Introducing Microsoft ASP.Net 2.0 (Pro Developer)

This book is great if you're comfortable with 1.1 and want to upgrade your skills to 2.0. However, it is not exam specific when it come to MCTS 70-528. I would suggest the Test Prep book by Johnson and Northrup for that purpose. This book had some cool tricks and tips that will help you in real life web programming.

About the Technology: ASP.NET is a leading-edge tool in Web development. According to a recent survey performed by Microsoft, there are 2.1 million professional Web developers and 1.8 million hobbyist Web developers (Developer Sizing, 9/01). According to the latest Dev Tracker report, 54% of Web developers use ASP, and 19% of Web developers use ASP.NET (Dev Tracker Q4, 2002). The ASP/ASP.NET community is therefore an estimated 2.8 million Web developers. The next version of ASP.NET, ASP.NET 2.0, is planned as part of the Whidbey release of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, which is currently slated for fall or winter of 2004. In the meantime, the ASP.NET team will be making the beta widely available—the Tech Preview is slated to be released at PDC, which is scheduled for the last week of October in Los Angeles, CA. This book will have a natural life of approximately one year—from the release of the Tech Preview through to the release of the final product.

Version 2.0 of Microsoft ASP.NET will be a major upgrade and this guide offers an early, detailed look at exactly what's changing in this powerful tool. A guide to ASP.NET 2.0 covers such topics as Master Web pages, managing user profiles, data access, applications, security, and configuration