Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET 4 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you'll learn how to build complete, professional-quality web solutions with ASP.NET 4 and Microsoft® Visual Web Developer 2010. Using this book's straight forward, step-by-step approach, you'll master the entire process, from site design through data collection, user management through debugging and deployment. Scott Mitchell, editor of top ASP.NET resource site 4GuysFromRolla.com, shows how to use the newest ASP.NET 4 enhancements and make the most of free tools like ASP.NET Ajax and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. Each lesson builds on what you've already learned, giving you a strong, practical foundation for success!

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common ASP.NET 4 development tasks.

Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.

By the Way, Did You Know?, and Watch Out! boxes point out shortcuts and solutions.

Scott Mitchell is editor and main contributor to the most popular independent ASP.NET resource website, 4GuysFromRolla.com. He has written thousands of articles on Microsoft web technologies and eight previous books on ASP and ASP.NET, including Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET 3.5 in 24 Hours and Designing Active Server Pages. He is a regular speaker at ASP.NET user groups and conferences throughout the U.S. and teaches ASP.NET development at the University of California, San Diego.

Scott Mitchell is founder, editor, and main contributor of 4GuysFromRolla.com, a popular ASP.NET resource website. Scott has authored thousands of articles and tutorials on Microsoft web technologies. In addition to his vast collection of online articles, Scott has written seven previous books on ASP and ASP.NET: Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages 3.0 in 21 Days (Sams); Designing Active Server Pages(O’Reilly); ASP.NET: Tips, Tutorials, and Code (Sams); ASP.NET Data Web Controls Kick Start(Sams); Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 24 Hours (Sams); Teach Yourself ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 Hours(Sams); and Teach Yourself ASP.NET 3.5 in 24 Hours (Sams).

Scott regularly speaks at ASP.NET user groups and conferences across the country and teaches classes on ASP.NET and related web technologies at the University of California-San Diego University Extension. Scott also works as an independent software developer. Scott can be reached at mitchell@4GuysFromRolla.com; his blog is available at www.ScottOnWriting.NET.