Scott Mitchell

Biography

As editor and main contributor to 4GuysFromRolla.com, a popular ASP/ASP.NET resource Web site, Scott Mitchell has authored literally hundreds of articles on Microsoft Web Technologies since 1998. In addition to his vast collection of online articles, Scott has currently authored five books on ASP/ASP.NET: Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages 3.0 in 21 Days (Sams); Designing Active Server Pages (O'Reilly); and ASP.NET: Tips, Tutorials, and Code (Sams), ASP.NET Data Web Controls Kick Start (Sams), and Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 24 Hours (Sams). Scott has also written a number of print magazine articles, including articles for Microsoft's MSDN Magazine and asp.netPRO, as well as online content for Microsoft’s MSDN Web site. Scott's non-writing accomplishments include speaking, training, and software development. Scott has spoken at numerous ASP/ASP.NET user groups and ASP.NET conferences across the country. Scott teaches classes on XML, Web Services, and ASP.NET at the University of California – San Diego University Extension, and is an independent trainer for local individuals and small businesses. Scott also works as an independent software developer, working on consulting projects and software solutions, such as creating WebForums.NET, the online messageboard forum system that was acquired by Microsoft and became the ASP.NET Forums. Scott recently completed his Masters degree in Computer Science from University of California – San Diego, and is engaged to his beautiful fiancée Jisun. He can be reached at mitchell@4guysfromrolla.com.

Scott's Articles on MSDN

	Table of Contents: GridView Examples for ASP.NET 2.0 Accomplish a number of common tasks with the Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 GridView control. Each task is accompanied by a description of the new concepts covered.
	Create Pluggable ASP.NET Components Scott Mitchell and Atif Aziz show how to use HTTP modules and handlers to add error logging to your ASP.NET applications.
	Get Your Client-Side Script On While ASP.NET performs most of its processing on the server, some actions are better served by client-side processing. Scott Mitchell shows how your ASP.NET pages and controls can add client-side code.
	Master ASP.NET View State Confused about view state? Scott Mitchell explores the benefits of using view state in Microsoft ASP.NET applications, and how to interpret (and protect) the data stored in view state.
	Serve Dynamic Content with HTTP Handlers Discover how to provide templated URL-driven content with HTTP handlers. Scott Mitchell shows how with three real-world scenarios: a code formatter, an image protector, and an HTTP handler factory.
	Examine User Controls with Scott Mitchell Learn how user controls are implemented and rendered by ASP.NET, and get answers to the most frequently asked user control questions.
	Build Templated Custom ASP.NET Server Controls Extend your ASP.NET server controls to support templates and enable your users to customize the look and feel of your controls.
	Building DataBound Templated Custom ASP.NET Server Controls Explore the art of developing templated databound controls: create the control's content based on external data, raise events during the control's construction, and bubble events that occur in the templates.
	Build an ASP.NET Menu Server Control In this first of two parts, create an ASP.NET Server Control that generates interactive menus in an ASP.NET Web page.
	Examine the skmMenu Server Control Drill into the creation and use of the skmMenu ASP.NET Server Control.
	Decide When to Use the DataGrid, DataList or Repeater There are three controls typically used when working with data in ASP.NET applications. Examine the pros and cons of each to decide what's best for your application.
	ASP.NET for Visual Basic 6.0 Developers Explore how Visual Basic 6.0 developers can easily move their skills to the Web using ASP.NET. With ASP.NET and Visual Studio .NET, creating Web applications and stand-alone Windows desktop applications are becoming nearly identical tasks.
	Create an RSS News Aggregator with ASP.NET Examine how the XML support in the .NET Framework makes creating an RSS News Aggregator simple.

Recommended Resources

	4GuysFromRolla.com As the founder, editor, and main contributor to 4GuysFromRolla.com, you may say that this is a bit of a biased recommendation! Perhaps it is, but regardless, I still think 4Guys serves up some of the most useful ASP.NET information for readers of all skill levels.
	MSDN Magazine Online I find the articles on ASP.NET in MSDN Magazine to always be particularly interesting. I am especially a fan of Dino Esposito’s Cutting Edge article series, which focuses, typically, on ASP.NET and ASP.NET related issues. Be sure to check out the listing of ASP.NET articles on MSDN Magazine.
	www.asp.net This is Microsoft’s official ASP.NET Web site, and offers a plethora of information. Some of the more useful sections on the site are the list of ASP.NET articles, which contains interesting ASP.NET articles from around the Web. They also have a list of ASP.NET books, a list of 3rd-party controls, free source code projects, ready-made ASP.NET Web applications (the Starter Kits), and the official ASP.NET Forums.