Chapter 4.2. .NET Data Access

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When learning a new language/platform/framework, a good approach is to develop an application that makes use of as many features as possible. When designing an application, the general process includes creating a specification document along with use cases. Well, I think a short punch list will suffice for this example. The employee database should support the following features:

  1. Search

    1. By Department

    2. By Name

    3. Name within a Department

  2. Edit

  3. Add

  4. Upload Picture

The requirements will allow for a fairly decent tour of ASP.NET, attributes, reflection, pagelets, and ASP Controls. This is, of course, the overall goal, to dig into ASP and .NET as much as possible within the context ...

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