Que the microsoft expression web developers guide to ASP dot NET 3 5 learn to create ASP dot NET applications using visual web developer 2008 oct 2007 ISBN 0789736659

TheMicrosoftExpressionWebDeveloper's
GuidetoASP.NET3.5:LearntocreateASP.NET
applicationsusingVisualWebDeveloper2008
byJimCheshire
Publisher:Que
PubDate:November02,2007
PrintISBN-10:0-7897-3665-9
PrintISBN-13:978-0-7897-3665-9
Pages:504
TableofContents|Index

Overview
TheMicrosoft®ExpressionWebDeveloper'sGuide
toASP.NET3.5
LearntocreateASP.NETapplicationsusingVisualWeb
Developer2008
JimCheshire
"Thisbookisagreatreferenceforwebdesignersnewto
ASP.NETwhoarelookingtojumpstarttheirdevelopmentwith
VisualWebDeveloper2008."
MikhailArkhipov
PrincipalDevelopmentManager–WebDevelopmentTools
MicrosoftCorporation
ExpressionWebintroducedASP.NETtoanewgroupofweb
developers.Thisbookisdesignedtohelpyoustartusing
ASP.NETrightawaytoaddpowerfulnewfeaturestoyour
website.Don'tworry,youwon'thavetolearnalotof
programming;instead,you'llcreateanASP.NETapplication


fromstarttofinishusingVisualWebDeveloper2008,while

writingonlyaverysmallamountofactualprogrammingcode.
DETAILEDINFORMATIONONHOWTO…
•CreateandworkwithwebsitesinVisualWebDeveloper
2008
•Usethedifferentcompilationandcodemodelsin
ASP.NET
•ConfigureASP.NETsecurityandothersettings
•UseASP.NETmasterpagesandusercontrols
•TakeadvantageofASP.NETmembershipfeaturesfora
password-protectedwebsite
•UseformvalidationinASP.NET
•UseCSS,skins,andthemes
•Access,edit,andadddatatoadatabaseusingASP.NET
•SendemailusingASP.NET
•UseAjaxandASP.NETWebservices
•DebugandtroubleshootASP.NET
...andmuchmore!
JimCheshireistheauthorofseveralbooks,includingSpecial
EditionUsingMicrosoftExpressionWeb.Hehasbeenworking
withASP.NETsincebeforeitsrelease.Hehasbeenheavily
involvedinthewebdesigncommunityformorethanadecade
andiswidelyconsideredanexpertinMicrosoft'swebdesign
technologies.Jimcurrentlyworksasanescalationengineeron
theASP.NETteamatMicrosoft.
ONTHEWEB:
Downloadexamplesandsourcecodepresentedinthisbook


fromwww.informit.com/title/
9780789736659.

CATEGORY:
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COVERS:
ASP.NETandVisualWebDeveloper2008
USERLEVEL:
BeginningtoIntermediate


TheMicrosoftExpressionWebDeveloper's
GuidetoASP.NET3.5:LearntocreateASP.NET
applicationsusingVisualWebDeveloper2008
byJimCheshire
Publisher:Que
PubDate:November02,2007
PrintISBN-10:0-7897-3665-9
PrintISBN-13:978-0-7897-3665-9
Pages:504
TableofContents|Index

Copyright
AbouttheAuthor
Acknowledgments
WeWanttoHearfromYou!
ReaderServices
Introduction
WhoShouldReadThisBook?
HowThisBookIsOrganized
PartI:UnderstandingASP.NETArchitecture
Chapter1.InstallingandConfiguringASP.NET
Understandingthe.NETFrameworkandASP.NET

ConfiguringASP.NET
TroubleshootingIIS
Chapter2.ASP.NETCodeModels
UnderstandingASP.NETWebFormCode
Server-SideCodeModels
SwitchingServer-SideCodeModels
ChoosingaCodeModel
Chapter3.ASP.NETCompilationModels
ASP.NETCompilation
Automatingaspnet_compiler.exeinVisualWebDeveloper


ExpressEdition
Chapter4.ASP.NETEventsandthePageLifecycle
AnEvent-DrivenArchitecture
ApplicationandSessionEvents
PageEventsandthePageLifecycle
InvestigatingthePageLifecycle
Chapter5.ASP.NETStateManagement
AConnectionlessEnvironment
UnderstandingApplicationVariables
UnderstandingSessionVariables
UsingASP.NETCaching
ASP.NETViewstateandControlState
Chapter6.ASP.NETConfigurationandPerformance
OverviewofASP.NETConfiguration
ASP.NETConfigurationFiles
TheWebSiteAdministrationTool
ASP.NETConfigurationinIIS
EncryptingInformationintheConfigurationFiles

