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 foundation for most Web services, XML can also be used with ASP.NET to display data from an infinite variety of sources in a Web site After covering the basics, the book explores the many ways that XML documents can be created, transformed, and transmitted to other systems using ASP.NET 2.0 Two major case studies address issues such as reading and writing XML data, XML data validation, transforming XML Data with XSLT, SQL Server XML integration, XML support in ADO.NET, and XML Web Services

After reading this book, you will appreciate what OOP is, how patterns relate to OOP, and how to create a development process using test-driven development to build better applications through software engineering principles.

I’ve been teaching ASP.NET for more than two years and things have changed. It’s not just the course material that’s changed, but more importantly it’s the ability of my students to be extremely productive. They can create enterprise applications in a fraction of the time it used to take. Many of my students are seasoned Web developers who work for Fortune 1000 companies. They have taken what they’ve learned back to the workplace, and saved their employers thousands of dollars. And the savings have been possible because the cost of developing enterprise applications with ASP.NET is so much lower. That’s because ASP.NET gives developers so much of the plumbing that they used to have to write themselves, such as Web services, XML rendering, and remoting.
This book should not be the first book on ASP.NET development that you read. While there is a fair amount of teaching throughout, it assumes that you know the basics of Web development using ASP.NET. This book is full of solutions that can be easily added to your Web site. The solutions also show you lots of recommended practices. Learning these recommended practices is the next step past learning the basics of ASP.NET that you need. It’s kind of like once you’ve learned to spell and write sentences, you can correctly learn to craft coherent prose.
This book teaches you how to tie all of the ASP.NET pieces together. It teaches you how to get the most out of the ASP.NET platform. Many of the applications in this book would cost you significant dollars if you purchased them. Examples of this are the Forum application, the Classifieds application, and the Graphing class. As a developer, I often look for applications and classes that I can use. Finding these cuts my cost of development significantly since I don’t have to write
them myself. And even if you do have to modify these applications to suit your needs, they give you a starting point that’ll still save you lots of time. I have a Web site so that you can see the applications.

With the latest incarnations of ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005, programming dynamic data-driven websites with Microsoft technologies has become easier and much more efficient than ever before. Fewer mouse clicks and fewer lines of code can now enable more powerful features and the tools you need � Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Editions and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition � are free!

In this book you�ll learn how to best use the free development tools offered by Microsoft to build an online product catalogue with shopping cart, checkout, product searching, product recommendations, a control panel, customer accounts, order processing and much much more. You�ll learn how to handle payments by integrating PayPal, DataCash and VeriSign Payflow Pro into your site. We�ll also teach you how to expand your site�s product listing by expanding your product section through web services.
Each feature you add to your website will introduce you to new challenges and theoretical concepts, which are carefully analyzed and explained throughout the book. You will gain an intimate understanding of every piece of code you write. This understanding will enable you to build your own powerful and flexible websites efficiently and rapidly with ASP.NET 2.0.

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Pragmatic ADO.NET is a practical guide to using the first data access services designed specifically for Web-based applications. This tutorial provides developers with a clear introduction to ADO.NET, and gives practical solutions for using it effectively.

The book begins with a concise history of Microsoft’s Universal Data Access strategy and the evolution of technology that has led us to ADO.NET. The core of the book demonstrates how to use ADO.NET to interact with databases and the rest of the .NET framework. In addition, readers learn by example the best practices for using ADO.NET to build scalable, high-performance systems.
Readers will learn how to:

• Work with data in a disconnected way
• Connect to databases through ADO.NET
• Use Command objects
• Use the DataReader
• Construct DataSets
• Create and use Typed DataSets
• Manipulate data with DataSets
• Update databases from DataSets
• Integrate with XML
• Use data binding
• Optimize performance and scalability

The combination of concise coverage, helpful explanations, and detailed examples makes Pragmatic ADO.NET an important guide for all developers looking to gain a working knowledge of ADO.NET.

Professional ADO.NET 2: Programming with SQL Server 2005, Oracle, and MySQLADO.NET revolutionized the way data was accessed through SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL. With Microsoft’s release of ADO.NET 2, ADO and the .NET Framework are integrated with SQL Server for the first time-enabling you to program .NET applications directly within the SQL Server database. Packed with sample code and recommended best practices for using ADO.NET 2, this code-intensive book explores the new data types that are available in the 2.0 Framework and discusses the appropriate time and way to use them. You’ll learn how to make repetitive, mundane tasks much simpler and you’ll walk away with a solid foundation for developing database-driven applications. What you will learn from this book The basics of creating a connection, executing a query, and returning a result Best uses for Oracle in the ADO.NET Framework The many new features that are available for XML How to use the full text search capabilities of Microsoft(r) SQL Server 2005 Methods for retrieving data and presenting it in various ways Why MySQL is a viable option for data storage Who this book is for This book is for experienced database developers who want to learn the latest release of ADO.NET 2.0. Knowledge of ADO.NET 1.0, general .NET development, and Microsoft SQL Server is necessary. Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

ADO.NET is Microsoft’s latest data access technology and, as an integral part of the .NET Framework, is far more than simply an upgrade of previous incarnations of ADO. ADO.NET provides an extensive set of .NET classes that facilitate efficient access to data from a large variety of sources, enable sophisticated manipulation and sorting of data, and forms an important framework within which to implementinter-application communication and XML Web Services.
This book provides a comprehensive guide to using ADO.NET, with plenty of practical code examples, extensive technical information, and a detailed case study. Whether you are developing Web Applications using ASP.NET, Windows Forms applications, or XML Web Services, this book will show you how to utilize .NET’s data access technology to maximum effect.

This book covers:

ADO.NET and the .NET Framework
Using the .NET Data Providers to create connections and execute commands
Using the DataSet to manipulate data
ADO.NET and XML
Using COM Interoperability
Performance and security issues

Pro Service-Oriented Smart Clients with .NET 2.0 demonstrates how Smart Clients satisfy multiple purposes. First you deploy a Smart Client application to a server and send your user base a URL. Then when a user clicks the link, the server downloads the application to the end user’s machine and then runs it on the client, just like a desktop
application.

This book satisfies growing demand for a professional resource on Smart Clients. This comprehensive book is unique because it touches all of the bases: agility, service
orientation, testing intelligence, and even a definition of what the “smart” in Smart Client means.

Use Visual Studio 2005 to generate a data-bound application from a database.
Use the new Visual Studio 2005 typed data set designer, and how and why to use typed data sets and typed data adapters.
Perform simple and complex binding of data to controls, and how to use the .NET 2.0 BindingSource.
Use the Binding object for simple binding with automatic formatting, and how to handle binding events.
Generate bound controls with the Visual Studio Designer, and how to use Data Sources
Present data with the new DataGridView control, and how to implement advanced features of the DataGridView.
Implement custom data-bound controls in Windows Forms.
Create custom business objects and collections that are suitable for use in data binding.
Implement validation and error handling at the Windows Forms and data-binding levels.
Implement data binding with ASP.NET 2.0 and the upcoming Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon) technologies.