"Learn how to build a state-of-the-art Ajax web site using ASP.NET, .NET 3.5, LINQ, Windows WF, and more"--Cover
"This guide provides a master class in site building with ASP.NET 3.5 and other cutting-edge Microsoft technologies. It teaches you how to develop rock-solid web portal applications that can withstand millions of hits every day while surviving scalability and security pressures--not just for mass-consumer home pages, but also for dashboards that deliverpowerful content aggregation for enterprises."--Back cover
Omar AL Zabir
Introducing web portals and Dropthings.com -- Architecting the web portal and widgets -- Building the web layer using ASP.NET AJAX -- Building the data and business layers using .NET 3.5 -- Building client-side widgets -- Optimizing ASP.NET AJAX -- Creating asynchronous, transactional, cache-friendly web services -- Improving server-side performance and scalability -- Improving client-side performance -- Solving common deployment, hosting, and production challenges