Mastering Web Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (Paperback)

Book Description

Be Right at Home in the World's Most Powerful Web Development Environment

For large-scale web application development, Visual Studio 2005 is the most capable product around. This book shows team members and leaders how to use its power in several key dimensions. You'll master dozens of built-in features for creating a large, high-performance website based on ASP.NET 2.0. You'll work seamlessly with dynamic data, both reading from and writing to databases. And throughout, you'll learn how Visual Studio 2005 supports a more efficient group process in terms of design, development, and deployment. And everything is brought together with the enterprise-scale example, "ABC Incorporated," that runs throughout the book. This is a book no web developer, and no web-dependent organization, should be without.

Coverage Includes

• Reaping the benefits of master pages and themes
• Generating site maps and other navigational aids automatically
• Building a shopping cart application for your website
• Adding search functionality to your website
• Creating a flexible user environment using Webpart technology
• Increasing application performance using client-side and server-side scripting technologies
• Giving users the ability to change the website's theme to meet specific needs
• Using components and controls to add special effects and user customization
• Improving team efficiency using modern development and design techniques
• Monitoring and responding to usage statistics
• Combining technologies to get the best possible results from large applications
• Making your site accessible to everyone

Master Standards-Based Web Development Techniques New to Visual Studio 2005

Discover How Visual Studio 2005 Solves Team Development Issues, Such as Source Code Control and Application Design

Simplify Database Application Development without Compromising Security or Reliability