One of my favorite bloggers is Matt Berseth. Nearly once a week he comes up with a post where he does something amazing with the standard ASP.Net controls. I usually read his posts in awe. He’s really good.

But he’s not only is a good developer, he’s a great writer. Even though his posts are concise and straight to the point, most of them are pages long. You can really learn a lot from following his instructions.

He’s so good, in fact, that he regularly gets a mention on Scott Guthrie’s posts.

One of my favorite posts of his was where he used LINQ-to-SQL, a LinqDataSource control, and an ASP.Net ListView control – all new in .Net 3.5 – and made a grid with grouping functionality. He did it all in a standard way, and didn’t use any funny tricks.

Here’s a link to the article:

Building a Grouping Grid with the ASP.NET 3.5 LinqDataSource and ListView Controls

Enjoy!