Summary
In this chapter, we have seen two key features for styling content. The first was master pages, which provides a simple and elegant system for defining consistent styles across some or all of the pages in a web application. I tend to switch to master pages in a project only when I have fleshed out the core features, and I am always struck by the immediate visual impact that consistent thematic elements bring to a web application. We could achieve the same effect in each page, but the master page system is almost effortless and avoids the problem of maintaining styles that are duplicated in every page.
The second technique we explored was the use of jQuery. The jQuery library is an essential tool to the ASP.NET programmer. It is easy to ...
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