Professional ASP.NET 4 in C# and VB

by Evjen, Bill; Hanselman, Scott; Rader, Devin

• ISBN13: 9780470502204
• ISBN10: 0470502207
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-09
• Publisher: Wrox

Summary

The much-anticipated update to the bestseller, authored by three leading experts on ASP.NETAs Microsoft's technology for building dynamically generated Web pages from database content, ASP.NET 4 offers numerous improvements over earlier iterations. Written by three highly recognized and regarded ASP.NET experts, this anxiously awaited update to their previous bestseller provides all-encompassing coverage on ASP.NET 4.Carried over in this new book is the unique approach of featuring examples in both C# and VB, as is the incomparable coverage of core ASP.NET. After a fast-paced refresher on essentials such as server controls, the book delves into expert coverage of all the latest capabilities of ASP.NET 4. ASP.NET experts and bestselling authors return with thorough coverage of the newest version of ASP.NET, the definitive technology for building Web pages from database content Shares all the newest features and capabilities of ASP.NET 4, with all examples featured in both C# and VB Discusses site navigation, personalization, membership, role management, and security Addresses debugging and error handling, modules and handlers, business objects, services, and localization Includes coverage of CSS, Ajax, the Ajax control toolkit, jQuery, Silverlight, and moreYou will quickly see how Professional ASP.NET 4 continues to set the standard for ASP.NET.

Author Biography

Bill Evjen is one of the most active proponents of .NET technologies. He is the founder of the International .NET Association (INETA), author or coauthor of more than two dozen books, and Global Head of Platform Architecture at Thomson Reuters, Lipper.

Scott Hanselman is a principal program manager lead working in the Server and Tools Online Division at Microsoft. He has a popular blog and weekly podcast at www.computerzen.com and speaks worldwide on ASP.NET.

Devin Rader works at Infragistics where he focuses on delivering great experiences to developers using their controls. He's also a former INETA board member.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER 1 Application and Page Frameworks.

CHAPTER 2 ASP.NET Server Controls and Client-Side Scripts.

CHAPTER 3 ASP.NET Web Server Controls.

CHAPTER 4 Validation Server Controls.

CHAPTER 5 Working with Master Pages.

CHAPTER 6 Themes and Skins.

CHAPTER 7 Data Binding.

CHAPTER 8 Data Management with ADO.NET.

CHAPTER 9 Querying with LINQ.

CHAPTER 10 Working with XML and LINQ to XML.

CHAPTER 11 Introduction to the Provider Model.

CHAPTER 12 Extending the Provider Model.

CHAPTER 13 Site Navigation .

CHAPTER 14 Personalization.

CHAPTER 15 Membership and Role Management.

CHAPTER 16 Portal Frameworks and Web Parts.

CHAPTER 17 HTML and CSS Design with ASP.NET.

CHAPTER 18 ASP.NET AJAX.

CHAPTER 19 ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.

CHAPTER 20 Security .

CHAPTER 21 State Management.

CHAPTER 22 Caching .

CHAPTER 23 Debugging and Error Handling.

CHAPTER 24 File I/O and Streams.

CHAPTER 25 User and Server Controls.

CHAPTER 26 Modules and Handlers.

CHAPTER 27 ASP.NET MVC.

CHAPTER 28 Using Business Objects.

CHAPTER 29 ADO.NET Entity Framework.

CHAPTER 30 ASP.NET Dynamic Data.

CHAPTER 31 Working with Services.

CHAPTER 32 Building Global Applications.

CHAPTER 33 Confi guration.

CHAPTER 34 Instrumentation.

CHAPTER 35 Administration and Management.

CHAPTER 36 Packaging and Deploying ASP.NET Applications.

APPENDIX A Migrating Older ASP.NET Projects.

APPENDIX B ASP.NET Ultimate Tools.

APPENDIX C Silverlight 3 and ASP.NET.

APPENDIX D Dynamic Types and Languages.

APPENDIX E ASP.NET Online Resources.

INDEX.