Beginning ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB - Softcover

Spaanjaars, Imar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 047018759X ISBN 13: 9780470187593

Publisher: Wrox, 2008

Synopsis

This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to build rich and interactive Microsoft ASP.NET web sites. With the knowledge you gain from this book, you create a great foundation to build any type of web site, ranging from simple hobby-related web sites to sites you may be creating for commercial purposes. Using this book’s step-by-step format you’ll learn to:

• Obtain, install, and customize Visual Web Developer (VWD) 2008
• create a new web site and how to add new pages to it.
• use the numerous tools in VWD to create HTML and ASP.NET pages
• use the VWD tools and  CSS, the language that is used to format web pages
• What ASP.NET server controls are, what they are used for, and how to use them
• program web pages Visual Basic or C#
• create consistent-looking pages through the use of master pages, skins, and themes
• build the navigation structure of your site
• create and use User Controls and enhance them to repeat content like menus and banners
• accept, validate, and process user input and send e-mail from your ASP.NET web application
• create good looking, flicker free web page interaction with ASP.NET Ajax
• the basics of SQL, the language used access and alter data in a database
• use the database tools found in Visual Web Developer
• use the ASP.NET data controls to create an interface for your users to interact with your application’s data
• use LINQ to SQL to access SQL Server databases without writing a lot of manual code
• change the visual appearance of your data through the use of control styles
• interact with the data-bound controls and speed up your application
• use the security ASP.NET features to create user accounts, distinguish between anonymous and logged on users, and manage the users in your system
• create personalized web pages with content targeted at individual users
• find and fix problems with VWD debugging tools
• deploy and run your final web site

About this title

From the Back Cover

Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 In C# and VB

To build effective and eye-catching database-driven web sites, you must first have a solid framework on which to run your web pages as well as a rich environment in order to create and program these web pages. Microsoft's ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Web Developer 2008 combine forces to provide you with the ultimate platform on which you can create dynamic and interactive web applications.

Popular Wrox author Imar Spaanjaars begins by demonstrating how to obtain and install Visual Web Developer. With each successive chapter, he introduces you to new technologies that build on knowledge gained from previous chapters. You'll learn that both ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Web Developer now come with an extensive set of tools that will help you smoothly program your web applications. With the knowledge you gain from this book, you will be able to create feature-rich, database-driven, interactive web sites.

What you will learn from this book

• Ways that ASP.NET Server controls allow you to create complex web sites with very little code

• How to use the extensive set of CSS tools that help you design your web pages

• How to program responsive and interactive web pages with either C# or Visual Basic®

• How to work with databases to create rich, data-driven web pages

• How you can easily create a centralized and maintainable site design

• How to secure your web site, providing login functionality and role-based access to content

Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who wants to build rich and interactive web sites that run on the Microsoft platform. No prior experience in web development is assumed.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

About the Author

Imar Spaanjaars graduated in Leisure Management at the Leisure Management School in the Netherlands, but he quickly changed his career path into the Internet world.
After working for a large corporation and doing some freelance work, he now works for Design IT (www.designit.nl), an IT company in the Netherlands specializing in Internet and intranet applications built with Microsoft technologies like ASP.NET 3.5. As a technical director and software designer, he’s responsible for designing and building medium- to large-scaled e-commerce web sites and portals.
He’s also the tech lead for Dynamicweb Nederland, the Dutch branch of the popular Danish Content Management System Dynamicweb (www.dynamicweb.nl).
Imar has written books on ASP.NET 2.0 and Macromedia Dreamweaver, all published under the Wrox brand. He is also one of the top contributors to the Wrox Community Forum at p2p.wrox.com, where he shares his knowledge with fellow programmers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wrox
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 047018759X
• ISBN 13: 9780470187593
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 768