In each chapter we will follow a pattern to build a feature or set of features. We will start with the problem that the chapter addresses. We will then attempt to figure out a design that addresses the feature that we need to build. Finally, we will discuss what is needed to meet the design requirements.
In the problem section we will outline exactly what we need to do to achieve success for the chapter's topic. We will show you some screenshots of the finished product. And we will cover any major gotchas for building out the features.
This section of each chapter is about defining what exactly we want from a feature or features. Here we will decide on and write down the physical requirements so that in the next section we can start to build out the feature set. Here we will start to look at what the database might look like, whether or not we need to make a page or two, or if a user control might work better, and if an open source tool might help us address our needs.
In the solution section of our chapters we will discuss how to implement all the requirements for each feature. This section will go deep into the actual code for implementing the feature from the database, out to the user interface. We will be using ASP.NET 4 for the implementation with Visual Studio 2010 as the IDE for this. Along with ASP.NET we will also be leveraging certain features from .NET Framework 4, third party tools, and SDKs in our implementation. We will provide the relevant code inline in the book. The entire code can be downloaded from the Packt website. At the end of this section, you should have something that you can play with.