Chapter7.BasicASP.NETSecurity
AuthenticationandAuthorization
ConfiguringWindowsAuthentication
UnderstandingFormsAuthentication
ConfiguringFormsAuthentication
OtherFormsAuthenticationSettings
ASP.NETAuthorization
WhyNotWindowsAuthentication?
PartII:CreatingASP.NETApplicationsandWebForms
Chapter8.CreatingWebsites
TheStructureofanASP.NETWebsite
CreatingaWebApplicationinVisualWebDeveloper
StartOptionsinVisualWebDeveloper
Chapter9.CreatingASP.NETWebForms


CreatingWebFormsinVisualWebDeveloper
CreatingWebPagesinExpressionWeb
ChoosingtheRightToolforASP.NETApplication
Development
ASuggestedWorkflow
PartIII:MasterPagesandUserControls
Chapter10.CreatingandUsingMasterPages
AnIntroductiontoMasterPages
StructureofMasterPagesandContentPages
CreatingaMasterPage
ConfiguringNavigationControls
ConnectingaPagetotheMasterPage
Checkpoint
Chapter11.CreatingandUsingUserControls

WhatAreUserControls?
CreatingaUserControl
AddingUserControlstoaPage
ConvertingaPagetoaUserControl
Checkpoint
PartIV:ASP.NETMembership
Chapter12.ConfiguringaMembershipDatabase
AnIntroductiontoASP.NETMembership
UsingtheDefaultMembershipDatabase
UsingSQLServer2000orSQLServer2005for
Membership
Checkpoint
Chapter13.AddingandManagingUsersandRoles
UsersandRoles
ConfiguringAuthentication
AddingNewUsers
EnablingandAddingRoles
ConfiguringAccessRules


WhatHappensUndertheHood?
Checkpoint
Chapter14.AddingandConfiguringLoginandUser
ManagementPages
ConfiguringtheLoginControl
UsingtheLoginViewControl
CreatingAccountsUsingtheCreateUserWizardControl
ResettingLostPasswords
ChangingPasswords
AFewFinishingTouches

Checkpoint
PartV:ASP.NETFormsandValidation
Chapter15.CreatingFormsUsingASP.NET
IntroductiontoASP.NETForms
AddingandConfiguringASP.NETFormControls
ProcessingASP.NETForms
DisplayingaFormConfirmation
Checkpoint
Chapter16.AddingFormFieldValidationUsingASP.NET
TheNecessityofFormValidation
ASP.NETValidationControls
CommonValidationControlProperties
AddingandConfiguringASP.NETValidationControls
Checkpoint
PartVI:StylingWebFormsinVisualWebDeveloper2008
Chapter17.CreatingandManagingCSSStyles
AnIntroductiontoCSS
ExploringCSSClassesandIDs
UsingtheStyleBuilderDialogtoCreateStyles
UsingtheStyleApplicationToolbar
ManagingCSSStyles
Checkpoint


Chapter18.ApplyingCSStoWebForms
UsingtheApplyStylesPane
UsingtheCSSPropertiesPane
Checkpoint
Chapter19.UsingASP.NETThemesandSkins
IntroductiontoASP.NETThemes

CreatingaTheme
ApplyingaTheme
DefaultSkinsandNamedSkins
UsingaThemewithCSSFiles
Checkpoint
PartVII:DataAccesswithASP.NET
Chapter20.ASP.NETDataControls
AccessingDatainASP.NET3.5
ASP.NETDataSourceControls
ConfiguringaDataSourceControl
OtherASP.NETDataControls
Checkpoint
Chapter21.DisplayingDatafromaDatabase
ConfiguringtheDataSource
UsingDataControlstoDisplayData
CreatingaMaster/DetailView
Checkpoint
Chapter22.Adding,Editing,andDeletingRecords
CreatingtheEditingInterface
ConfiguringtheFunctionalityoftheEditor
ModifyingTemplates
Checkpoint
PartVIII:SendingEmailwithASP.NET
Chapter23.ConfiguringASP.NETforEmail
HowASP.NETSendsMail
ModifyingtheConfigurationFileforEmail


