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Working through the projects in this book, you will create:
• A user control that accepts feedback on articles
• A composite control that enables users to rate articles
• A Web service that demonstrates the use of XML for data retrieval
• A Web application that demonstrates user, composite, and mobile controls; caching; state management; Windows authentication; and implementation of Web services