Programming Data-Driven Web Applications with ASP.NET

Chapter 16. Data Caching

IN THIS CHAPTER

• What Is Caching?

• Using the Page Output Cache

• Using the HttpCachePolicy Class to Enable Output Caching

• Using Fragment Caching

• Using the Cache APIs

• Caching in Web Services

• Summary

Here we are, at the last chapter in the book. You know what they say, “Save the best for last.” Well, in my opinion, that is true for this book. In this chapter we'll put the “frosting on the cake.” You'll learn how to enable and take advantage of caching in your Web applications.

ASP.NET has many different types of caching. There is page output caching, in which the responses for requested documents are cached and subsequent requests for that document are served from this cached version(s). Second on the list is fragment caching. Fragment ...