ASP.NET is Microsoft's popular technology for creating dynamic web sites that pull unique information for each visitor rather than showing everyone the same static HTML pages. The introduction of the exciting 2.0 version allows for a far easier relationship between data and ASP.NET than ever before. In this book, bestselling author John Kauffman and Microsoft ASP.NET data insider Bradley Millington guide you through the most important uses of ASP.NET—working with databases in your ASP.NET web sites.

As you progress from simple to more complex topics, you'll be introduced to the many additional ASP.NET and data connectivity tools that Microsoft's Web Platform and Tools team has released. Kauffman and Millington take you beyond the basics to discuss the permutations, pitfalls, and best practices that occur in real business scenarios.

This book was born out of a lunch that I had with two colleagues of mine. They both had an extensive background in mainframe development, but they were struggling to understand what OOP was and how they should apply it. During the conversation, I explained some of the basics of OOP and afterwards thought about better ways to teach these developers the concepts of OOP. That lead me to decide that I should write a book, which lead me to Apress—and the rest is history.

Object-Oriented Programming is important in today’s ever-changing world. More and more businesses are abandoning mainframe development for client/server development. Client/server development is greatly enhanced by OOP techniques. OOP techniques teach developers to build reusable code and to think about a problem in terms of the real world. OOP is all about modeling the real world to make more user- and business-friendly software applications.

In the past couple of years, Microsoft announced a new version of .NET that was to be delivered in 2005. Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and ASP.NET 2.0 all provide new functionality and great advantages. This book first teaches the concepts of OOP and then uses the newest version of .NET to develop ASP.NET web sites. Many companies are starting to develop most, if not all applications, as web applications. This book helps position the reader to develop web sites with the newest version of .NET and with OOP concepts.

If you have developed web sites with traditional ASP, you will learn how to develop web sites with VB.NET, which is a very big improvement over traditional VBScript and JavaScript.

In this book, you’ll find eight complete ASP.NET applications. We’re not talking trivial Hello-World-type applications here. Instead, they’re real-world applications like shopping carts and discussion forums. You can use any of them as-is, or modify them as you see fit. So you’ve got workable stuff already included. (What a concept.)

This book is a practical introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 Web programming. It pro vides you with actual working code to build the most popular types of applications on the Web. These applications enable you to:
- Restrict access to registered users, for all or part of your Web site
- Sell products online via your Web site
- Provide back-end functions for your public Web site, such as file maintenance and reporting
- Let users manage specific types of online content
- Create discussion forums and blogs

ASP.NET 2.0 Everyday Apps For Dummies doesn’t pretend to be a comprehensive reference for every detail of ASP.NET programming. Instead, it takes a learn-by-example approach, under the assumption that you are already a pretty competent programmer who can best learn by seeing real-world exam ples. Designed using the easy-to-follow For Dummies format, this book helps you get the information you need without laboring to find it.

Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX v1.0

ASP.NET AJAX is a free framework for quickly creating a new generation of more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers.

With ASP.NET AJAX, you can:

* Create next-generation interfaces with reusable AJAX components.
* Enhance existing Web pages using powerful AJAX controls with support for all modern browsers.
* Continue using Visual Studio 2005 to take your ASP.NET 2.0 sites to the next level.
* Access remote services and data directly from the browser without writing a ton of complicated script.
* Enjoy the benefits of a free framework with technical support provided by Microsoft.

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Many developers are already familiar with the basics of ASP.NET and have been impressed with its potential to ease the creation of Web applications. However, few resources exist for those looking to translate their knowledge of ASP.NET into tailored solutions for actual challenges developers face on a daily basis.

The applications in this book can save developers time and money by providing the foundation for applications such as:
- Use ADO.NET to create a technical support application-Chapter 4
- Build an online store by creating custom server controls-Chapter 8
- Use XML to create a guest book application-Chapter 9
- Manage a dynamic ad banner using NT services-Chapter 12
- Create a feedback tracking module using data mining-Chapter 15
- Enable speech on the Web-Chapter 21

Developers are hungry to realize the full potential of the ASP.NET platform. ASP.NET Solutions-23 Case Studies moves beyond concepts to provide expertise gained in the trenches to help readers find effective solutions to common problems. 

Essential ASP.NET 2.0 is the Microsoft developer's definitive reference for ASP.NET 2.0 programming. It covers all you need to know to build robust, well-designed Web applications with ASP.NET 2.0, Visual Studio 2005, and .NET 2.0. ASP.NET MVP Fritz Onion and Developer Security MVP Keith Brown draw on their unparalleled experience working with ASP.NET 2.0 and teaching it to professional developers. From data binding to security, UIs to performance, they demystify ASP.NET 2.0's most difficult areas, and introduce little-known techniques for leveraging it to the fullest.

