You're most welcome, Alex! It has been my pleasure contributing to this discussion and it seems to have hit a chord with the group members as well. We don't normally see so much activity within a single thread.
As for building Custom server controls, I would consider it an advanced topic and unlikely to be asked about in an interview. To be honest, I myself have only basic knowledge about Control authoring since I haven't needed to build them yet. I would suggest that you just understand how a custom server control renders its output (for instance, using the overridden RenderContents method to write output to an HtmlTextWriter) and that knowledge should be sufficient. This walkthrough should get you through the basics (http:// msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yhzc935f(VS.80).aspx) In my opinion, what is more important at this stage is to understand how Pages work, their lifecycle, State management techniques, Master pages and UserControls, Caching for performance, familiarity with the various types of built-in controls, data retrieval and update scenarios and Site configuration to name a few. At this stage, your stress should be on understanding the .NET framework and build familiarity with either C# or VB. Remember that you'll always have time to delve deeper into topics that interest you, later. On Mar 30, 6:47 pm, Alex Y Wang <redflying...@gmail.com> wrote: > Milo, I just don't get your point. I don't see any reason why I have > to know ASP.NET to get my degree, and thanks again, Cerebrus. > > After some initial reading through the recommended books, I have a > rough idea of learning something about building Custom Server > Controls, because it seems fun. I know I may just have time to touch a > small part of the subject though. Does that sound realistic? If so, > any suggestions on how to get on track quickly on that? Thanks. > > Alex >
