Intro -- Professional ASP.NET 3.5 in C# and VB -- About the Authors -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- A Little Bit of History -- The Goals of ASP.NET -- Additional Features of ASP.NET 3.5 -- What You Need for ASP.NET 3.5 -- Who Should Read This Book? -- What This Book Covers -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- p2p.wrox.com -- Chapter 1: Application and Page Frameworks -- Application Location Options -- The ASP.NET Page Structure Options -- ASP.NET 3.5 Page Directives -- ASP.NET Page Events -- Dealing with PostBacks -- Cross-Page Posting -- ASP.NET Application Folders -- Compilation -- Build Providers -- Global.asax -- Working with Classes Through VS2008 -- Summary -- Chapter 2: ASP.NET Server Controls and Client-Side Scripts -- ASP.NET Server Controls -- Applying Styles to Server Controls -- HTML Server Controls -- Manipulating Pages and Server Controls with JavaScript -- Client-Side Callback -- Summary -- Chapter 3: ASP.NET Web Server Controls -- An Overview of Web Server Controls -- The Label Server Control -- The Literal Server Control -- The TextBox Server Control -- The Button Server Control -- The LinkButton Server Control -- The ImageButton Server Control -- The HyperLink Server Control -- The DropDownList Server Control -- Visually Removing Items from a Collection -- The ListBox Server Control -- The CheckBox Server Control -- The CheckBoxList Server Control -- The RadioButton Server Control -- The RadioButtonList Server Control -- Image Server Control -- Table Server Control -- The Calendar Server Control -- AdRotator Server Control -- The Xml Server Control -- Panel Server Control -- The PlaceHolder Server Control -- BulletedList Server Control -- HiddenField Server Control -- FileUpload Server Control -- MultiView and View Server Controls -- Wizard Server Control -- ImageMap Server Control -- Summary.

Chapter 4: Validation Server Controls -- Understanding Validation -- Client-Side versus Server-Side Validation -- ASP.NET Validation Server Controls -- Turning Off Client-Side Validation -- Using Images and Sounds for Error Notifications -- Working with Validation Groups -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Working with Master Pages -- Why Do You Need Master Pages? -- The Basics of Master Pages -- Coding a Master Page -- Coding a Content Page -- Specifying Default Content in the Master Page -- Programmatically Assigning the Master Page -- Nesting Master Pages -- Container-Specific Master Pages -- Event Ordering -- Caching with Master Pages -- ASP.NET AJAX and Master Pages -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Themes and Skins -- Using ASP.NET Themes -- Creating Your Own Themes -- Defining Multiple Skin Options -- Programmatically Working with Themes -- Themes, Skins, and Custom Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Data Binding in ASP.NET 3.5 -- Data Source Controls -- Configuring Data Source Control Caching -- Storing Connection Information -- Using Bound List Controls with Data Source Controls -- Other Databound Controls -- Inline Data-Binding Syntax -- Expressions and Expression Builders -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Data Management with ADO.NET -- Basic ADO.NET Features -- The DataList Server Control -- The ListView Server Control -- Using Visual Studio for ADO.NET Tasks -- Asynchronous Command Execution -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Querying with LINQ -- LINQ to Objects -- LINQ to XML -- LINQ to SQL -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Working with XML and LINQ to XML -- The Basics of XML -- XmlReader and XmlWriter -- XmlDocument and XPathDocument -- DataSets -- The XmlDataSource Control -- XSLT -- Databases and XML -- Summary -- Chapter 11: IIS7 -- Modular Architecture of IIS7 -- Extensible Architecture of IIS7 -- IIS7 and ASP.NET Integrated Pipeline -- Building a Customized Web Server.

Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager -- Moving an Application from IIS6 to IIS7 -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Introduction to the Provider Model -- Understanding the Provider -- The Provider Model in ASP.NET 3.5 -- Configuring Providers -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Extending the Provider Model -- Providers Are One Tier in a Larger Architecture -- Modifying Through Attribute-Based Programming -- Examining ProviderBase -- Building Your Own Providers -- Extending Pre-Existing Providers -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Site Navigation -- XML-Based Site Maps -- SiteMapPath Server Control -- TreeView Server Control -- Menu Server Control -- SiteMap Data Provider -- SiteMap API -- URL Mapping -- Sitemap Localization -- Security Trimming -- Nesting SiteMap Files -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Personalization -- The Personalization Model -- Creating Personalization Properties -- Anonymous Personalization -- Programmatic Access to Personalization -- Personalization Providers -- Managing Application Profiles -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Membership and Role Management -- Authentication -- Authorization -- ASP.NET 3.5 Authentication -- ASP.NET 3.5 Authorization -- Using the Web Site Administration Tool -- Public Methods of the Membership API -- Public Methods of the Roles API -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Portal Frameworks and Web Parts -- Introducing Web Parts -- Building Dynamic and Modular Web Sites -- Working with Classes in the Portal Framework -- Creating Custom Web Parts -- Connecting Web Parts -- Summary -- Chapter 18: HTML and CSS Design with ASP.NET -- Caveats -- HTML and CSS Overview -- Summary -- Chapter 19: ASP.NET AJAX -- Understanding the Need for AJAX -- ASP.NET AJAX and Visual Studio 2008 -- ASP.NET AJAX Applications -- ASP.NET AJAX's Server-Side Controls -- Using Multiple UpdatePanel Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 20: ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.