Checkpoint
Chapter24.SendingFormResultstoEmail

AddingServer-SideCodetoSendEmail
SendingHTMLEmails
SendingEmailswithAttachments
Checkpoint
PartIX:AjaxandWebServices
Chapter25.CreatingandTestinganASP.NETWebService
AnExplanationofASP.NETWebServices
CreatinganASP.NETWebService
InvokingaWebServiceDirectly
CreatingaDatasetforUsewithaWebService
UsingaWebServiceinaWebForm
Checkpoint
Chapter26.AddingAjaxFunctionality
WhatIsAjax?
Microsoft'sASP.NETAJAX
AddingAjaxFunctionalitytoaWebForm
UsingtheAJAXLibrary
Checkpoint
PartX:DebuggingandTroubleshootingASP.NET
Chapter27.DebuggingASP.NETApplications
TheBasicsofDebugging
EnablingandConfiguringDebuggingforanASP.NET
Application
DebuggingServer-SideCode
ExaminingtheStateofanApplication
DebuggingClient-SideScripts
UsingtheErrorListtoLocateApplicationErrors
Checkpoint
Chapter28.HandlingErrorsinanASP.NETApplication
Exceptionsandthe.NETFramework

ImplementingStructuredExceptionHandling
ThrowingExceptions
AddingaGlobalExceptionHandler
Usingthe<customErrors>Element
Checkpoint
Chapter29.ASP.NETTracingandOtherTroubleshooting
Techniques
ASP.NETTracing
AnalyzingTraceOutput
ASP.NETHealthMonitoring
MonitoringtheNetworkwithFiddler
Checkpoint
PartXI:DeployingASP.NETApplications
Chapter30.PublishinganASP.NETApplication
UsingtheCopyWebSiteTool
SpecialConsiderationsforMembershipWebsites
WrappingUp
AppendixA.ApplicationSettingsinVisualWebDeveloper
AccessingApplicationSettings
ProjectsandSolutionsSettings
TextEditorSettings
HTMLDesignerSettings
RestoringandBackingUpSettings
Index


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AbouttheAuthor
JimCheshireistheauthorofseveralbooks,includingthe
recentlyreleasedSpecialEditionUsingExpressionWeb.Hehas
beenworkingwithASP.NETsincebeforeitsrelease.Jimworks
asanescalationengineerontheASP.NETteamatMicrosoft,
wherehespecializesindebuggingandresolvingsomeofthe
toughestproblemsMicrosoftseesfromusersofASP.NET.
JimalsooperatestheJimcoSoftware(www.jimcosoftware.com)
andJimcoBooks(www.jimcobooks.com)websites,wherehe
distributessoftwareandinformationforusersofbothMicrosoft
FrontPageandMicrosoftExpressionWeb.Hehasbeenheavily
involvedinthewebdesigncommunityformorethanadecade
andiswidelyconsideredanexpertinMicrosoft'swebdesign
technologies.

YoucancontactJimviaeitherofhiswebsites.


Acknowledgments
Thecoverofthisbookdisplaysmyname,butthereareso
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MysincerestthanksgotoLaura,Stephanie,Jenn,andMargo,
andtoallthefolksatQuePublishing.Yoursuperbworkmade
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SpecialthankstoLauraforgraciouslyagreeingtohelpwiththe
bookandforhelpingtoensureIwasalwaysheadedintheright
direction.I'dalsoliketoofferspecialacknowledgementto
Stephanieforstickingwithmethroughthreebooks.
ToMikhailArkhipovandothersontheVisualWebDeveloper
teamatMicrosoft,thankyouforansweringmyquestionsand
sharingyourexcitementwithme.IhopeIdidtheproduct
justiceinthisbook.
ToMikeColeman,mybossatMicrosoft,thankyoufor
supportingmyworkonthisproject.
Tomyfamily,aftertwobooksbacktoback,Iknowhowtired
youmustbeofhearingmesay"I'dliketo,butIhavetowrite."
Thankyouforgivingmethetimeandforbeingpatientwithme
duringthosetimeswhenIwaspushingatightdeadlineandnot
inthebestofmoods.Iloveallofyousomuch.
I'dliketothankmyparentsfortheirnever-endingconfidencein
meandforencouragingtheirfriends(whoknownothingabout
technology)tobuymybooks.
Last,butcertainlynotleast,tomyreaders;thankyoufor
buyingmybookandmakingalltheworkthatwentintothis

bookworthsomething.Withoutyou,allthecommitmentfrom
thoseinvolvedinthisprojectwouldbefornaught.


