Learn how ASP.NET works and how to set it up. Build and dissect ASP.NET pages. Learn how to control your applications using VB.NET and its built-in functions and objects. Learn what databases are, how to create them, and the steps to use them in your ASP.NET pages through ADO.NET. Learn how to read and write XML data through your ASP.NET pages. Learn some more advanced techniques for interacting with databases and XML. Use caching to boost the performance of your applications.
Chris Payne has had a passion for computers and writing since a young age. He holds a bachelor of science degree in biomedical engineering from Boston University. Chris supported himself through college by working as an independent consultant and by writing technical articles focused on Web development.
Currently making his home in Orlando, Florida with his fiancée, Chris is working as a Web developer and continuing his career as an author of both technical and fictional material.