Downloading and Installing -- The ASP.NET AJAX Controls -- ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Server Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 21: Security -- Authentication and Authorization -- Applying Authentication Measures -- Authenticating Specific Files and Folders -- Programmatic Authorization -- Identity and Impersonation -- Securing Through IIS -- Summary -- Chapter 22: State Management -- What Are Your Choices? -- Understanding the Session Object in ASP.NET -- The Application Object -- QueryStrings -- Cookies -- PostBacks and Cross-Page PostBacks -- Hidden Fields, ViewState, and ControlState -- Using HttpContext.Current.Items for Very Short-Term Storage -- Summary -- Chapter 23: Caching -- Caching -- Caching Programmatically -- Using the SQL Server Cache Dependency -- Configuring Your ASP.NET Application -- Testing SQL Server Cache Invalidation -- Summary -- Chapter 24: Debugging and Error Handling -- Design-Time Support -- Tracing -- Debugging -- Exception and Error Handling -- Summary -- Chapter 25: File I/O and Streams -- Working with Drives, Directories, and Files -- Reading and Writing Files -- Working with Serial Ports -- Network Communications -- Summary -- Chapter 26: User and Server Controls -- User Controls -- Server Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 27: Modules and Handlers -- Processing HTTP Requests -- HttpModules -- Summary -- Chapter 28: Using Business Objects -- Using Business Objects in ASP.NET 3.5 -- COM Interop: Using COM Within .NET -- Using .NET from Unmanaged Code -- Summary -- Chapter 29: Building and Consuming Services -- Communication Between Disparate Systems -- Building a Simple XML Web Service -- Consuming a Simple XML Web Service -- Transport Protocols for Web Services -- Overloading WebMethods -- Caching Web Service Responses -- SOAP Headers -- Consuming Web Services Asynchronously -- Windows Communication Foundation.

Building the WCF Consumer -- Summary -- Chapter 30: Localization -- Cultures and Regions -- ASP.NET 3.5 Resource Files -- Looking at the Resource Editor -- Summary -- Chapter 31: Configuration -- Configuration Overview -- Common Configuration Settings -- Creating Custom Sections -- Summary -- Chapter 32: Instrumentation -- Working with the Event Log -- Using Performance Counters -- Application Tracing -- Understanding Health Monitoring -- Summary -- Chapter 33: Administration and Management -- The ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool -- Configuring ASP.NET in IIS on Vista -- Summary -- Chapter 34: Packaging and Deploying ASP.NET Applications -- Deployment Pieces -- Steps to Take before Deploying -- Methods of Deploying Web Applications -- Looking More Closely at Installer Options -- Summary -- Appendix A: Migrating Older ASP.NET Projects -- Migrating Is Not Difficult -- When Mixing Versions - Forms Authentication -- Upgrading - ASP.NET Reserved Folders -- ASP.NET 3.5 Pages Come as XHTML -- No Hard-Coded .js Files in ASP.NET 3.5 -- Converting ASP.NET 1.x Applications in Visual Studio 2008 -- Migrating from ASP.NET 2.0 to 3.5 -- Appendix B: ASP.NET Ultimate Tools -- Debugging Made Easier -- References -- Tidying Up Your Code -- Visual Studio Add-ins -- Extending ASP.NET -- General Purpose Developer Tools -- Summary -- Appendix C: Silverlight -- Extending ASP.NET Apps with Silverlight -- Summary -- Appendix D: ASP.NET Online Resources -- Author Blogs -- ASP.NET Influential Blogs -- Web Sites -- Index.

In this book, you'll be introduced to the features and capabilities of ASP.NET 3.5, as well as the foundation that ASP.NET provides. Updated for the latest release of Visual Studio, this new edition adds five hundred pages of great new content compared to the original 2.0 version of the book. Including both printed and downloadable VB and C# code examples, this edition focuses even more on experienced programmers and advanced web development. New coverage includes new chapters on IIS 7 development, LINQ, ASP.NET, Silverlight, and many others.

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