The perfect companion to his previous classic, Essential ASP.NET with Examples in C#, Essential ASP.NET 2.0 offers hundreds of new C# examples that illuminate today's best Web development practices. (Both C# and VB 2005 versions of all code examples can be downloaded from the companion Web site.)

ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results helps you quickly create dynamic Web pages with ASP.NET 2.0. The book is centered around a dozen ready-to-use projects with all the code for all the projects included on the books CD-ROM - that you can use immediately. ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results dives into working code so you can learn it rapidly. The book and projects are written for intermediate-level programmers with some .NET experience. The projects and book provide a quick start reference so you can use ASP.NET 2.0 immediately.

Each of the 12 project features step-by-step set-up instructions with a description of each project that enables you to understand and then modify it so you can reuse it in different situations.

The 12 projects covered in the book with complete source-code on the CD are:

• Online diary and organizer
• File share
• Chat server
• Survey engine
• CMS
• Blog
• Photo album
• Customer support site
• WebShop
• Appointment booking system
• Greeting cards
• Bug base

Now you can uncover the secrets behind accessing and retrieving data from a wide range of data sources such as SQL Server and XML sources. This book walks you through the array of ADO.NET 2.0 features and clearly shows you how they can be used to develop database-driven web applications in ASP.NET. You'll first gain an in-depth understanding of the data source controls that enable data binding in the ASP.NET platform. Next you'll uncover the advanced features of ASP.NET, including site navigation, implementing sorting and paging, and editing data in templates. You'll then focus on designing transactions in ADO.NET 2.0, displaying data, and utilizing SQL Server 2005 XML. Throughout the chapters, you'll find examples and source code (with ASP.NET examples written in C#) that you can integrate into your applications. This will enable you to leverage ADO.NET and ASP.NET features so you can easily create a scalable N-Tier web site.

This video series consists of over two hours of content focused on solving the common questions developers are facing every day with ASP.NET 2.0.
1. Learn the Tips and Tricks of Experts?
View tips and tricks including encrypting sensitive information stored in the web.config file, posting content to a different page, simplifying complex URLs using URL remapping, and much, much more.
Duration: 18 minutes, 46 seconds
2. Create a Multi-Lingual Site with Localization?
Learn how to create culture-aware and locale-specific web content with no additional code. Use the Resource Editor to create page-level and application-level resources.
Duration: 13 minutes, 37 seconds
3. Make Greater use of Caching?
Watch a demonstration of Partial-Page Output Caching, followed by an overview of the Cache API that demonstrates how to efficiently bind a data presentation control to an XML file.
Duration: 15 minutes, 36 seconds
4. Make use of Caching?
Watch a demonstration of Page Output Caching followed by an overview of the new Database Caching support for SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.
Duration: 11 minutes, 34 seconds

The release of Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) Service Pack 2 opens up the world of ASP.NET 2.0 to MCMS developers. Written by the masters of MCMS, this book shows you how to use the new features of ASP.NET 2.0 that everyone is talking about in your MCMS development. You will first learn how to install and configure MCMS SP2. There are two approaches to setting up a development environment for SP2: an upgrade from a previous SP1a installation or starting from scratch and building a fresh installation including SP2. Of course, both approaches are covered. You will become familiar with the MCMS Service Pack 2 development environment, and create custom Visual Studio 2005 templates to overcome some of the issues which are present with the templates shipped with MCMS SP2. After that, its time to look at some of the most exciting features of ASP.NET 2.0, and how you can make use of them in MCMS: master pages, site navigation, themes, and the membership provider model. One of the coolest features introduced with ASP.NET 2.0 is master pages, which allow developers to enforce common layout and behaviour across pages within an application. You will learn about the benefits of using master pages and see a step-by-step guide for implementing them in your MCMS applications, where they become master templates! ASP.NET 2.0 introduces a whole new way of implementing site navigation, driven by site maps. By programmatically adding channels and postings to a site map you will see how to smoothly integrate these controls to any MCMS site. To customize the look of your site, we will see how a common look and feel can be applied efficiently to a MCMS site by using ASP.NET 2.0 themes. An essential customization required for themes to work correctly in an MCMS site is a must-read feature of this chapter. MCMS has its own role based authorization and user management system which cannot be extended. However, the new ASP.NET 2.0 Membership Provider Model and the shipped controls can be used within MCMS applications to improve the implementation of Forms Authentication and provide a more elegant solution for authenticating against an external store. A collection of tips and tricks round off the book, including using the Provider Model design pattern to ease migration to Office SharePoint Portal Server.