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This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to build rich and interactive Microsoft ASP.NET web sites. With the knowledge you gain from this book, you create a great foundation to build any type of web site, ranging from simple hobby-related web sites to sites you may be creating for commercial purposes. Using this book’s step-by-step format you’ll learn to:
Obtain, install, and customize Visual Web Developer (VWD) 2008create a new web site and how to add new pages to it.use the numerous tools in VWD to create HTML and ASP.NET pagesuse the VWD tools and CSS, the language that is used to format web pagesWhat ASP.NET server controls are, what they are used for, and how to use themprogram web pages Visual Basic or C#create consistent-looking pages through the use of master pages, skins, and themesbuild the navigation structure of your sitecreate and use User Controls and enhance them to repeat content like menus and bannersaccept, validate, and process user input and send e-mail from your ASP.NET web applicationcreate good looking, flicker free web page interaction with ASP.NET Ajaxthe basics of SQL, the language used access and alter data in a databaseuse the database tools found in Visual Web Developeruse the ASP.NET data controls to create an interface for your users to interact with your application’s datause LINQ to SQL to access SQL Server databases without writing a lot of manual codechange the visual appearance of your data through the use of control stylesinteract with the data-bound controls and speed up your applicationuse the security ASP.NET features to create user accounts, distinguish between anonymous and logged on users, and manage the users in your systemcreate personalized web pages with content targeted at individual usersfind and fix problems with VWD debugging toolsdeploy and run your final web siteEnglish
After working for a large corporation and doing some freelance work, he now works for Design IT (www.designit.nl), an IT company in the Netherlands specializing in Internet and intranet applications built with Microsoft technologies like ASP.NET 3.5. As a technical director and software designer, he’s responsible for designing and building medium- to large-scaled e-commerce web sites and portals.
He’s also the tech lead for Dynamicweb Nederland, the Dutch branch of the popular Danish Content Management System Dynamicweb (www.dynamicweb.nl).
Imar has written books on ASP.NET 2.0 and Macromedia Dreamweaver, all published under the Wrox brand. He is also one of the top contributors to the Wrox Community Forum at p2p.wrox.com, where he shares his knowledge with fellow programmers.
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Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xxiii
Chapter 1: Getting Started with ASP.NET 3.5 1
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2
Getting Visual Web Developer 3
Installing Visual Web Developer Express Edition 3
Creating Your First ASP.NET 3.5 Web Site 5
An Introduction to ASP.NET 3.5 9
Understanding HTML 10
A First Look at ASP.NET Markup 14
A Tour of the IDE 15
The Main Development Area 15
Informational Windows 21
Customizing the IDE 22
Rearranging Windows 22
Modifying the Toolbox 23
Customizing the Document Window 25
Customizing Toolbars 25
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts 26
Resetting Your Changes 27
The Sample Application 28
Practical Tips on Visual Web Developer 30
Summary 30
Exercises 31
Chapter 2: Building an ASP.NET Web Site 33
Creating Web Sites with VWD 2008 34
Different Project Types 34
Choosing the Right Web Site Template 35
Creating and Opening a New Web Site 36
Working with Files in Your Web Site 39
The Many File Types of an ASP.NET 3.5 Web Site 39
Adding Existing Files 43
Organizing Your Site 44
Special File Types 46
Working with Web Forms 47
The Different Views on Web Forms 47
Choosing between Code Behind and Pages with Inline Code 48
Adding Markup to Your Page 53
Connecting Pages 59
Practical Tips on Working with Web Forms 61
Summary 61
Exercises 62
