Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader's Guide: VB Edition - Softcover

Anne Boehm; Joel Murach

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890774367 ISBN 13: 9781890774363

Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Inc, 2005

Synopsis

For experienced Visual Basic developers who are familiar with ASP.NET 1.x, this guide illustrates new applications in version 2.0, data access, site navigation features, and application conversion. Boehm and Murach explain the creation of applications, master pages, data sources, login controls, profiles, themes, portals, and configuration. It is presented in a two-page format in which the first gives an overview and the second provides details about syntax and code. The book requires that the user have Visual Studio software. There is no bibliography. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

From the Publisher

If you’re a Visual Basic developer who’s going to be upgrading to ASP.NET 2.0 from ASP.NET 1.0 or 1.1, this book can save you many of hours of research. It can do that because we’ve already done that research for you. Then, we put that information into this single book that will help you upgrade to ASP.NET 2.0 as quickly and easily as possible.

Unlike most competing books, this one doesn’t just tell you what the new features are and how great they are and then let you figure out how to use them on your own. Instead, our book also shows you exactly how to use all of the new features so you get the most from them. That’s why we say that the purpose of this book is to show you: "What’s new and how to use it."

Like all our books, this one has features that you won’t find in competing books. That’s why we believe you’ll learn faster and better with our book than with any other.

Here are just three of those features.
· To make sure that you learn the new ASP.NET 2.0 features as quickly and easily as possible, all of the features are presented in the context of complete applications. These applications include the web forms, the aspx code, and the Visual Basic code. As we see it, the best way to learn is to study applications like these, even though you won’t find them in most competing books.

· Unlike many ASP.NET books, this one shows you how to get the most from Visual Studio 2005 as you develop your applications. Because we’ve found that this IDE is one of the keys to development productivity, we’re still surprised that most books ignore or neglect it.

· If you page through this book, you’ll see that all of the information is presented in "paired pages," with the essential syntax, guidelines, and examples on the right page and the perspective and extra explanation on the left page. This not only helps you learn faster by reading less, but it is also the best reference format that you’ll find anywhere. That’s why this book works so well for both training and reference.

From the Back Cover

ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide Contents

Section 1: Get going fast
In the first two chapters, you’ll be introduced to the new ASP.NET 2.0 features and learn how to develop applications using Visual Studio 2005, the new code-behind model, and the new Access data source control. Then, in chapter 3, you’ll learn how to use the new master pages feature, which you’ll probably want to use for every ASP.NET application you develop.

Section 2: The new data access features
Learn how to use the powerful new SQL and XML data sources and the new GridView, DetailsView, and FormView controls to develop professional applications with little or no Visual Basic code. Then, learn how to use object data sources to create 3-layer applications that let you separate the presentation code from the data access code. This section alone pays for this book!

Section 3: Other great work-saving features
Master the use of the new site navigation features, the Login controls, profiles, the MultiView and Wizard controls, themes, web parts, and more. All of these features help you develop applications faster and better than ever before...with far less coding!

Section 4: Conversion and deployment
Chapter 15 shows you when and how to convert your old applications from 1.x to 2.0, but it also shows you how your old applications can co-exist with your new applications. Then, chapter 16 shows you how to configure and deploy your new 2.0 applications.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1890774367
• ISBN 13: 9781890774363
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 526