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Title: no shortage of XML
Review: A strong theme pervading the book is the heavy usage of XML to encode and manipulate configuration data. Microsoft has gone to some lengths to use the expressive power of XML to make quite complex configurations. Luckily, the book shows that serious work has also gone into providing you with UI tools to tweak the XML.If you are still new to XML, the book may be useful as a motivator by showing non-trivial examples of how to use it. Certainly, it also reveals the characteristic verbosity of XML, which might be offputting to some.Experienced ASP developers may want to check out the new security Provider Model. It is claimed to be very flexible and extensible in how you can use it to add security features. Of all the new items in ASP 2, this is perhaps the most important.
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