Teach yourself how to write high-performance Web applications with ASP.NET and Visual Basic .NET--one step at a time. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamental tools and technologies, including the common language runtime, Web Forms, XML Web services, and Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1--with coverage that’s fully up-to-date with the innovations in Visual Basic .NET version 2003. Work at your own pace through the easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on exercises to learn essential techniques. And accelerate your productivity by working with instructive code examples and best practices for ASP.NET Web development with Visual Basic .NET. Topics include creating ASP.NET Web applications; managing application state; configuring ASP.NET applications; implementing security, including using new capabilities in authentication and request validation; creating Web Forms, server controls, and XML Web services; accessing data, including exploiting new Microsoft ADO.NET functionality; enabling caching; testing, debugging, and deploying ASP.NET applications; and more.