
Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008
Includes Silverlight 2
Apress
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
1639 pages
978-1-4302-1630-8 (ISBN)
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ASP.NET 3.5 is the latest version of Microsoft's revolutionary ASP.NET technology. It is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008: Includes Silverlight 2 raises the bar for high-quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft's dynamic web solution. Updated with everything you need to integrate Silverlight 2.0 into your ASP.NET applications, this book teaches you all about Silverlight's exciting new features so that your ASP projects can be rich in visual flair and compelling to the user. You'll learn how to use the new levels of abstraction in the Entity Framework to design elegant, powerful application architectures. Seasoned .NET professionals Matthew MacDonald, Mario Szpuszta, and Vidya Vrat Agarwal explain how you can get the most from these groundbreaking new technologies. They cover ASP.NET 3.5 as a whole, illustrating both the brand-new features and the functionality carried over from previous versions of ASP. This book will give you the knowledge you need to code real ASP.NET 3.5 applications in the best possible style. The book will teach you ASP.NET 3.5 starting with core concepts to more advanced topics.
You will learn *Core concepts of ASP.NET 3.5. Why it's special. What its fundamental principles are. The basics of Visual Studio. How ASP.NET 3.5 controls are created, and how they fit into ASP.NET 3.5 pages, ultimately creating full applications.*Security. Once considered the Achilles' heel of all Windows web applications, security has vastly improved and is a cornerstone of ASP.NET 3.5. This book explains the various forms of available security and how to best apply them.* Taking things further using advanced user interface techniques. This includes user controls, customer server controls, client-side JavaScript, and GDI+.*Web services. In an increasingly connected world, working with web services grows in importance. This book will show you how to work with them.*ASP.NET AJAX, with an emphasis on contemporary web development techniques.*Development using Internet Information Services 7, Microsoft's premier web hosting platform. And much more. About the Apress Pro Series The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder. You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times.
The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard-won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.
You will learn *Core concepts of ASP.NET 3.5. Why it's special. What its fundamental principles are. The basics of Visual Studio. How ASP.NET 3.5 controls are created, and how they fit into ASP.NET 3.5 pages, ultimately creating full applications.*Security. Once considered the Achilles' heel of all Windows web applications, security has vastly improved and is a cornerstone of ASP.NET 3.5. This book explains the various forms of available security and how to best apply them.* Taking things further using advanced user interface techniques. This includes user controls, customer server controls, client-side JavaScript, and GDI+.*Web services. In an increasingly connected world, working with web services grows in importance. This book will show you how to work with them.*ASP.NET AJAX, with an emphasis on contemporary web development techniques.*Development using Internet Information Services 7, Microsoft's premier web hosting platform. And much more. About the Apress Pro Series The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder. You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times.
The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard-won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berkley
United States
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Professional and scholarly
Popular/general
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4302-1630-8 (9781430216308)
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Matthew MacDonald is an author, educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He is a regular writer for developer journals such as Inside Visual Basic, ASPToday, and Hardcore Visual Studio .NET, and he's the author of several books about programming with .NET, including User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, The Book of VB .NET, and .NET Distributed Applications. In a dimly remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics. Send e-mail to him with praise, condemnation, and everything in between, to p2p@prosetech.com.
Mario Szpuszta is working in the Developer and Platform Group of Microsoft Austria. Before he started working for Microsoft, Mario was involved in several projects based on COM+ and DCOM with Visual Basic and Visual C++ as well as projects based on Java and J2SE. With Beta 2 of the .NET Framework, he started developing Web applications with ASP.NET. Right now, as developer evangelist for Microsoft Austria, he is doing workshops, trainings, and proof-of-concept projects together with independent software vendors in Austria based on .NET, Web Services, and Office 2003 technologies.
