Debugging Asp.Net

by Goodyear, Jonathan; Peek, Brian; Fox, Brad

• ISBN13: 9780735711419
• ISBN10: 0735711410
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

Debugging ASP.NET focuses on the various tools, techniques, and best practices associated with debugging ASP.NET web applications under Microsoft's new .NET platform. Brief descriptions of the problems with debugging previous versions of ASP are covered, as well as how the new features of ASP.NET can be exploited to their fullest to find and eliminate bugs quickly and easily. The book introduces changes to the code structure paradigm as implemented in the .NET platform, and how to structure ASP.NET code in this new paradigm to enable faster web application debugging.

Table of Contents

I ASP Debugging Basics	1	(66)
Conceptual Framework	3	(6)
Understanding Server-Side Events	3	(4)
New Language Options	7	(1)
Summary	8	(1)
Traditional Approaches to Debugging in ASP	9	(14)
Structure of Pre-ASPNET	9	(4)
Problems and Shortcomings	13	(1)
Old Strategies That Still Do the Job Well	14	(2)
An ASP Debug Object	16	(6)
Summary	22	(1)
Debugging Strategies	23	(16)
Tier Sandboxes	24	(5)
Divide and Conquer	29	(3)
Simple Before Complex	32	(4)
Turtle Makes the Wiser	36	(1)
Summary	37	(2)
Code Structure That Eases Debugging	39	(28)
Code Partitioning	39	(14)
Control-of-Flow Guidelines	53	(5)
Structured Exception Handling	58	(1)
Global Exception Handling	59	(5)
Summary	64	(3)
II ASP.NET Debugging Tools	67	(72)
Conditional Compiling	69	(10)
What Is Conditional Compiling?	69	(7)
Other Preprocessor Directives	76	(2)
Summary	78	(1)
Tracing	79	(18)
Configuration	80	(1)
Trace Output	81	(4)
Setting Trace Messages	85	(6)
Trace Viewer	91	(2)
Tracing via Components	93	(2)
Tips for Using Trace Information	95	(1)
Summary	96	(1)
Visual Studio .NET Debugging Environment	97	(22)
Introduction to Features	97	(4)
Attaching to Processes	101	(2)
Setting It All Up	103	(1)
Inline Debugging of ASPNET	103	(8)
Inline Debugging of Components	111	(5)
Remote Debugging	116	(1)
Summary	117	(2)
Leveraging the Windows 2000 Event Log	119	(20)
The Windows 2000 Event Log Defined	119	(1)
Web Applications Can Use the Event Log	120	(1)
The System: Diagnostics Event Log Interface	120	(1)
Custom Event Logs	121	(3)
Handling Different Types Of Events	124	(5)
Access Event Log Data via the Web	129	(7)
Summary	136	(3)
III Debugging the New ASP.NET Features	139	(62)
Debugging Server-Side Controls	141	(16)
Creating the Project	142	(9)
Debugging the Control	151	(4)
Summary	155	(2)
Debugging Data-Bound Controls	157	(16)
Data-Bound Controls	157	(5)
Debugging Templates	162	(2)
Namespace Issues	164	(4)
XML Binding	168	(4)
Summary	172	(1)
Debugging User Controls	173	(16)
User Control Basics	174	(1)
Adding Properties and Methods	175	(9)
Dynamic User Controls	184	(3)
Summary	187	(2)
Caching Issues and Debugging	189	(12)
Output Caching	190	(6)
The Caching API	196	(4)
Summary	200	(1)
IV Debugging Related Technologies	201	(102)
Debugging Web Services	203	(28)
Web Services Stumbling Blocks	203	(2)
Error Messages	205	(9)
Problems Working with XML Serializer	214	(1)
Working with Errors in SOAP	215	(4)
Error Returning Certain Types of Data	219	(1)
Working with Streams	220	(5)
Tools	225	(1)
Basic Web Services Debugging	226	(4)
Problems Deploying Your Web Service?	230	(1)
Summary	230	(1)
Debugging .NET Components and HttpHandlers	231	(22)
The Component	231	(11)
Interfaces	242	(1)
HttpHandlers	243	(3)
State-Management Issues	246	(3)
.NET Components Versus Registered COM Components	249	(3)
Summary	252	(1)
COM+ Issues	253	(20)
Role-Based Security	253	(11)
Transaction Issues	264	(8)
Summary	272	(1)
Debugging ADO.NET	273	(30)
Understanding the System.Data Namespace	275	(1)
Catching SQL Errors	275	(5)
New Connection Components	280	(1)
Issues with the DataReader Class	281	(1)
Working with Transactions	281	(3)
Error Codes and How to Debug Them	284	(11)
Common Pitfalls	295	(5)
SQL ADO.NET Objects Versus OleDb ADO.NET Objects	300	(1)
Summary	301	(2)
V Appendix	303	(22)
A Issues That Arise When Migrating from ASP to ASP.NET	305	(20)
Moving from ASP to ASP.NET	305	(6)
Moving from VBScript to Visual Basic	311	(7)
Opting for C#	318	(5)
Summary	323	(2)
Index	325