Beginning ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB

Beginning ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB

<p>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:</p> <ul> <li>Obtain, install, and customize Visual Web Developer (VWD) 2008</li> <li>create a new web site and how to add new pages to it.</li> <li>use the numerous tools in VWD to create HTML and ASP.NET pages</li> <li>use the VWD tools and  CSS, the language that is used to format web pages</li> <li>What ASP.NET server controls are, what they are used for, and how to use them</li> <li>program web pages Visual Basic or C#</li> <li>create consistent-looking pages through the use of master pages, skins, and themes</li> <li>build the navigation structure of your site</li> <li>create and use User Controls and enhance them to repeat content like menus and banners</li> <li>accept, validate, and process user input and send e-mail from your ASP.NET web application</li> <li>create good looking, flicker free web page interaction with ASP.NET Ajax</li> <li>the basics of SQL, the language used access and alter data in a database</li> <li>use the database tools found in Visual Web Developer</li> <li>use the ASP.NET data controls to create an interface for your users to interact with your application’s data</li> <li>use LINQ to SQL to access SQL Server databases without writing a lot of manual code</li> <li>change the visual appearance of your data through the use of control styles</li> <li>interact with the data-bound controls and speed up your application</li> <li>use the security ASP.NET features to create user accounts, distinguish between anonymous and logged on users, and manage the users in your system</li> <li>create personalized web pages with content targeted at individual users</li> <li>find and fix problems with VWD debugging tools</li> <li>deploy and run your final web site</li> </ul>