21. Web App Development with ASP.NET in C#: A Deeper Look

... the challenges are for the designers of these applications: to forget what we think we know about the limitations of the Web, and begin to imagine a wider, richer range of possibilities. It’s going to be fun.

—Jesse James Garrett

If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure.

—Lord Sandwich

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll learn:

• To use the Web Site Administration Tool to modify web application configuration settings.

• To restrict access to pages to authenticated users.

• To create a uniform look-and-feel for a website using master pages.

• To use ASP.NET Ajax to improve the user interactivity of your web applications.