Beginning ASP.NET for Visual Studio 2015
Published on 7. January 2016
792 pages
978-1-119-07712-1 (ISBN)
Description
The complete guide to the productivity and performance enhancements in ASP.NET
Beginning ASP.NET for Visual Studio 2015 is your ultimate guide to the latest upgrade of this historically popular framework. Fully updated to align with the vNext release, this new edition walks you through the new tools and features that make your workflow smoother and your applications stronger. You'll get up to speed on the productivity and performance improvements, and learn how Microsoft has committed itself to more continuous innovation by increasing its release cadence for all products and services going forward. Coverage includes Async-aware debugging, ADO.NET idle connection resiliency, managed return value inspection, ASP.NET app suspension, on-demand large object heap compaction, multi-core JIT and more.
The news of an off-cycle update to ASP.NET came as a surprise, but its announcement garnered cheers at the 2014 Microsoft BUILD conference. This guide shows you what all the fuss is about, and how Microsoft overhauled the latest ASP.NET release.
* Get acquainted with the new developer productivity features
* Master the new tools that build better applications
* Discover what's new in Windows Store app development
* Learn how Microsoft fixed the issues that kept you from v5
Over 38 million websites are currently using ASP.NET, and the new upgrade is already leading to increased adoption. Programmers need to master v6 to remain relevant as web development moves forward. Beginning ASP.NET for Visual Studio 2015 walks you through the details, and shows you what you need to know so you can get up and running quickly.
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William Penberthy has specialized in the Microsoft software development stack since the initial deployment of .NET, performing client, service, andweb development in C# and VB.NET. He has directly participated in the development of over 135 different applications, ranging from record retention management software, to e-Commerce storefronts, to geographic information systems, to point-of-sale systems and many applications in between.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Who this Book is for
- What this Book Covers
- How this Book is Structured
- What You Need to Use this Book
- Conventions
- Source Code
- Errata
- p2p.wrox.com
- Chapter 1 Getting Started with ASP.NET 6.0
- An Introduction to ASP.NET vNext
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- Microsoft Internet Information Services
- HTML 5
- HTML Markup
- Attributes in HTML
- HTML Example
- ASP.NET Web Forms
- ViewState
- ASP.NET Web Forms Events and Page Lifecycle
- Control Library
- ASP.NET MVC
- Testability
- Full Control over Output
- Web Forms and MVC Similarities
- Choosing the Best Approach
- Using Visual Studio 2015
- Versions
- Downloading and Installing
- The Sample Application
- Summary
- Chapter 2 Building an Initial ASP.NET Application
- Creating Websites with Visual Studio 2015
- Available Project Types
- Web Site Project-Based Approach
- Web Application Project
- Creating a New Site
- While Creating a Project
- Empty Template
- Web Forms Template
- MVC Template
- Web API Template
- Single Page Application Template
- Azure Mobile Service Template
- Working with Files in Your Application
- File Types of an ASP.NET MVC Application
- File System Structure of an ASP.NET MVC Application
- File Types of an ASP.NET Web Forms Application
- MVC and Web Form File Differences
- Creating the Sample Application
- Summary
- Chapter 3 Designing Your Web Pages
- HTML and CSS
- Why Use Both HTML and CSS?
- An Introduction to CSS
- More CSS
- Selectors
- Properties
- Precedence in Styles
- The Style Sheet
- Adding CSS to Your Pages
- Creating Embedded and Inline Style Sheets
- Applying Styles
- Managing Styles
- Summary
- Chapter 4 Programming in C# and VB.NET
- Introduction to Programming
- Data Types and Variables
- Defining a Variable
- Operators
- Converting and Casting Data Types
- Converting Data Types
- Casting Data Types
- Using Arrays and Collections
- Using Arrays
- Using Collections
- Decision-Making Operations
- Comparison Operators
- Logical Operators
- If Statement
- Switch/Select Case Statement
- Loops
- For Loop
- Foreach/For Each Loops
- While Loop
- Exiting Loops
- Organizing Code
- Methods: Functions and Subroutines
- Writing Comments and Documentation
- Object-Oriented Programming Basics
- Important OO Terminology
- Classes
- Fields
- Properties
- Methods
- Constructors
- Inheritance
- Events
- Summary
- Chapter 5 ASP.NET Web Form Server Controls
- Introduction to Server Controls
- Defining Controls in Your Pages
- Types of Controls
- Standard Controls
- HTML Controls
- Data Controls
- Validation Controls
- Navigation Controls
- Login Controls
- AJAX Extensions
- Other Control Sets
- The ASP.NET State Engine
- How the State Engine Works
- Summary
- Chapter 6 ASP.NET MVC Helpers and Extensions
- Why MVC Has Fewer Controls Than Web Forms
- A Different Approach
- Razor
- Controller
