Asp.Net for Developers

by Amundsen, Michael; Litwin, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780672320385
• ISBN10: 067232038X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-14
• Publisher: Sams Publishing

Summary

ASP.NET For Developers focuses on teaching the reader ASP.NET using Visual Basic.NET in the most concise, straightforward manner possible. The book presents key concepts for using ASP.NET and VB.NET to efficiently create useful applications. The book contains specific, practical shortcuts and examples based on the extensive experiences of the authors, especially Amundsen's ground floor involvement with IBUYSPY.com.

Author Biography

Michael Amundsen is an internationally best-selling author with titles such as Practical Visual InterDev and Sams Teach Yourself Database Programming with Visual Basic in 21 Days. In addition, Amundsen teaches and consults on development topics: Visual InterDev, Visual Basic, database development, and ASP. He was also one of the developers of IBUYSPY.com, Microsoft's example website for ASP.NET.

Paul Litwin, Conference Chair for ASP Connections and XML Connections, is a senior consultant with Litwin Consulting and MCW Technologies. Paul has written several books, including the Access 2000 Developer's Handbook. Paul trains numerous developers and has authored courseware for AppDev's Active Server Pages, Visual InterDev as well as Access classes and CD & video seminars.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Part I Understanding the .NET Environment	7	(30)
Introduction .NET	9	(8)
The New Face of Microsoft Web Development	10	(2)
The Move from Workstation to Distributed Computing	10	(1)
Internet As a Key Mode of Delivery	10	(1)
Operating System and Development Tools Lead the Way	11	(1)
The Power of the .NET Platform	12	(3)
An OS-Neutral Environment	12	(1)
Device Independent	13	(1)
Wide Language Support	13	(1)
Internet-Based Component Services	14	(1)
Summary	15	(2)
Understanding the .NET Framework	17	(8)
The Common Language Runtime (CLR)	18	(1)
Code Management and Execution	18	(1)
Security Support	19	(1)
The Common Language Runtime (CLR)	19	(2)
Error Handling and Garbage Collection	20	(1)
The .NET Framework Class Libraries	21	(3)
System Classes	21	(1)
Data and XML Classes	22	(1)
Windows Forms and Drawing Classes	23	(1)
Web Classes	23	(1)
Summary	24	(1)
What's New with ASP.NET?	25	(12)
ASP.NET Web Forms and Web Services	25	(8)
Improved Web Page Authoring	25	(3)
ASP.NET Server Controls	28	(4)
ASP.NET Web Services	32	(1)
ASP.NET Infrastructure	33	(3)
Powerful Security Model	33	(1)
Improved Deployment and Update	33	(1)
Easier Configuration	34	(1)
Increased Scalability and Availability	35	(1)
Summary	36	(1)
Part II Visual Basic .NET Quickstart	37	(70)
Understanding Visual Basic .NET Syntax and Structure	39	(28)
The New Look of Visual Basic	40	(1)
Getting Started with Visual Basic .NET	41	(1)
Statements and Lines	41	(1)
Comments	41	(1)
Operators	41	(2)
Using Procedures	43	(1)
Subroutines	43	(1)
Functions	43	(1)
Using Variables and Parameters	44	(8)
Constants	46	(1)
Implicit and Explicit Variable Declarations	46	(1)
Option Explicit versus Option Strict	47	(1)
Arrays	47	(2)
Passing Parameters	49	(3)
Using Branching and Looping Structures	52	(5)
Branching in VB .NET	52	(1)
Looping in VB .NET	53	(4)
Creating Objects	57	(9)
OOP Primer	57	(1)
Creating a Class	58	(1)
Using Property Statements	59	(3)
Inheritance	62	(1)
Accessibility of Inherited Properties and Methods	63	(1)
Overriding Methods	64	(1)
Constructing an Object	65	(1)
Summary	66	(1)
Working with Numbers, Strings, Dates, and Arrays in Visual Basic .NET	67	(30)
Using the System Classes	68	(1)
Instance and Static Class Members	68	(1)
Working with Numbers	69	(3)
E and PI	69	(1)
Trigonometry	69	(1)
Rounding and Truncation	69	(1)
Powers, Roots, and Logarithms	70	(2)
Miscellaneous Mathematical Functionality	72	(1)
Manipulating Strings	72	(7)
Determining a String's Length	73	(1)
Searching for and Extracting Substrings	73	(3)
Splitting and Joining Strings	76	(1)
Trimming and Padding	76	(2)
Comparing Strings	78	(1)
Changing the Case of a String	79	(1)
DateTime Arithmetic	79	(5)
Now and Today	79	(1)
Creating DateTime Values	80	(1)
Comparing Dates	80	(1)
Adding and Subtracting DateTime Values	80	(3)
Parsing DateTime Values	83	(1)
