What is "the book" for building ASP.NET Controls?

Question

Back in the glory days of ASP.NET 1.1, I bought "Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Server Controls and Components" by Nikhil Kothari and Vandana Datye. I loved this book -- I read it and read it and developed all kinds of cool controls using it. I got my money's worth -- you should see the book, it's totally destroyed. It was probably the best technical book I've ever bought.

But of course, this book was written for the 1.1 framework and only covered server controls, and while much of the content is still valid, there is certainly a lot of new things about building ASP.NET controls is the newest frameworks for both the client and the server. So my question is this:

Is there a book out there for building ASP.NET controls that covers the latest frameworks (AJAX, MVC, server side, the works....) and which is as good as the Kothari/Datye book?

I see a number of books out there on the topic, but I'm afraid that I've been spoiled and that I'll get one that doesn't measure up to the standards set by Kothari and Datye.

Thanks --

Answer 1

Nowadays its all about google and random blog posts/tutorials on the subject...

Answer 2

It's quite late, but you might still be looking for Pro ASP.NET 3.5 Server Controls and AJAX Components.