ASP.NET 4 Unleashed, Rough Cuts

Description

• Copyright 2011
• Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
• Pages: 1920
• Edition: 1st

• Rough Cuts
• ISBN-10: 0-13-256584-6
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-256584-4

This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.

The most comprehensive book on Microsoft’s new ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET 4 Unleashed covers all facets of ASP.NET development. Led by Microsoft ASP.NET program manager Stephen Walther, an expert author team thoroughly covers the entire platform.

The authors first introduce the ASP.NET Framework’s basic controls and show how to create common site-wide layouts and styles. Next, they cover all aspects of accessing, presenting, organizing, and editing data. You’ll find thorough and practical sections on building custom components and controls, providing effective site navigation, securing sites and applications, and much more. This book presents hundreds of realistic code examples, reflecting the authors’ unsurpassed experience with ASP.NET both inside and outside Microsoft.

• Build interactive Web Forms, validate form data, and upload files
• Provide interactive calendars, wizards, site maps, and other valuable features
• Design efficient, maintainable sites with Master Pages and Themes
• Build data-driven applications with database controls, ADO.NET data access components, QueryExtender, LINQ to SQL, and WCF Data Services
• Generate charts on the fly with the new Chart Control
• Extend ASP.NET with custom controls and reusable components
• Create site registration and authentication systems that store membership data in SQL Server or Active Directory
• Use URL Routing to build dynamism, flexibility, readability, and SEO-friendliness into your URLs
• Improve performance and scalability with caching and preloading
• Maintain state with cookies, cookieless session state, and profiles
• Localize, configure, package, and deploy ASP.NET applications
• Use the ASP.NET MVC Framework to improve agility, testability, speed to market, and extensibility
• Retrofit existing ASP.NET applications with Ajax and build pure client-side Ajax web applications
• Construct a complete ASP.NET 4 website from start to finish

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Sample Content

Table of Contents

Introduction     1

Part I   Building ASP.NET Pages

1   Overview of the ASP.NET Framework     5

ASP.NET and the .NET Framework     9

Understanding the Framework Class Library     9

Understanding the Common Language Runtime     17

Understanding ASP.NET Controls     19

Overview of ASP.NET Controls     19

Understanding HTML Controls     21

Understanding and Handling Control Events     22

Understanding View State     28

Understanding ASP.NET Pages     34

Understanding Dynamic Compilation     34

Understanding Control Trees     38

Using Code-Behind Pages     39

Handling Page Events     44

Using the Page.IsPostBack Property      46

Debugging and Tracing ASP.NET Pages     48

Tracing Page Execution     52

Installing ASP.NET     55

Summary     57

2   Using the Standard Controls     59

Displaying Information      59

Using the Label Control      60

Using the Literal Control      65

Accepting User Input     68

Using the TextBox Control     68

Using the CheckBox Control     76

Using the RadioButton Control     79

Submitting Form Data     84

Using the Button Control     84

Using the LinkButton Control     86

Using the ImageButton Control     89

Using Client Scripts with Button Controls     94

Performing Cross-Page Posts     96

Specifying a Default Button     100

Handling the Command Event     101

Displaying Images     104

Using the Image Control     104

Using the ImageMap Control     106

Using the Panel Control     111

Using the HyperLink Control     118

Summary      119

3   Using the Validation Controls     121

Overview of the Validation Controls     121

Validation Controls and JavaScript     126

Using Page.IsValid     126

Setting the Display Property  

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