Introducing Microsoft® WebMatrix™ by Moroney, Laurence -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introducing Microsoft® WebMatrix™

Foreword Introduction

Who Should Read This Book Who Should Not Read This Book Organization of This Book System Requirements Code Samples

Installing the Code Samples Using the Code Samples

Errata and Book Support We Want to Hear from You Stay in Touch Acknowledgments

1. Introducing WebMatrix

An Introduction to Web Stacks

The ASP.NET Web Pages Stack The ASP.NET Stack The PHP on Windows Stack

Installing WebMatrix Building Your First WebMatrix Application The WebMatrix Stack

The IIS Express Server The SQL Server Compact Database The ASP.NET Web Pages Framework

Summary

2. A Tour of WebMatrix

Launching WebMatrix The Web Application Gallery Creating a Site by Using the Web Application Gallery Creating a Site by Using a Template Understanding the WebMatrix Workbench

The Site Workspace

Exploring the Ribbon Managing Site Requests Managing Site Settings

The Files Workspace

Creating New Files

The Databases Workspace

Creating a Database Using Tables Editing Data in a Table Querying Data

The Reports Workspace

Summary

3. Programming with WebMatrix

Server Programming Your First Programmed Page

Making Your Page Dynamic

Sending Data to the Server Summary

4. Using Images in WebMatrix

Creating a Page That Uses an Image Creating Thumbnails and Links Programming the Image Tag Using the WebImage Helper

Using Web.config to Change the Allowed Image Size Resizing an Image with WebImage Further Exercises

Summary

5. Using Video in WebMatrix

Using Video in Your Site

Creating a Simple Video Site in WebMatrix Embedding a Media Player by Using the <object> Tag

Using the Video Helper

Using Flash Video Using Silverlight Video

Using the HTML5 <video> Tag Summary

6. Forms and Controls

How Forms Work

A Simple Example Exploring HTTP Headers with Fiddler

Exploring the Form Controls

Text Boxes Password Boxes Option Buttons The checkbox Control The TextArea Control The select Control for Lists

Capturing Form Input Summary

7. Databases in WebMatrix

Creating a Database with WebMatrix Using a Database in Code Adding Data to the Database Editing Your Database Deleting Records from the Database Summary

8. Exposing Your Site Through Social Networking

Sharing Your Site with Others

Using Delicious Using Digg Using Google Reader Using Facebook Using Reddit Using StumbleUpon Using Twitter

Adding Twitter to Your Site

Displaying a Twitter Profile Displaying Twitter Search Results

Rendering Xbox Gamercards Summary

9. Adding Email to Your Site

Using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Using the WebMail Helper Building a Simple Email Application Summary

10. Building a Simple Web Application: Styles, Layout, and Templates

Creating and Styling Your Site

Getting Your Page Ready for CSS Adding Some Style with CSS Using CSS Files

Using Layout Pages and Templates

Using RenderBody()

Summary

11. Building a Simple Web Application: Using Data

Creating the Database Creating a Data Retrieval Page Creating an Add Data Page

Handling Submitted Data from an Add Form Adding Data to the Database

Creating an Edit Page

Handling Submitted Data from an Edit Form Updating the Database

Creating a Delete Data Page Summary

12. WebMatrix and Facebook

Accessing ASP.NET Web Pages Administration Installing the Facebook Helpers from NuGet Getting Started with the Facebook Helpers Configuring and Initializing Facebook Using a Facebook Comments Box Using the Facebook Activity Feed Using Facebook Recommendations Using the Facepile Feed Using the Live Stream Feed Summary

13. WebMatrix and PayPal

Signing Up for PayPal Creating a PayPal Sandbox Using PayPal with WebMatrix

Initializing the PayPal Helper Creating a Shopping Cart Running the PayPal-Enabled Bakery Exploring the PayPalOrder.cshtml Page Setting Up Other Types of Payment

The Buy Now Button The Donate Button The Subscribe Button

Going Further

Going Live Summary

14. Building Your Own Web Helpers

Using the Microsoft Translator Widget Creating a Helper for the Widget Creating a Helper by Using the Translator API

Getting an API Key Using the Translator API Creating the Helper Using the Helper

Summary

15. Deploying Your Site

Finding Web Hosting Using the Publish Settings Dialog Box Creating a WordPress-Based Site Summary

16. WordPress, WebMatrix, and PHP

Creating a WordPress Site Configuring Your WordPress Site

Posts and Pages Configuring the Site Theme Using the Code Editor

Using WebMatrix to Edit WordPress

Creating a Facebook Application Editing Your Code with WebMatrix

Summary

A. WebMatrix Programming Basics

Getting Started with WebMatrix Programming

Variables and Data Types

Specifying Variables Converting Variable Types

Common Programming Concepts

Testing Conditions with if and switch Repeating Code with Loops

Summary

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