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Introduction
WhoShouldReadThisBook?
HowThisBookIsOrganized

WhoShouldReadThisBook?
Notlongago,IwroteabookonExpressionWebcalledSpecial
EditionUsingMicrosoftExpressionWeb.ExpressionWebisa
greatproductthatbuildsonthesuccessofMicrosoftFrontPage,
andalthoughmanywebdesigners(includingmyself)were
excitedaboutExpressionWeb,manywerealsodisappointedto
seetheremovalofFrontPagewebcomponents.
BecauseExpressionWebaddedsupportforASP.NET
development,manyExpressionWebuserswhoweremigrating
fromFrontPagesawASP.NETasanaturaltransitionfromthe
FrontPagecomponentsthattheyhadgrownsousedto.
Unfortunately,theyquicklyfoundthemselvesoverwhelmedwith
ASP.NET.Let'sfaceit:MostFrontPageusersmigratingto
ExpressionWebarenotprogrammersanddon'twanttobecome
programmers.Instead,theywanttotakeadvantageofthe
technologiesexposedinExpressionWebwithouthavingto
spendmonthslearninghowtowritecode.

Ifyoucanrelatetotheprevioustwoparagraphs,thisbookis
foryou!Thisbookisdesignedtowalkyouthroughcreatingan
ASP.NETwebapplicationfrombeginningtoend,usingMicrosoft
VisualWebDeveloperExpressEdition,(referredtoassimply
VisualWebDeveloperfromhereonout.)VisualWebDeveloper
hasmanyofthedesignerfeaturesandCSSfeaturesthatyou'll
findinExpressionWeb,butit'smuchbettersuitedtodesigning
ASP.NETapplications.
HerearesomeoftheASP.NETfeaturesthisbookcovers:
CreatingASP.NETwebsites


CreatingASP.NETWebformsandusercontrols
AccessingdatabaseswithASP.NET
EditingdatabasedatawithASP.NET
UsingASP.NETmembershiptopasswordprotectpartsofa
website
SendingemailwithASP.NET
UsingASP.NETAjax1.0
Muchmore...
I'llshowyouhowtoimplementallthesefeatureswhilewriting
theleastamountofcodepossible,butwhencodeisnecessary,
I'llprovidesamplesinbothVisualBasicandC#.


Introduction
WhoShouldReadThisBook?
HowThisBookIsOrganized

WhoShouldReadThisBook?

Notlongago,IwroteabookonExpressionWebcalledSpecial
EditionUsingMicrosoftExpressionWeb.ExpressionWebisa
greatproductthatbuildsonthesuccessofMicrosoftFrontPage,
andalthoughmanywebdesigners(includingmyself)were
excitedaboutExpressionWeb,manywerealsodisappointedto
seetheremovalofFrontPagewebcomponents.
BecauseExpressionWebaddedsupportforASP.NET
development,manyExpressionWebuserswhoweremigrating
fromFrontPagesawASP.NETasanaturaltransitionfromthe
FrontPagecomponentsthattheyhadgrownsousedto.
Unfortunately,theyquicklyfoundthemselvesoverwhelmedwith
ASP.NET.Let'sfaceit:MostFrontPageusersmigratingto
ExpressionWebarenotprogrammersanddon'twanttobecome
programmers.Instead,theywanttotakeadvantageofthe
technologiesexposedinExpressionWebwithouthavingto
spendmonthslearninghowtowritecode.
Ifyoucanrelatetotheprevioustwoparagraphs,thisbookis
foryou!Thisbookisdesignedtowalkyouthroughcreatingan
ASP.NETwebapplicationfrombeginningtoend,usingMicrosoft
VisualWebDeveloperExpressEdition,(referredtoassimply
VisualWebDeveloperfromhereonout.)VisualWebDeveloper
hasmanyofthedesignerfeaturesandCSSfeaturesthatyou'll
findinExpressionWeb,butit'smuchbettersuitedtodesigning
ASP.NETapplications.
HerearesomeoftheASP.NETfeaturesthisbookcovers:
CreatingASP.NETwebsites


CreatingASP.NETWebformsandusercontrols
AccessingdatabaseswithASP.NET

EditingdatabasedatawithASP.NET
UsingASP.NETmembershiptopasswordprotectpartsofa
website
SendingemailwithASP.NET
UsingASP.NETAjax1.0
Muchmore...
I'llshowyouhowtoimplementallthesefeatureswhilewriting
theleastamountofcodepossible,butwhencodeisnecessary,
I'llprovidesamplesinbothVisualBasicandC#.