Chapter 3: Designing Your Web Pages 63
Why Do You Need CSS? 63
Problems of HTML Formatting 64
How CSS Fixes Formatting Problems 65
An Introduction to CSS 65
CSS — The Language 69
The Style Sheet 69
Adding CSS to Your Pages 80
Working with CSS in Visual Web Developer 82
Creating New Styles in External Style Sheets 83
Creating Embedded and Inline Style Sheets 88
Applying Styles 94
Managing Styles 96
Practical Tips on Working with CSS 99
Summary 100
Exercises 100
Chapter 4: Working with ASP.NET Controls 103
Introduction to Server Controls 103
A Closer Look at ASP.NET Server Controls 107
Defining Controls in Your Pages 108
Common Properties for All Controls 108
Types of Controls 110
Standard Controls 111
HTML Controls 124
Data Controls 124
Validation Controls 125
Navigation Controls 125
Login Controls 125
Ajax Extensions 125
WebParts 125
The ASP.NET State Engine 126
What Is State and Why Is It Important? 126
How the State Engine Works 127
Not All Controls Rely on ViewState 131
A Note About ViewState and Performance 131
Practical Tips on Working with Controls 132
Summary 132
Exercises 133
Chapter 5: Programming Your ASP.NET Web Pages 135
Introduction to Programming 136
Data Types and Variables 136
Converting Data Types 140
Using Arrays and Collections 142
Statements 146
Operators 147
Making Decisions 154
Loops 161
Organizing Code 164
Methods: Functions and Subroutines 165
The App_Code Folder 167
Organizing Code with Namespaces 171
Writing Comments 173
Object Orientation Basics 176
Important OO Terminology 176
Events 188
Practical Tips on Programming 189
Summary 190
Exercises 191
Chapter 6: Creating Consistent Looking Web Sites 193
Consistent Page Layout with Master Pages 194
Creating Master Pages 196
Creating Content Pages 198
Using a Centralized Base Page 203
An Introduction to the ASP.NET Page Life Cycle 204
Implementing the Base Page 206
Creating Reusable Page Templates 210
Themes 214
Different Types of Themes 215
Choosing Between Theme and StyleSheetTheme 215
Applying Themes 215
Extending Themes 219
Dynamically Switching Themes 222
Skins 228
Creating a Skin File 229
Named Skins 231
A Final Note on Skins 232
Practical Tips on Creating Consistent Pages 232
Summary 233
Exercises 234
Chapter 7: Navigation 235
Different Ways to Move around Your Site 236
Understanding Absolute and Relative URLs 236
Understanding Default Documents 240
Using the Navigation Controls 241
Architecture of the Navigation Controls 242
Examining the Web.sitemap File 242
Using the Menu Control 244
Using the TreeView Control 253
Using the SiteMapPath Control 257
Programmatic Redirection 259
Programmatically Redirecting the Client to a Different Page 259
Server-Side Redirects 261
Practical Tips on Navigation 264
Summary 264
Exercises 265
Chapter 8: User Controls 267
Introduction to User Controls 267
Creating User Controls 268
Adding User Controls to a Content Page or Master Page 271
Site-Wide Registration of User Controls 274
User Control Caveats 275
Adding Logic to Your User Controls 277
Creating Your Own Data Types for Properties 277
Implementing ViewState Properties 283
ViewState Considerations 288
Practical Tips on User Controls 289
Summary 289
Exercises 290
Chapter 9: Validating User Input 291
Gathering Data from the User 292
Validating User Input in Web Forms 293
Processing Data at the Server 307
Sending E-mail from Your Web Site 307
Reading from Text Files 313
Practical Tips on Validating Data 318
Summary 318
Exercises 319
Chapter 10: ASP.NET AJAX 321
Introducing Ajax 322
Using ASP.NET AJAX in Your Projects 323
Creating Flicker-Free Pages 323
Providing Feedback to Users 328
Using the Timer Control 332
Using Web Services in Ajax Web Sites 337
What Are Web Services? 337
Creating Web Services 338
Using Web Services in Your Ajax Web Site 342
This Is Just the Beginning 349
Practical Ajax Tips 349
Summary 350
Exercises 351
Chapter 11: Introduction to Databases 353
What Is a Database? 354
Different Kinds of Relational Databases 355
Using SQL to Work with Database Data 355
Retrieving and Manipulating Data 358
Creating Your Own Tables 371
Data Types in SQL Server 371
Understanding Primary Keys and Identities 373
