Here's what you get in this book that you won't always find in other ASP.NET 2.0 books:1) You get a fast start, if you're a beginner. By the end of chapter 4, you'll be using Visual Studio to design, code, and test multi-page web applications that get database data and manage session state.2) You get training in all the skills you need to develop web applications at the professional level. Take a look at the table of contents to see everything that's covered with a how-to mindset.3) You get complete applications (web forms, aspx code, and Visual Basic code) that show you how to do things you actually want to do? they work! The book doesn't come with a CD, but you can download the applications for free from the publisher's website.