Vidya Vrat Agarwal, a Microsoft .NET Purist and an MCT, MCPD, MCTS, MCSD.NET, MCAD.NET, and MCSD, works with Lionbridge Technologies (NASDAQ: LIOX), and his business card reads Subject Matter Expert (SME). He is also a lifetime member of the Computer Society of India (CSI). He started working on Microsoft .NET with its beta release. He has been involved in software development, evangelism, consultation, corporate training, and T3 programs on Microsoft .NET for various employers and corporate clients. His articles can be read at http://www.ProgrammersHeaven.com, and he also reviews .NET Preparation Kits, available at http://www.UCertify.com. He has contributed as technical reviewer to many books published by Apress.
Mario Szpuszta is working in the Developer and Platform Group of Microsoft Austria. Before he started working for Microsoft, Mario was involved in several projects based on COM+ and DCOM with Visual Basic and Visual C++ as well as projects based on Java and J2SE. With Beta 2 of the .NET Framework, he started developing Web applications with ASP.NET. Right now, as developer evangelist for Microsoft Austria, he is doing workshops, trainings, and proof-of-concept projects together with independent software vendors in Austria based on .NET, Web Services, and Office 2003 technologies.
Vidya Vrat Agarwal, a Microsoft .NET Purist and an MCT, MCPD, MCTS, MCSD.NET, MCAD.NET, and MCSD, works with Lionbridge Technologies (NASDAQ: LIOX), and his business card reads Subject Matter Expert (SME). He is also a lifetime member of the Computer Society of India (CSI). He started working on Microsoft .NET with its beta release. He has been involved in software development, evangelism, consultation, corporate training, and T3 programs on Microsoft .NET for various employers and corporate clients. His articles can be read at http://www.ProgrammersHeaven.com, and he also reviews .NET Preparation Kits, available at http://www.UCertify.com. He has contributed as technical reviewer to many books published by Apress.
Content
I.Core Concepts
1. Introducing ASP.NET 3.5
2. Visual Studio 2008 and VB 2008
3. Web Forms
4. Server Controls
5. The ASP.NET Application
6. State Management
II. Data Access
7. ADO.NET Fundamentals and LINQ
8. Data Components and the DataSet
9. Data Binding
10. SQL Server 2008
11. Rich Data Controls
12. Caching
13. XML
14. Files and Streams
III. Building ASP.NET Websites
15. Introducing Silverlight 2.0
16. User Controls
17. Themes and Master Pages
18. Website Navigation
19. Resources and Localization
20. Website Deployment
IV. Security
21. The ASP.NET Security Model
22. Forms Authentication
23. Membership
24. Windows Authentication
25. Authorization and Roles
26. Profiles
27. Cryptography
28. Custom Membership Providers
V. Advanced User Interface
29. Custom Server Controls
30. Design-Time Support
31. Dynamic Graphics and GDI+
32. Web Parts
33. Silverlight 2.0 Techniques
VII. Client-Side Programming
33. JavaScript and Ajax
34. ASP.NET AJAX
1. Introducing ASP.NET 3.5
2. Visual Studio 2008 and VB 2008
3. Web Forms
4. Server Controls
5. The ASP.NET Application
6. State Management
II. Data Access
7. ADO.NET Fundamentals and LINQ
8. Data Components and the DataSet
9. Data Binding
10. SQL Server 2008
11. Rich Data Controls
12. Caching
13. XML
14. Files and Streams
III. Building ASP.NET Websites
15. Introducing Silverlight 2.0
16. User Controls
17. Themes and Master Pages
18. Website Navigation
19. Resources and Localization
20. Website Deployment
IV. Security
21. The ASP.NET Security Model
22. Forms Authentication
23. Membership
24. Windows Authentication
25. Authorization and Roles
26. Profiles
27. Cryptography
28. Custom Membership Providers
V. Advanced User Interface
29. Custom Server Controls
30. Design-Time Support
31. Dynamic Graphics and GDI+
32. Web Parts
33. Silverlight 2.0 Techniques
VII. Client-Side Programming
33. JavaScript and Ajax
34. ASP.NET AJAX