Creating Relationships Between Tables 377
Practical Database Tips 380
Summary 381
Exercises 381
Chapter 12: Displaying and Updating Data 383
Data Controls 383
Data-Bound Controls 384
Data Source Controls 386
Data Source and Data-Bound Controls Working Together 386
Displaying and Editing Data with GridView 386
Inserting Data with DetailsView 392
Storing Your Connection Strings in web.config 395
Filtering Data 397
Customizing the Appearance of the Data Controls 403
Configuring Columns or Fields of Data-Bound Controls 403
Updating and Inserting Data 409
Using DetailsView to Insert and Update Data 409
Practical Tips for Displaying and Updating Data 422
Summary 423
Exercises 423
Chapter 13: LINQ 425
Introducing LINQ 426
Different Types of LINQ 427
Introducing LINQ to SQL 427
Mapping Your Data Model to an Object Model 428
Introducing Query Syntax 433
Standard Query Operators 433
Shaping Data with Anonymous Types 437
Using Server Controls with LINQ Queries 443
New Controls Introduced in ASP.NET 3.5 443
A Few Notes about Performance 471
Practical LINQ Tips 472
Summary 472
Exercises 473
Chapter 14: Presenting Data — Advanced Topics 475
Formatting Your Controls Using Styles 476
An Introduction to Styles 477
Combining Styles, Themes, and Skins 481
Handling Events 485
The ASP.NET Page and Controls Life Cycles Revisited 485
Handling Errors that Occur in the Data Source Controls 498
Caching 502
Common Pitfalls with Caching Data 503
Different Ways to Cache Data in ASP.NET Web Applications 505
Practical Data Tips 513
Summary 514
Exercises 515
Chapter 15: Security in Your ASP.NET 3.5 Web Site 517
Introducing Security 518
Identity: Who Are You? 518
Authentication: How Can You Prove Who You Are? 518
Authorization: What Are You Allowed to Do? 518
An Introduction to the ASP.NET Application Services 519
Introducing the Login Controls 520
The Login Controls 525
Configuring Your Web Application 537
The Role Manager 541
Configuring the Role Manager 541
Managing Users with the WSAT 542
Configuring the Web Application to Work with Roles 546
Programmatically Checking Roles 551
Practical Security Tips 554
Summary 555
Exercises 555
Chapter 16: Personalizing Web Sites 557
Understanding Profile 558
Configuring the Profile 558
Using the Profile 565
Other Ways of Dealing with Profile 583
Anonymous Identification 583
Cleaning Up Old Anonymous Profiles 584
Looking at Other Users’ Profiles 585
Practical Personalization Tips 589
Summary 589
Exercises 590
Chapter 17: Exception Handling, Debugging, and Tracing 591
Exception Handling 592
Different Types of Errors 592
Catching and Handling Exceptions 594
Global Error Handling and Custom Error Pages 601
The Basics of Debugging 607
Tools Support for Debugging 611
Moving around in Debugged Code 611
Debugging Windows 612
Debugging Client-Side Script 618
Tracing Your ASP.NET Web Pages 621
Using the Standard Tracing Capabilities 622
Adding Your Own Information to the Trace 626
Tracing and Performance 628
A Security Warning 628
Practical Debugging Tips 628
Summary 629
Exercises 630
Chapter 18: Deploying Your Web Site 631
Preparing Your Web Site for Deployment 632
Avoiding Hardcoded Settings 632
Copying Your Web Site 639
Creating a Simple Copy of Your Web Site 639
Publishing Your Web Site 642
Running Your Site under IIS 643
Installing and Configuring the Web Server 643
Understanding Security in IIS 651
NTFS Settings for Planet Wrox 652
Troubleshooting Web Server Errors 656
Moving Data to a Remote Server 657
Using the Database Publishing Wizard 658
Recreating the Database 660
The Deployment Checklist 661
What’s Next 662
Summary 663
Exercises 664
Appendix A: Exercise Answers 665
Appendix B: Configuring SQL Server 2005 687
Configuring SQL Server 2005 687
Terminology and Concepts 688
Using SQL Server Management Studio 689
Enabling Remote Connections in SQL Server 690
Connecting Your Application to SQL Server 2005 693
Configuring Application Services 701
Configuring Your Database for the Application Services 702
Overriding the LocalSqlServer Connection String 703
Overriding the Settings of the Application Services 704
Index 707
