Short description
Microsofts ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Web Developer 2008 combine forces to provide you with the ultimate platform on which to create dynamic and interactive web applications. Popular Wrox author Imar Spaanjaars demonstrates how to obtain and install Visual Web Developer. Youll learn that both ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Web Developer now come with an extensive set of tools that will help you smoothly program your web applications. With the knowledge you gain from this book, you will be able to create feature-rich, database-driven, interactive web sites.
Long description
Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 is an all new book written from scratch for ASP.NET 3.5 (part of the Visual Studio 2008 release previously known as Orcas ) that emphasizes the topics and techniques Beginning level readers need to know most. It is written by 1 author - Imar Spaanjaars - who is closely in touch with the beginner ASP.NET developer. This edition includes both C# and VB code for the ASP.NET examples in print and for download so readers with experience in either (or neither) can use the same book.Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 helps readers learn to build dynamic database driven web sites using ASP.NET 3.5. Starting from scratch, the reader will progressively learn how to design and create web sites with interactive elements. After reading this book, the reader should be able to build a database driven web site on her own, using best practices and current standards. The book follows the well-known Wrox Beginning approach where theory and demos are intermixed with exercises. Substantial pieces of theory are followed by an exercise that makes use of the things the reader just learned. The 3.5 version of this book is written from scratch with an emphasis on the beginner developer and the order in which they need to learn and work. Steps that are required to set up the development and web server environment are done carefully in sequence to make sure the reader gets off to a good start. Imar is software architect and lead developer for an IT company specializing in Internet, intranet, and wireless applications. He is by far the most well-known Wrox author and participant in this active Wrox discussion area. His answers in the forums have earned him extensive reader praise.Some of the topics covered in this book include: Getting started with ASP.NET 3.5; Creating Your First Web Site in Visual Web Developer (VWD) 3.5; Creating Consistent Looking Web Sites; Programming Your ASP.NET Pages; Working with ASP.NET Controls; Navigation; Using User Controls; Ajax; Creating Data Driven Web Forms; Introduction to Databases, Displaying, Updating, and working with Data; Working with Data using LINQ; Security in Your ASP.NET 3.5Web site; Personalizing Web Sites; Debugging and Tracing Pages; and Compiling and Deployment.