Short reading
ASP.NET mini eBooks
Some ideas do not need a chapter. They need one careful explanation, read once, then kept nearby while you work.
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Data Binding with Data Sources
An overview of the concepts and the vocabulary behind a database driven ASP.NET page. It explains how a data source and data binding work as a pair, and how that pair lets a page control read or change the database without you writing the plumbing each time.
Written by Ted Kolovos
What it covers
- What a data source is, and why the framework offers several kinds.
- What binding means, and how a control turns rows into visible output.
- How the two ideas combine when a page loads, and again when a visitor submits it.
- Where the common points of confusion sit, so you can avoid them early.
How to read it. The briefing is short on purpose. Read it once before you start the Data Controls in Practice track, then keep it open beside you as you build your first grid.
Coming from the lessons
The briefing is the map. The lessons are the walk. If you would rather learn by doing, start with the ADO.NET track and return here when the vocabulary starts to blur.