Converting Values	84	(2)
Formatting Values	86	(5)
Formatting Numbers	86	(3)
Formatting Dates	89	(2)
Managing Arrays	91	(4)
Determining the Boundaries of an Array	91	(1)
Sorting and Reversing the Elements of an Array	92	(2)
Searching an Array	94	(1)
Summary	95	(2)
Using Namespaces and Assemblies with Visual Basic .NET	97	(10)
Namespaces and Assemblies	97	(2)
Relating Namespaces and DLL Assemblies	98	(1)
Creating Assemblies	99	(3)
Defining a Namespace Area	99	(1)
Creating an Assembly Within a Namespace Definition	100	(2)
Creating an Assembly Without a Namespace Definition	102	(1)
Compiling an Assembly	102	(1)
Importing Assemblies	102	(1)
Using Imported Assemblies	103	(2)
Compiling with Imported Namespaces	105	(1)
Summary	105	(2)
Part III Building Web Pages with ASP.NET	107	(136)
Understanding ASP.NET Web Forms	109	(18)
Understanding the Web Forms Code Model	109	(7)
In-Page versus Code-Behind Format	110	(4)
The Web Form Object Life Cycle	114	(1)
Handling Client-Side Events on the Server	115	(1)
Web Form Event Handling	116	(7)
Defining Web Form Control Events	116	(1)
Responding to Web Form Events	117	(4)
Using the AutoPostBack Property	121	(2)
Automatic State Management with Web Forms	123	(3)
Summary	126	(1)
Creating Simple Web Pages with the HTML Server Controls	127	(22)
What Are HTML Server Controls?	127	(4)
The Power of the RunAt=``Server'' Attribute	128	(1)
Why You Can Add RunAt=``Server'' to Any HTML Tag	129	(1)
The HTML Control Class	130	(1)
The Genral Controls	131	(4)
Anchor (<A>)	131	(1)
Image (IMG)	132	(1)
Form (Form)	133	(1)
Division (Div) and Span (Span)	134	(1)
The Table Controls	135	(2)
Table	135	(1)
Table Header (Th), Row (Tr), and Detail (Td)	136	(1)
The Input Controls	137	(10)
Text, Password, Textarea, and Hidden	138	(2)
Submit, Reset, Image, and Button	140	(2)
Select	142	(3)
File Input	145	(2)
Summary	147	(2)
Creating Interactive Forms with Web Form Server Controls	149	(32)
What Are Web Server Controls?	149	(1)
The WebControl Class	150	(1)
General Controls	151	(5)
HyperLink	151	(1)
LinkButton	151	(2)
Image	153	(1)
Label	154	(1)
Panel	154	(2)
Form Controls	156	(20)
TextBox	156	(3)
RadioButton	159	(3)
CheckBox	162	(1)
DropDownList	163	(3)
ListBox	166	(2)
Button	168	(2)
ImageButton	170	(4)
Creating Post Away Forms	174	(2)
Table Controls	176	(4)
Programmatically Generating Tables	177	(3)
Summary	180	(1)
Designing Advanced Interfaces with Web Form List Controls	181	(34)
Using Simple List Controls	182	(12)
The RadioButtonList Control	182	(6)
The CheckBoxList Control	188	(6)
Using Templated List Controls	194	(20)
The Repeater Control	195	(3)
The DataList Control	198	(5)
The DataGrid Control	203	(11)
Summary	214	(1)
Improving Your User Interfaces with Validation Controls	215	(16)
What Are Validation Controls	215	(1)
Properties and Methods Common to All Validation Controls	216	(1)
Simple Validation Controls	217	(4)
The RequiredFieldValidator Control	217	(2)
The CompareValidator Control	219	(1)
The RangeValidator Control	220	(1)
Advanced Validation Controls	221	(9)
The RegularExpressionValidator Control	221	(2)
The CustomValidator Control	223	(6)
The ValidationSummary Control	229	(1)
Summary	230	(1)
Adding User Controls to Your Web Forms	231	(12)
What Are User Controls?	231	(1)
Simple User Controls	232	(5)
Creating a Markup-Only User Control	232	(2)
Adding Custom Properties to User Controls	234	(3)
Advanced Features of User Controls	237	(5)
Handling Events in User Controls	237	(3)
Loading User Controls Dynamically	240	(2)
Summary	242	(1)
Part IV Handling Data Access with ADO.NET	243	(84)
Introduction to ADO.NET and Data Binding	245	(14)
The ADO.NET Dichotomy	246	(2)
The Database Classes: Data Providers	247	(1)
The Data Classes: The DataSet	247	(1)
Data Binding	248	(10)
Binding to Properties, Methods, and Functions	248	(2)
Binding to Collections	250	(1)
Binding Complex List Controls to the DataSet Class	251	(7)
Summary	258	(1)
Accessing Data with .NET Data Providers	259	(24)
Working with .NET Data Providers	258	(2)
The SQL Server .NET Data Provider	259	(1)
The OLE DB .NET Data Provider	260	(1)
Connecting to Data Using Connections	260	(1)
Executing SQL with Commands	261	(10)
Retrieving a Single Value	265	(2)
Working with Stored Procedure Parameters	267	(4)
Fast Data Access with DataReaders	271	(5)
