Description: Introduction 1 PART I: GETTING STARTED WITH ASP.NET 4 Hour 1: Getting Started with ASP.NET 4 7 What Is ASP.NET? 8 Installing the .NET Framework, Visual Web Developer, and SQL Server 2008 14 A Brief Tour of Visual Web Developer 16 Q&A 23 Workshop 24 Hour 2: Understanding the ASP.NET Programming Model 25 Examining the HTML Portion of an ASP.NET Page 25 Examining the Source Code Portion of an ASP.NET Page 44 Q&A 53 Workshop 53 Hour 3: Using Visual Web Developer 57 Creating a New Website 58 Opening Existing Websites 60 Working with Web Pages and Other Content 61 Customizing the Visual Web Developer Experience 65 Viewing, Moving, and Resizing Windows 68 A World of Help at Your Fingertips 69 Q&A 70 Workshop 71 Hour 4: Designing, Creating, and Testing ASP.NET Pages 73 Specifying the Design Requirements 73 Creating the User Interface 76 Writing the Source Code for the ASP.NET Page 82 Testing the Financial Calculator 86 Examining the Source Code 92 Using the Debugger 93 Q&A 97 Workshop 98 Hour 5: Understanding Visual Basic''s Variables and Operators 101 The Purpose of Programming Languages 102 Declaring and Using Variables 103 Examining Visual Basic''s Operators 110 Learning Visual Basic''s Type Rules 116 Q&A 118 Workshop 118 Hour 6: Managing Program Flow with Visual Basic''s Control Structures 121 Understanding Control Structures 122 Exploring the Conditional Control Structure 123 Working with Visual Basic''s Looping Control Structures 128 Exploring the Modularizing Control Structures: Subroutines and Functions 131 Q&A 142 Workshop 144 Hour 7: Working with Objects in Visual Basic 147 Reexamining the Role of Classes and Objects 148 Creating an Object 150 Setting an Object''s Properties 151 Calling an Object''s Methods 152 Creating Event Handlers for an Object''s Events 153 Q&A 155 Workshop 155 Hour 8: ASP.NET Web Controls for Displaying Text 157 Examining the Web Controls Designed for Displaying Text 157 Using the Literal Web Control 158 Using the Label Web Control 163 Q&A 172 Workshop 173 PART II: COLLECTING AND PROCESSING USER INPUT Hour 9: Web Form Basics 179 Gathering User Input in an HTML Web Page 180 Dissecting ASP.NET Web Forms 186 Q&A 198 Workshop 199 Hour 10: Using Text Boxes to Collect Input 201 Learning About the TextBox Web Control Basics 202 Creating Multiline and Password Text Boxes 205 Examining the TextBox Web Control''s Properties 211 Q&A 216 Workshop 218 Hour 11: Collecting Input Using Drop-Down Lists, Radio Buttons, and Check Boxes 221 Examining the Different Types of User Input Classifications 222 Examining the DropDownList Web Control 224 Selecting One Option from a List of Suitable Choices with RadioButton Web Controls 233 Using the CheckBox Web Control 238 Q&A 243 Workshop 244 Hour 12: Validating User Input with Validation Controls 247 Examining the Need for User Input Validation 248 Validating User Input in an ASP.NET Page 250 Examining the RequiredFieldValidator Validation Control 253 Examining the CompareValidator 261 Using the RangeValidator 268 Validating Input with the RegularExpressionValidator 269 Formatting Properties for the Validation Web Controls 272 A Look at the Remaining Validation Controls 274 Q&A 276 Workshop 277 PART III: WORKING WITH DATABASES Hour 13: Introducing Databases 283 Examining Database Fundamentals 284 Storing Structured Data 285 Creating a New Database 290 Creating Database Tables 292 Adding Data to the Books Table 298 Q&A 302 Workshop 303 Hour 14: Accessing Data with the Data Source Web Controls 305 Examining the Data Source Controls 306 A Look at SQL, the Language of Databases 314 Delving into the SQL SELECT Statement 314 Filtering and Sorting Data from the SqlDataSource Control''s Wizard 323 Q&A 330 Workshop 331 Hour 15: Displaying Data with the Data Web Controls 333 An Overview of Data Web Controls 333 Displaying Data with the GridView Control 337 Showing One Record at a Time with the DetailsView 347 Paging and Sorting with the GridView 351 Q&A 356 Workshop 357 Hour 16: Deleting, Inserting, and Editing Data 359 Updating, Deleting, and Inserting Data with the SqlDataSource 360 Looking at the Data-Modification SQL Statements 363 Editing and Deleting Data with the GridView 366 Inserting Data with the DetailsView 385 Q&A 388 Workshop 388 Hour 17: Working with Data-Bound DropDownLists, RadioButtons, and CheckBoxes 393 An Overview of the List Web Controls 394 Filtering Results Using the DropDownList 401 Collecting User Input with CheckBoxLists and RadioButtonLists 406 Q&A 412 Workshop 412 Hour 18: Exploring Data Binding and Other Data-Related Topics 415 Looking at the GridView and DetailsView''s Fields 416 Using Wildcards in a WHERE Filter Expression 426 An Examination of Data Binding 429 Q&A 436 Workshop 438 Hour 19: Using Templated Data Web Controls 441 Displaying Data Using the ListView Control 442 Paging and Sorting the ListView''s Data 450 Displaying One Record at a Time with the FormView Control 456 Q&A 463 Workshop 464 PART IV: SITE NAVIGATION, USER MANAGEMENT, PAGE LAYOUT, AJAX, AND DEPLOYMENT Hour 20: Defining a Site Map and Providing Site Navigation 469 An Overview of ASP.NET''s Site-Navigation Features 470 Defining the Website''s Structure Using a Site Map 471 Displaying a Breadcrumb with the SiteMapPath Control 476 Showing the Entire Site Structure 481 Q&A 492 Workshop 493 Hour 21: Using Master Pages to Provide Sitewide Page Templates 495 An Overview of Master Pages 496 Creating a Master Page 500 Creating a Content Page 507 Providing Default Content in a Master Page 510 Working with a Master Page''s Source Code Portion 513 Q&A 517 Workshop 517 Hour 22: Managing Your Site''s Users 521 An Overview of User Accounts in ASP.NET 522 Allowing Visitors to Create New User Accounts 533 Signing In to the Website with the Login Control 541 Displaying Content Based on Authentication Status 545 Examining the ASP.NET Web Site Template 547 Q&A 550 Workshop 551 Hour 23: Building More Responsive Web Pages with ASP.NET Ajax 555 An Overview of Ajax 556 Using the ASP.NET Ajax Library 558 Q&A 568 Workshop 569 Hour 24: Deploying Your Website 573 Choosing a Web-Hosting Company 574 Visiting the Remote Website 590 Q&A 592 Workshop 593 Index 595

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