HowThisBookIsOrganized
Thisbookisdividedintomultiplesectionssothatyoucan
quicklyfindtheinformationyouneed.Hereistherundownon
allthesections:
PartI,"UnderstandingASP.NETArchitecture"—Icoverthe
basicsofASP.NET.You'lllearnaboutASP.NETcodemodels,
compilationmodels,howASP.NETpageeventswork,how
ASP.NETisconfigured,andthebasicsofASP.NETsecurity.
PartII,"CreatingASP.NETApplicationsandWebForms"—
Inthissection,IcovercreatingASP.NETwebsitesand
ASP.NETWebforms.
PartIII,"MasterPagesandUserControls"—Icovercreating
Webformswithmasterpages,anewfeatureintroducedin
ASP.NET2.0.Ialsocovercreatingandusingreusable
ASP.NETcomponentscalledusercontrols.
PartIV,"ASP.NETMembership"—InthissectionIcoverthe
securityfeaturesofASP.NETmoreclosely.You'llcreate
usersandroles(ASP.NETgroups)andconfiguretheiraccess
tothewebsite.You'llalsocreatealoginpageandother

pagestoallowuserstomanageuseraccounts.
PartV,"ASP.NETFormsandValidation"—Inthissection
you'lllearnhowtocreatecustomformsinASP.NETandhow
tousetheASP.NETvalidationcontrolstoconfigureform
validation.
PartVI,"StylingWebFormsinVisualWebDeveloper"—In
thissectionyou'lllearnhowtousethepowerfulCSStoolset
thatExpressionWebbringstoVisualWebDeveloper.Ialso
coverASP.NETskinsandthemes.
PartVII,"DataAccesswithASP.NET"—InthissectionI
covertheASP.NETdatacontrolsandhowtodisplay,add,
edit,anddeletedatafromadatabase.


PartVIII,"SendingEmailwithASP.NET"—InthissectionI
coverASP.NETAjaxandwebservices.
PartIX,"DebuggingandTroubleshootingASP.NET"—
Realizingthatthingswillgoterriblywrongwhenyouleast
expectit,thissectioncoversdebuggingandtroubleshooting
ASP.NETapplications.
PartX,"DeployingASP.NETApplications"—Inthissection,I
coverdeployingyourASP.NETapplicationtoanotherweb
server.
I'vealsoincludedoneappendixthatcoversallthevarious
optionsandsettingsavailableinVisualWebDeveloper.

SpecialElements
Throughoutthebook,you'llfindsomespecialelementsthatare
designedtomakeiteasytolocateimportantinformationor
specialtipsthathelpyougetthemostoutofVisualWeb

Developer.
Whenaspecialtermisusedforthefirsttime,itisprintedin
italicandisdefinedcloseby.Ifinstructionsrequireyoutoenter
textorvaluesintoadialog,thedatayouaretoenterappears
likethis.

CrossReferences
Thisbookisdesignedtobereadinorder,butyoumaystillfind
yourselfwantingtoreaduponaspecifictopicinadvanceorgo
backandreviewatopiccoveredinapreviouschapter.Forthat
reason,I'vemadesuretocross-referenceinformationwhere
possible.

Notes,Tips,Cautions,andSidebars
You'llfindnumerousbitsofinformationinthesespecial
elements.


Note
NotesincludeadditionaltechnicalinformationorURLs
thatyoucanusetoaccessimportantinformation.
Tip
Tipsprovideinformationtomakeafeatureeasiertouse
orinformationyoumightnothaveconsidered.

Caution
Cautionelementsaredesignedtowarnyouabout
commonpitfallsbeforeyousufferfromthem.

ReadSidebarsfortheBigPicture
Youwon'tfindsidebarsineverychapter.They're
designedtogiveyoumoreinsightintoaparticulartopic.
Ifyou'rethekindofpersonwhowantstoknowallthe
details,you'llfindsidebarstobeextremelyvaluable.

I'veworkedhardtomakethisbookthedefinitiveresourceon
ASP.NETforExpressionWebuserswhodon'twanttobecome
ASP.NETprogrammers.Ihopethisbookwillexciteyouabout
designingASP.NETapplicationsandaddingawholenewrealm
ofpossibilitiestoyourwebdesigntoolset.
—Jim