Reading DataReader Rows	272	(2)
Using a DataReader with a DataGrid Control	274	(2)
Creating DataSets with the DataAdapters	276	(4)
Summary	280	(3)
Working with ADO.NET DataSets	283	(44)
Creating a DataSet	284	(1)
Working with DataTables	284	(5)
Manipulating Rows of Data	286	(1)
Counting Rows	287	(1)
Retrieving Field Values	287	(2)
Filtering, Sorting, and Binding with DataViews	289	(4)
The DefaultView Property	289	(1)
Creating Custom Views	289	(4)
Relating Tables with the DataRelation Object	293	(2)
Fabricating DataSets	295	(5)
Creating Columns	298	(1)
Creating the PrimaryKey Constraint	299	(1)
Adding Rows to a DataSet	299	(1)
Creating a DataSet from XML	300	(6)
Generating XML from a DataSet	306	(4)
Updating DataSet Data	310	(15)
Managing the Changed Status of the DataSet	311	(1)
Writing Updates Back to the Database	312	(13)
Summary	325	(2)
Part V Creating and Using Web Services	327	(44)
Understanding the Web Service Model	329	(12)
Some Web Service History	329	(1)
The SOAP Protocol	330	(4)
The Web Service Description Language	330	(2)
The SOAP Request Message	332	(1)
The SOAP Response Message	333	(1)
Publishing and Consuming Web Services	334	(2)
Publishing Web Services	334	(1)
Consuming Web Services	335	(1)
Other Important Issues	336	(3)
Security	337	(1)
State Management	338	(1)
Transaction Management	339	(1)
Summary	339	(2)
Publishing Web Services with ASP.NET	341	(16)
The Basics of Creating Web Services with ASP.NET	341	(6)
A Typical ASMX Template	342	(1)
Building Public WebMethods	343	(1)
Exploring the Default SDLHelpGenerator Pages	344	(1)
Adding WebMethod and WebService Attributes	345	(2)
Creating Other Web Service Examples	347	(9)
Returning ArrayLists	347	(1)
Returning Custom Classes	348	(3)
Returning Complex DataSets	351	(5)
Summary	356	(1)
Consuming Web Services with ASP.NET	357	(14)
Review of WSDL Contracts	357	(5)
Services and Bindings	358	(2)
PortTypes, Messages, and Schema	360	(2)
Creating HTTP Web Service Clients	362	(2)
Using HTTP-GET to Retrieve Web Service Data	363	(1)
Using HTTP-POST to Retrieve Web Service Data	363	(1)
Creating SOAP Web Service Clients	364	(5)
Generating a SOAP Proxy with WSDL.EXE	365	(2)
Coding an ASP.NET Client Using a SOAP Proxy	367	(2)
Summary	369	(2)
Part VI Configuring and Deploying ASP.NET Solutions	371	(54)
Tracing, Debugging, and Optimizing Your ASP.NET Applications	373	(20)
Tracing Services for ASP.NET	374	(5)
Page-Level Tracing	374	(3)
Application-Level Tracing	377	(2)
Using the Standalone Debugger	379	(7)
A Quick Tour of the Standalone Debugger	379	(2)
Debugging ASP.NET Pages	381	(4)
Debugging Compiled Components	385	(1)
Optimizing Your ASP.NET Applications with Caching Services	386	(6)
Implementing Page Output Caching	387	(1)
Implementing User Control Output Caching	388	(2)
Utilizing Data Caching	390	(2)
Summary	392	(1)
Implementing ASP.NET Security	393	(16)
Important Security Concepts	393	(5)
Authentication	394	(1)
Authorization	394	(1)
Impersonation	395	(1)
Interaction with IIS	396	(2)
Implementing Windows-Based Security	398	(4)
Windows-Based Authentication	399	(2)
Windows-Based Authorization	401	(1)
Implementing Forms-Based Security	402	(5)
Forms-Based Authentication	403	(3)
Forms-Based Authorization	406	(1)
Summary	407	(2)
Configuring and Deploying Your ASP.NET Solutions	409	(16)
Configuring Your ASP.NET Solutions	410	(5)
Understanding the ASP.NET Configuration Model	410	(2)
Configuration Elements	412	(1)
Common Configuration Elements in WEB.CONFIG Files	413	(1)
Accessing Configuration Data at Runtime	414	(1)
Deploying Your ASP.NET Applications	415	(9)
The New Deployment Model for ASP.NET Solutions	416	(1)
Copying the Application to the Web Server	417	(2)
Creating the Virtual Directories on the Web Server	419	(4)
Handling Component Registration, Versioning, and Replacement	423	(1)
Summary	424	(1)
Appendix A Moving to VB .NET from VB6 or VBScript	425	(8)
What's New in VB .NET?	425	(1)
Moving From VBScript/ASP to VB .NET	425	(1)
Moving From VB6 to VB .NET	426	(1)
Tightening the Reins	427	(1)
VB Does OOP	428	(1)
Arrays	429	(1)
Try/Catch Error Handling	429	(1)
Other Changes	430	(1)
Dim Is Brighter	430	(1)
New Assignment Operators	430	(1)
Where Is...?	431	(1)
Features That Have .NET Framework Equivalents but Are Still There	431	(1)
Features that Are Gone	432	(1)
Summary	432	(1)
Index	433