Beginning ASP.NET 4: in C# and VB

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

JUST AS WITH MY PRIOR BOOKS, I really enjoyed writing this one. The process from an empty Word document at the very beginning to a printed copy as the final result is a really interesting one. Along the way, I discovered, understood and used a lot of the new features that ASP.NET 4 and Visual Web Developer 2010 bring. Since this book is a major update on the previous edition — Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# and VB — I have been able to incorporate a lot of reader feedback into this edition. While working on this book, I went through the more than 450 threads in the book's forum, looking for feedback that could improve this edition. This allowed me to add clarification and more detailed instructions where needed. If you have the previous edition and posted a question in the Wrox forums: thanks for your valuable feedback; you've really helped to make this book better.

Besides my readers, I owe a lot to other people who helped me write this book.

First of all I'd like to thank Brian Herrmann for his editorial work. Just as before, it was a pleasure to work with you! I also want to thank Michael J. Apostol for his work as a technical editor, and the people from Wrox for their support and contributions to this book.

Another person I owe a lot to is my friend Anne Ward from Blue Violet, a UK-based web and graphic design company. Anne has done most of the new designs used in this book and I highly appreciate her input. Thanks again, Anne! The concert pictures you see in this ...