enjoyed the ability to create documentation as part of the application development process. Now Visual Basic .NET developers enjoy the same experience.

Automating Your .NET Development With Nant: Nov 22, 2002; The process of integrating the components that go to make up a software product can be a complex, difficult and frustrating ordeal. Stewart Baird tells you how to use Nant to simplify the task of creating automated builds on your .NET projects.

Avoiding IT Errors with a .NET Slant: Apr 8, 2008; Stephan Onisick discusses causes of error generation and some remedies that have helped decrease his own error flow.

Backup and Restore Technologies for Windows: Aug 15, 2003; Take a look at the evolution of backup applications for Windows. You will see where the applications have been, and what sort of features and requirements they have now.

Becoming a Professional VB.NET Developer with Style: Aug 30, 2002; How does a programmer work in a truly professional manner? Learn how to embody professionalism and quality in your VB.NET applications by observing standards, foundation, and structure.

Ben Watson Talks about C#, WCF, Manycore, and Big O: Mar 17, 2010; Larry O'Brien interviews Ben Watson, Microsoft software engineer, about why performance isn't the most important thing, the two amazing things about WCF, and his work with Big O notation and Bing.

Benefits of Using SQL Server Stored Procedures with Visual Basic and Web Applications: Aug 6, 2001; Alison Balter highlights the benefits of using SQL Server stored procedures with Visual Basic and Web Applications stored procedures.

Beyond C# and VB.NET: Should You Care About Other .NET Languages?: Jun 7, 2002; Just as in the pre-.NET world, expect Visual Studio.NET and the languages it supports to be the dominant choices for Windows developers in the future.

Beyond HTML: Returning JSON and XML Data From Your MVC Endpoints: Feb 10, 2010; You adopted MVC to get better control over your URL structure. Then you’re asked to provide REST access over the same data. Instead of developing a new API and set of endpoints that mirrors what you already have, you can augment the existing application to respond to requests for JSON and XML as well as handle data updates and deletes. Scott Seely shows you how.