Review

This book is designed for developers who want to create real world business applications that take advantage of many new capabilities provided by the .NET platform. The book will guide you step-by-step to building a web application using ASP.NET, SQL Server, ADO.NET, Web Forms, and Web Services.

Whether or not you have some previous web programming experience, you will get alot out of this book. To get the most out of the book it is recommended that you have some previous programming experience in either Visual Basic 6 or VB.NET, however it is not required. It is also recommended that you have some familiarity with relational databases, such as Access or SQL Server.

The book is divided into four parts. Part one provides an introduction to ASP.NET and the .NET Framework. Part 2 covers data handling using ADO.NET, Web Forms, stored procedures, and other data handling tools. Part three teaches some additional web development techniques. You will learn how to use Crystal Reports to display information from a database, create user controls, state management, web security, and how to create mobile web applications. Finally, Part four shows how to create and consume XML Web Services.

I found the book extremely easy to read and understand. After reading the book and completing the ASP.NET sample application, you will have the knowledge and confidence to begin building your own ASP.NET web applications.

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Table of Contents

Part. I Introduction to Microsoft .NET and ASP.NET

1 Getting Started with the Sample Application
2 Introduction to Microsoft .NET
3 Introduction to Visual Studio .NET
4 Overview of .NET Framework Classes
5 Introduction to Internet Programming
6 Introduction to ASP.NET
7 Working with ASP.NET and VB .NET
8 Validation Controls
9 Debugging in Visual Studio .NET

Part. II Data Handling
10 Introduction to ADO.NET
11 Data Binding on Web Forms
12 Error Handling
13 ADO.NET Connection and Command Objects
14 Working with Data
15 Using Stored Procedures with ADO.NET
16 Using the DataGrid Control
17 Editing Data Using the DataGrid Control
18 Using the Repeater Control
19 Using the DataList Control

Part. III Web Development Techniques
20 Using Crystal Reports
21 Creating User Controls
22 Rich ASP.NET Controls 429 23 State Management in ASP.NET
24 Introduction to Web Security
25 Creating Mobile Web Applications
26 Development and Deployment Techniques

Part. IV Web Services
27 Introduction to XML
28 Introduction to XML Web Services
29 Creating and Consuming XML Web Services
30 Investigating Web Service Consumers
31 Securing Web Services

App. A Programming Standards
Index

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