Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with VB 2005

Description

With ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft has made some dramatic improvements to an already-good product. The new product is packed with features that help developers add functionality and quality to their web applications more easily than ever before. And you can download an Express edition of the software that you need for developing ASP.NET 2.0 applications for free!

The trick, of course, is learning how to use ASP.NET 2.0 the way the top Visual Basic developers do. And that's where this book comes in.

Whether you're coming to ASP.NET 2.0 with a background in ASP.NET 1.x, classic ASP, or Java servlets/JSPor with no web background at allthis book will get you off to a fast start. In fact, by the end of chapter 4, you'll know how to use Visual Studio 2005 to develop and test multi-page database applications. No other ASP.NET 2.0 book gets you started that fast.

But this is much more than a beginning book. By the time you're done, you'll have all the skills you need to develop web applications at the professional level. You'll also find that this book does double duty as the best on-the-job reference book that money can buy. No other ASP.NET 2.0 book teaches you so much or so thoroughly.

 

Table of Contents

Section 1 The essence of ASP.NET web programming  
Chapter 1  An introduction to ASP.NET web programming  3
Chapter 2  How to develop a one-page web application  29
Chapter 3  How to develop a multi-page web application  69
Chapter 4  How to test and debug an ASP.NET application  113

Section 2 Basic ASP.NET skills  
Chapter 5  A crash course in HTML  151
Chapter 6  How to work with server controls  187
Chapter 7  How to use the validation controls  231
Chapter 8  How to manage state  257
Chapter 9  How to use master pages  285
Chapter 10  How to use site navigation  305
Chapter 11  How to use themes  323

Section 3 ASP.NET database programming  
Chapter 12  An introduction to database programming  347
Chapter 13  How to use SQL data sources  371
Chapter 14  How to use the GridView control  407
Chapter 15  How to use the DetailsView and FormView controls  445
Chapter 16  How to use object data sources  485

Section 4 Professional ASP.NET skills  
Chapter 17  How to secure a web site  519
Chapter 18  How to use login controls to authenticate users  539
Chapter 19  How to use profiles to personalize a web site  585
Chapter 20  How to use the MultiView and Wizard controls  617
Chapter 21  How to use email, custom error pages, and back-button control  643
Chapter 22  How to use web parts to build portals  673
Chapter 23  How to configure and deploy ASP.NET 2.0 applications  705

Section 5 Developing reusable code  
Chapter 24  How to develop user controls  725
Chapter 25  How to develop custom server controls  747
Chapter 26  An introduction to web services  789

Resources    
Appendix A  How to install and use the software and downloadable files  805
Index  821