Beginning ASP.NET in VB .NET: From Novice to Professional

by Matthew MacDonald

Overview

Beginning ASP.NET in VB .NET guides you through Microsoft's technology for building dynamic websites. This book will enable you to build dynamic web pages on the fly, and it assumes only the most basic knowledge of Visual Basic .NET.

The book provides exhaustive coverage of ASP.NET, guiding you from your first steps right up to the most advanced techniques, such as querying databases from within a web page and performance tuning your site. Within these pages, you'll find tips for “best practices” and comprehensive discussions of key database and XML principles you'll need to know in order to be effective with ASP.NET. The book also emphasizes the invaluable coding techniques of object orientation and code behind, which will start you off on the track to build real-world websites right from the beginning—rather than just faking it with simplified coding practices.

By the time you've finished the book, you will have mastered the core techniques and have all the knowledge you need to begin work as a professional ASP.NET developer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590592786
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	01/28/2004
Series:	Expert's Voice
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	1008
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.07(d)

About the Author

Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.

Table of Contents

One ASP.NET Introduction.- 1 The .NET Framework.- 2 Setting Up Internet Information Services and ASP.NET.- 3 Learning the Visual Basic .NET Language.- 4 Types, Objects, and Namespaces.- Two Developing ASP.NET Applications.- 5 ASP.NET Applications.- 6 Web Form Fundamentals.- 7 Web Controls.- 8 Using Visual Studio .NET.- 9 Validation and Rich Controls.- 10 State Management.- 11 Tracing, Logging, and Error Handling.- 12 Deploying ASP.NET.- Three Working with Data.- 13 Introducing ADO .NET.- 14 ADO .NET Data Access.- 15 Data Binding.- 16 The DataList, DataGrid, and Repeater.- 17 Files, Streams, and E-mail.- 18 Using XML.- Four Web Services.- 19 Web Services Architecture.- 20 Creating Web Services.- 21 Using Web Services.- Five Advanced ASP.NET.- 22 Component-Based Programming.- 23 Custom Controls.- 24 Caching and Performance Tuning.- 25 Implementing Security.- 26 The IBuySpy Case Studies.- Six ASP.NET Reference.- 27 HTML Server Controls.- 28 Web Controls.- 29 Configuration Files.