The most up–to–date and comprehensive introductory ASP.NET book you'll find on any shelf, Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008 guides you through Microsoft's latest technology for building dynamic web sites. This book will enable you to build dynamic web pages on the fly, and it assumes only the most basic knowledge of Visual Basic 2008.
The book provides exhaustive coverage of ASP.NET, guiding you from your first steps right up to the most advanced techniques, such as querying databases from within a web page and tuning your site for optimal performance. Within these pages, you'll find tips for “best practices” and comprehensive discussions of key database and XML principles you need to know in order to be effective with ASP.NET. The book also emphasizes the invaluable coding techniques of object orientation and code behind, which will start you off on the track to building real–world web sites right from the beginningrather than just faking it with simplified coding practices.
By the time you've finished the book, you will have mastered the core techniques and have all the knowledge you need to begin work as a professional ASP.NET developer.
Author(s): Matthew MacDonald (auth.)
Edition: 2
Publisher: Apress
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 956
Tags: Programming Techniques
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The .NET Framework....Pages 3-17
The Visual Basic Language....Pages 19-47
Types, Objects, and Namespaces....Pages 49-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Visual Studio....Pages 81-119
Web Form Fundamentals....Pages 121-161
Web Controls....Pages 163-200
State Management....Pages 201-238
Error Handling, Logging, and Tracing....Pages 239-282
Deploying ASP.NET Applications....Pages 283-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Validation....Pages 321-341
Rich Controls....Pages 343-368
User Controls and Graphics....Pages 369-391
Styles, Themes, and Master Pages....Pages 393-432
Website Navigation....Pages 433-468
Front Matter....Pages 469-469
ADO.NET Fundamentals....Pages 471-523
Data Binding....Pages 525-564
The Data Controls....Pages 565-603
Files and Streams....Pages 605-634
XML....Pages 635-676
Front Matter....Pages 677-677
Security Fundamentals....Pages 679-712
Front Matter....Pages 677-677
Membership....Pages 713-752
Profiles....Pages 753-775
Front Matter....Pages 777-777
Component-Based Programming....Pages 779-808
Caching....Pages 809-840
ASP.NET AJAX....Pages 841-874
Back Matter....Pages 875-956