- Routing
- HTTP Verbs and Attributes
- Form-Building Helpers
- Form Extensions
- Editor and EditorFor
- Model Binding
- Summary
- Chapter 7 Creating Consistent-Looking Websites
- Consistent Page Layout with Master Pages
- Creating and Using Master Pages in ASP.NET Web Forms
- Creating a Content Page in ASP.NET Web Forms
- Creating Layouts in ASP.NET MVC
- Creating a Content View in ASP.NET MVC
- Using a Centralized Base Page
- Summary
- Chapter 8 Navigation
- Different Ways to Move around Your Site
- Understanding Absolute and Relative URLs
- Understanding Default Documents
- Friendly URLs
- Using the ASP.NET Web Forms Navigation Controls
- Using the Menu Control
- Navigating in ASP.NET MVC
- Routing
- Default Configuration and Route
- Creating a Navigational Structure
- Programmatic Redirection
- Programmatically Redirecting the Client to a Different Page
- Server-Side Redirects
- Practical Tips on Navigation
- Summary
- Chapter 9 Displaying and Updating Data
- Working with SQL Server Express
- Installation
- SQL Server Management Studio
- Connecting in Visual Studio
- Entity Framework Approach to Data Access
- Data First
- Code First
- Selecting Data from the Database
- Data Controls in Web Forms
- Details View
- Web Form GridView
- Data Display in MVC
- List Display in MVC
- Details Views
- Summary
- Chapter 10 Working with Data-Advanced Topics
- Sorting and Pagination
- Sorting and Pagination in Web Form Server Controls
- Sorting and Pagination in MVC Lists
- Updating and/or Inserting Data
- A Non-Code First Approach to Database Access
- Using SQL Queries and Stored Procedures
- Caching
- Different Ways to Cache Data in ASP.NET Applications
- Common Pitfalls with Caching Data
- Summary
- Chapter 11 User Controls and Partial Views
- Introduction to User Controls
- Creating User Controls
- Adding User Controls
- Sitewide Registration of a User Control
- Managing the IDs of Any Controls
- Adding Logic to Your User Controls
- Using Partial Views
- Adding a Partial View
- Managing the Controller for a Partial View
- Templates
- Summary
- Chapter 12 Validating User Input
- Gathering Data from the User
- Validating User Input in Web Forms
- Understanding Request Validation
- Validating User Input in MVC
- Model Attribution
- Client-Side Validation
- Request Validation in ASP.NET MVC
- Validation Tips
- Summary
- Chapter 13 ASP.NET AJAX
- Introducing the Concept of AJAX
- F12 Developer Tools
- Using ASP.NET AJAX in Web Forms
- The Initial AJAX Experience
- Enhancing the AJAX Experience
- Using AJAX in MVC
- Using Web Services in AJAX Websites
- jQuery in AJAX
- Practical AJAX Tips
- Summary
- Chapter 14 JQuery
- An Introduction to jQuery
- Early JavaScript
- jQuery's Role
- Including the jQuery Library
- Bundles
- jQuery Syntax
- jQuery Core
- Working with the jQuery Utility Methods
- Selecting Items Using jQuery
- Modifying the DOM with jQuery
- Changing Appearance with jQuery
- Handling Events
- Debugging jQuery
- Practical Tips on jQuery
- Summary
- Chapter 15 Security in Your ASP.NET Website
- Introducing Security
- Identity: Who Are You?
- Authentication: How Can Users Prove Who They Are?
- Authorization: What Are You Allowed to Do?
- Logging in with ASP.NET
- Configuring Your Web Application for Security
- Working with Users within Your Application
- Roles
- Configuring Your Application to Work with Roles
- Programmatically Checking Roles
- Practical Security Tips
- Summary
- Chapter 16 Personalizing Websites
- Understanding the Profile
- Creating the Profile
- Using the Profile
- Practical Personalization Tips
- Summary
- Chapter 17 Exception Handling, Debugging, and Tracing
- Error Handling
- Different Types of Errors
- Syntax Errors
- Logic Errors
- Runtime Errors
- Catching and Handling Exceptions
- Global Error Handling and Custom Error Pages
- Error Handling in a Controller
- The Basics of Debugging
- Tools Support for Debugging
- Moving Around in Debugged Code
- Debugging Windows
- Other Windows
- Debugging Client-Side Script
- Tracing Your ASP.NET Web Pages
- Adding Your Own Information to the Trace
- Tracing and Performance
- Logging
- Downloading, Installing, and Configuring a Logger
- Summary
- Chapter 18 Working with Source Control
- Introducing Team Foundation Services
- Why Use Source Control
- Setting Up a Visual Studio Online Account
- Checking Code In and Out
- Undoing Changes
- Shelvesets
- Getting a Specific Version from the Server
- Seeing Changed Items in Solution Explorer
- Looking at History and Comparing Versions
- Labeling
- Interacting with a Team
- Changing Default Source Control Behavior in Visual Studio
- Branching and Merging
- Summary
- Chapter 19 Deploying Your WEBSITE
- Preparing Your Website for Deployment
- Avoiding Hard-Coded Settings
- The Web.config File
- Expression Syntax
- The Web Configuration Manager Class
- Preparing for Deployment
- Microsoft Azure
- Publishing Your Site
- Introducing Web.config Transformations
- Moving Data to a Remote Server
- Smoke Testing Your Application
- Going Forward
- Summary
- Appendix: Answers to Exercises
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Index
- EULA
