Pro ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010, Third Edition

Part III. Building ASP.NET Websites

Once you've learned to create solid web pages, you'll begin to consider the big picture—in other words, how to group together a large number of web pages to form a cohesive, integrated website. The previous chapters in this book have already considered some of the fundamentals, like managing state when the user moves from one page to another, and using separate components to factor data access code out of your web pages so they're available wherever you need them. However, web programmers face a few more considerations, such as ensuring consistency on every page and streamlining website navigation. In this part, you'll consider the topics that become important when you stop thinking about individual pages and ...