Anthony Lombardo is the product manager of NetAdvantage for ASP.NET at Infragistics, Inc. He is responsible for spearheading product management and strategies for Infragistics’ ASP.NET product line, working directly with the vice president of engineering to set the direction, plan, and manage product development. Prior to joining Infragistics, Anthony served as a Network Administrator for North Brunswick Board of Education and worked for Rutgers University in their technical support division. Since beginning his career with Infragistics in 2000, Anthony has been involved with every aspect of the development cycle, including playing a key role in the creation of the Presentation Layer Framework for ASP.NET, and determining the product feature set of NetAdvantage for ASP.NET.
Forms Authentication for ASP.NET is extremely powerful in that it lets you
quickly add a layer of security to your Web site. While the simplicity of
setup and implementation makes this form of authentication extremely
attractive, usability can sometimes be downright ugly. The core functionality
of Forms Authentication relies on redirects - first redirecting anonymous
requests to the login page, and then redirecting back to the originally
requested resource. Constant redirects not only annoy users, they can disrupt
your page logic. Mixing in some AJAX with your Forms Authentication will
quickly eliminate the need for most redirects, and the associated negative
effects.
Let's start out by first examining the behavior of forms authentication by
setting up a simple project. Setting up authentication is extremely easy
using Visual Studio 2005. Start by creating a new We... (more)
At first glance, you cannot help but notice the similarities between Java and
C#. Looking even closer, you will notice that the similarities do not stop at
the surface. The question is how can you use these language similarities to
your advantage? Suppose you had an application that was already written in
one language, and wanted to port it over to the other? Just how complicated
would it be to convert an entire project from C# to Java - or the other way,
from Java to C#? That was a question I recently had to answer, and you will
be happy to know that the whole process is rather ... (more)
Anthony Lombardo is the product manager of NetAdvantage for ASP.NET at Infragistics, Inc. He is responsible for spearheading product management and strategies for Infragistics’ ASP.NET product line, working directly with the vice president of engineering to set the direction, plan, and manage product development. Prior to joining Infragistics, Anthony served as a Network Administrator for North Brunswick Board of Education and worked for Rutgers University in their technical support division. Since beginning his career with Infragistics in 2000, Anthony has been involved with every aspect of the development cycle, including playing a key role in the creation of the Presentation Layer Framework for ASP.NET, and determining the product feature set of NetAdvantage for ASP.NET. 
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