Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition

11.4. The Last Word

This chapter showed you how the rich Calendar, AdRotator, MultiView, and Wizard controls can go far beyond the limitations of ordinary HTML elements. When you're working with these controls, you don't need to think about HTML at all. Instead, you can focus on the object model that's defined by the control.

Throughout this book, you'll consider some more examples of rich controls and learn how to use them to create rich web applications that are a world apart from HTML basics. Some of the most exciting rich controls that are still ahead include the navigation controls (Chapter 14), the data controls (Chapter 17), and the security controls (Chapter 21).

You might also be interested in adding third-party controls to your websites. ...