Microsoft Expression Web Developer's Guide to ASP.NET 3.5, The: Learn to create ASP.NET applications using Visual Web Developer 2008

by Cheshire, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780789736659
• ISBN10: 0789736659
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Que

Summary

"This book is a great reference for web designers new to ASP.NET who are looking to jump start their development with Visual Web Developer 2008." Mikhail Arkhipov Principal Development Manager Web Development Tools Microsoft Corporation Expression Web introduced ASP.NET to a new group of web developers. This book is designed to help you start using ASP.NET right away to add powerful new features to your website. Donrs"t worry, you wonrs"t have to learn a lot of programming; instead, yours"ll create an ASP.NET application from start to finish using Visual Web Developer 2008, while writing only a very small amount of actual programming code. DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW TOhellip; bull; Create and work with websites in Visual Web Developer 2008 bull; Use the different compilation and code models in ASP.NET bull; Configure ASP.NET security and other settings bull; Use ASP.NET master pages and user controls bull; Take advantage of ASP.NET membership features for a password-protected website bull; Use form validation in ASP.NET bull; Use CSS, skins, and themes bull; Access, edit, and add data to a database using ASP.NET bull; Send email using ASP.NET bull; Use Ajax and ASP.NET Web services bull; Debug and troubleshoot ASP.NET . . . and much more!

Table of Contents

Introduction

Understanding ASP.NET Architecture

Installing and Configuring ASP.NET

Understanding the .NET Framework and ASP.NET

Configuring ASP.NET

Configuring ASP.NET on IIS 5.1 or IIS 6.0

Configuring ASP.NET on IIS 7

Using the ASP.NET Development Server Troubleshooting IIS

ASP.NET Code Models

Understanding ASP.NET Web Form Code

ASP.NET Directives

ASP.NET Design-Time Code Server-Side Code Models

Inline Server-Side Code

Code-Behind Server-Side Code Switching Server-Side Code Models

Moving from Code-Behind to Inline Code

Moving from Inline Code to Code-Behind Choosing a Code Model

ASP.NET Compilation Models ASP.NET Compilation

The Web Application Compilation Model

The Website Compilation Model

The Precompilation Model Automating aspnet_compiler.exe in Visual Web Developer Express Edition

ASP.NET Events and the Page Lifecycle An Event-Driven Architecture Application and Session Events

Application Events and the Application Lifecycle

Session Events Page Events and the Page Lifecycle

The Importance of the Lifecycle Investigating the Page Lifecycle

ASP.NET State Management A Connectionless Environment Understanding Application Variables

Setting an Application Variable

Retrieving an Application Variable Understanding Session Variables Using ASP.NET Caching

Page Output Caching

Fragment Caching

The Cache API

Retrieving Items from Cache ASP.NET Viewstate and Control State

ASP.NET Configuration and Performance Overview of ASP.NET

Configuration ASP.NET Configuration Files

Machine Configuration Files

Application Configuration Files The Web Site Administration Tool

Security Tab

Application Tab

Provider Tab ASP.NET Configuration in IIS

IIS 5.1 and IIS 6 IIS 7 Encrypting Information in the Configuration Files

Basic ASP.NET Security Authenticati

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