ASP.NET has become one of the most widely used tools for creating Web sites and Web-based applications. More than a third of Web developers are already using it, and that number is growing every year. Microsoft will release version 4.0 in late March, adding several important new tools, such as tighter integration with Office, including the online and cloud-based versions of Office. This book is the latest in a long series of very popular introductory tutorials that started back with ASP 1.0. Well-known author and guru Scott Mitchell leads you step by step, with each chapter building upon the previous one, so you gain a thorough grounding in the essentials of using ASP.NET 4.0. Each chapter includes quizzes and exercises to test your knowledge, and notes and tips that point out shortcuts and solutions. The companion DVD contains Visual Web Developer 2010 Express Edition, Microsoft's free version of ASP.NET, so that the reader has everything he or she needs to get started right at hand. * Using a straightforward, step by step approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing you to learn the essentials of ASP.N ET from the ground up * Q and As, quizzes, and exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge * Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions * Covers the major new features of ASP.NET 4.0