Chapter 31. Working with the HTTP Runtime

This chapter tackles a number of advanced topics by digging deeper into the mechanics of how an ASP.NET page is processed. In this first section, you learn how to create a custom BuildProvider, which is a .NET class that generates source code from a file automatically. You learn how to create a custom BuildProvider that builds custom data access components automatically.

Next, you learn how to create a custom ExpressionBuilder, which is responsible for parsing an expression into code. For example, when you use the <%$ ConnectionStrings:MyDatabase ...

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