ASP.NET in a Nutshell, 2/e

Full Description

ASP.NET in a Nutshell is a concise, one-volume reference to everything you need to make effective use of ASP.NET. An invaluable resource that goes beyond the published documentation to highlight little-known details, stress practical uses for particular features, and provide real-world examples that show how features can be used in a working application, ASP.NET in a Nutshell is the definitive guide for developers of both applications and web services.

Newly updated for Visual Studio .NET 2003, the second edition of this book includes fresh information on application and web service development, custom controls, data access, security, deployment, and error handling, new material on web application development for mobile devices, plus an overview of the class libraries. For developers who still use Microsoft's older ASP technology, this book also provides information for migrating to ASP.NET.

The material in ASP.NET in a Nutshell is presented in three sections:

• A fast-paced introduction to ASP.NET that examines topics such as building ASP.NET applications, developing web services, creating custom controls and user controls for maximum code reuse, debugging and handling errors, understanding ASP.NET security, and configuring and deploying an ASP.NET application
  
• A detailed reference to the properties, methods, and events of the most frequently used ASP.NET classes which include the Page class and the new .NET classes, such as HttpApplicationState and HttpSessionState, which correspond to the intrinsic objects in classic ASP. Configuration settings in web.config are also documented
  
• A Quick Reference to the types (the classes, structures, interfaces, delegates, events, and enumerations) found in web-related namespaces to the .NET Framework Class Library.

Like other books in the "In a Nutshell" series, ASP.NET in a Nutshell, Second Edition, offers the facts, including critical background information, in a no-nonsense manner that users will refer to again and again. With its wealth of up-to-date information, ASP.NET in a Nutshell is a book that web developers will refer to again and again.

Table of Contents

Preface 


I. Introduction to ASP.NET

1. Introduction

      .NET Platform Fundamentals 

      Object Orientation in the .NET Platform 

      Choosing a Language 

      Why and When Would I Use ASP.NET? 

      Why and When Would I Port an Existing Application to ASP.NET? 

      New Features in ASP.NET 

2. ASP.NET Applications

      Application Types 

      Application Structure and Boundaries 

      Application File Types 

3. Web Forms

      Structuring an ASP.NET Page 

      Stages of Page Processing 

      State Management 

      Caching Page Output 

      Additional Resources 

4. Web Services

      Standards and Specifications 

      Web Services Architecture 

      Creating a Web Service 

      Consuming a Web Service 

      Additional Resources 

5. ASP.NET Server Controls

      HTML Controls 

      Web Controls 

      Using Controls 

      Types of Web Controls 

      Handling Control Events 

      Modifying Control Appearance 

      Additional Resources 

6. User Controls and Custom Server Controls

      User Controls 

      Custom Server Controls 

      Sharing Controls Across Applications 

      Additional Resources 

7. Data Access and Data Binding

      ADO.NET: An Overview 

      Reading Data 

      Data Binding 

      Inserting and Updating Data 

      Deleting Data 

      Additional Resources 

8. ASP.NET Configuration

      Understanding Configuration Files 

      Modifying Configuration Settings 

      Locking Down Configuration Settings 

      Targeting a Specific Runtime Version 

      Additional Resources 

9. ASP.NET Security

      Authentication Methods 

      Authorization 

      Ensuring Input Safety 

      Patching 

      Code Access Security 

      Additional Resources 

10. Error Handling, Debugging, and Tracing

      Error Handling 

      Debugging 

      Tracing 

      Additional Resources 

11. ASP.NET Deployment

      Deploying ASP.NET Applications 

      Deploying Assemblies 

      Deploying Through Visual Studio .NET 

      Additional Resources 


II. Intrinsic Class Reference

12. The Page Class

      Comments/Troubleshooting 

      Properties Reference 

      Collections Reference 

      Methods Reference 

      Events Reference 

13. The HttpApplicationState Class

      Comments/Troubleshooting 

      Properties Reference 

      Collections Reference 

      Methods Reference 

      Events Reference 

14. The HttpContext Class

      Comments/Troubleshooting 

      Properties Reference 

      Collections Reference 

      Methods Reference 

15. The HttpException Class

      Comments/Troubleshooting 

      Constructor Reference 

      Properties Reference 

      Methods Reference 

16. The HttpRequest Class

      Comments/Troubleshooting 

      Properties Reference 

      Collections Reference 

      Methods Reference 

17. The HttpResponse Class

      Comments/Troubleshooting 

      Properties Reference 

      Collections Reference 

      Methods Reference 

18. The HttpServerUtility Class

      Comments/Troubleshooting 

      Properties Reference 

      Methods Reference 

19. The HttpSessionState Class

      Comments/Troubleshooting 

      Properties Reference 

      Collections Reference 

      Methods Reference 

      Events Reference 

20. web.config Reference

      Comments/Troubleshooting 

      web.config Elements 


III. Namespace Reference

21. Namespace Reference

      Reading a Quick-Reference Entry 

22. Converting from C# to VB Syntax

      General Considerations 

      Classes 

      Structures 

      Interfaces 

      Class, Structure, and Interface Members 

      Delegates 

      Enumerations 

23. The System.Web Namespace

24. The System.Web.Caching Namespace


25. The System.Web.Configuration Namespace

26. The System.Web.Hosting Namespace

27. The System.Web.Mail Namespace

28. The System.Web.Mobile Namespace

29. The System.Web.Security Namespace

30. The System.Web.Services Namespace

31. The System.Web.Services.Configuration Namespace

32. The System.Web.Services.Description Namespace

33. The System.Web.Services.Discovery Namespace

34. The System.Web.Services.Protocols Namespace

35. The System.Web.SessionState Namespace

36. The System.Web.UI Namespace

37. The System.Web.UI.Design Namespace

38. The System.Web.UI.Design.WebControls Namespace

39. The System.Web.UI.HtmlControls Namespace

40. The System.Web.UI.MobileControls Namespace

41. The System.Web.UI.MobileControls.Adapters Namespace

42. The System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace


Type, Method, Property, and Field Index 


Index