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Programming ASP.NET 3.5, Fourth Edition

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Visual Basic Versus C#

How This Book Is Organized What You Need to Use This Book Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples We'd Like to Hear from You Safari® Books Online Acknowledgments

From Jesse Liberty From Dan Hurwitz From Dan Maharry

1. Web Development in 2008

AJAX .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 Visual Studio 2008 Internet Information Services 7.0 Beyond 2008

The Silverlight Stack The Dynamic Languages Stack The Data Futures Stack

On to VS2008

2. Visual Studio 2008

First Sight: The Start Page Creating Your First Web Page Projects and Solutions

Solutions Projects and Files Templates

Project names

The Integrated Development Environment

Layout Building and Running Menus and Toolbars File Menu

New Open Add Advanced Save Options Export Template Source Control

Edit Menu

Cycle Clipboard Ring (Ctrl-Shift-V) Finding and replacing Go To (Ctrl-G) Insert File As Text Advanced Incremental search (Ctrl-I) Bookmarks Outlining IntelliSense

View Menu

Solution Explorer (Ctrl-Alt-L) Server Explorer (Ctrl-Alt-S) Properties window (F4) Visible Aids Formatting Marks Object Browser (Ctrl-W, J) Error List (Ctrl-W, E) Task List (Ctrl-W, T) Toolbox (Ctrl-W, X) Class View (Ctrl-W, C) Output (Ctrl-W, O) Other windows

Refactor Menu Website Menu

Start Options Copy Web Site ASP.NET Configuration

Project Menu

Add New Item (Ctrl-Shift-A) Add Existing Item (Shift-Alt-A) Add New Solution Folder Set StartUp Projects Project Dependencies and Project Build Order

Build Menu Debug Menu Data Menu Format Menu Tools Menu

Connect to Device Connect to Database Code Snippets Manager (Ctrl-K, B) Choose Toolbox Items Macros External Tools Import and Export Settings Customize Options

Window Menu Help Menu

Dynamic Help (Ctrl-F1, D) Contents (Ctrl-F1, I), Index (Ctrl-F1, I), and Search (Ctrl-F1, S) Index Results (Ctrl-F1, T) Check for Updates

3. Controls: Fundamental Concepts

Events

ASP.NET Events Event Arguments Application and Session Events Page and Control Events Postback Versus Nonpostback Events Types of Postback IsPostBack Events in Visual Studio 2008 Multiple Controls to One Event Handler

ASP.NET Server Controls

A Simple Demonstration ASP.NET and Browsers ASP.NET Server Control Class Hierarchy CSS Styles

AJAX Server Controls

Extending the Simple Demonstration AJAX Server Control Class Hierarchy The ScriptManager Control

HTML Server Controls Client-Side Processing

4. Basic Controls

Visual Studio Is Not Mandatory Web Forms: Plain or AJAX? Label Controls and Literal Controls TextBox Control

TextBox Behavior TextBox Extenders

HiddenField Control Button Controls

Button Behavior Button Control Extenders

HyperLink Control Images

Image Control ImageMap Control

Selecting Values

CheckBox Control

CheckBox behavior CheckBox extenders

RadioButton Control Selecting from a List ListItem Object CheckBoxList Control

Adding items declaratively Adding items programmatically from an array or collection Adding items from a data source Responding to user selections

RadioButtonList Control DropDownList Control

DropDownList behavior DropDownList extenders

ListBox Control BulletedList Control

BulletedList behavior BulletedList extenders

Sliders and Ratings

5. More Controls

Panel Controls

The Panel Control and AJAX Panel Extenders Collapsible Panels and Accordions From Columns to Stacks

The UpdatePanel Control

Multiple Update Panels on One Page Using the UpdateProgress Control

MultiView and View Controls The Wizard Control The FileUpload Control The AdRotator Control

The Advertisement File Using AdRotator

The Calendar Control

Selecting Dates in the Calendar Controlling the Calendar's Appearance Programming the Calendar Control

SelectionChanged event DayRender event VisibleMonthChanged event

6. Website Fundamentals

The Page Class The Code-Behind File Moving to Another Page

HyperLink Server.Transfer Response.Redirect Cross-Page Posting

Retrieving data from the previous page How did I get here?

State

Session State

Session state configuration Session-scoped application objects

View State State Bag Application State

Life Cycle Directives

Application Directive Assembly Directive Control Directive Implements Directive Import Directive Master Directive MasterType Directive OutputCache Directive Page Directive PreviousPageType Directive Reference Directive Register Directive

7. Data Source Controls and Connections

Sources of Data and DataSource Controls Using the ObjectDataSource Control Using the XmlDataSource Control Using the SqlDataSource Control

The AdventureWorksLT Database Using the Server Explorer Configuring the SqlDataSource Storing Connection Strings Passing Parameters to the Select Query Writing Data to a Database Multiuser Updates

Tracking the Data Source with Events

8. Using Data-Aware Controls

Hierarchical Data Controls Tabular Data Controls Lists of Data

Binding Data to a List Retrieving the Selected Value from a List Adding Static Values to a Data-Bound List

One Record at a Time: DetailsView

Paging Through Records Improving Presentation and Accessibility Retrieving Values from the Current Record Adding, Updating, and Deleting Records Manually Setting the Contents of the Control

Many Records at a Time: GridView

Sorting and Paging Improving Presentation and Accessibility Retrieving Values from the Selected Record Updating and Deleting Records

Templated Controls

DataList Control

Presentation and accessibility Selecting, updating, and deleting records

FormView Control Repeater Control ListView Control

Sorting and paging Selecting, adding, updating, and deleting data in a ListView

9. ADO.NET

The ADO.NET Object Model

The DataSet Class

The DataTable class The DataRow class

DbCommand and DbConnection The DataAdapter Object The DataReader Object

Getting Started with ADO.NET

Using a DataReader Creating Data Relationships Within DataSets

Creating Data Objects by Hand

A Simple Database Design Creating a DataSet by Hand

Creating a DataTable Adding DataColumns to the DataTable Adding primary key columns Adding data to the table Creating foreign keys and data relationships

Stored Procedures

Creating a Simple Stored Procedure Creating a Stored Procedure with Parameters

Updating with SQL and ADO.NET Updating Data with Transactions

The ACID Test Implementing Transactions

Using database transactions Using connection transactions

Binding to Business Objects

10. Presenting LINQ

Deconstructing LINQ

LINQ Syntax

The from clause The join clause The let clause The where clause The orderby and orderbydescending clauses The select clause The groupby clause Other LINQ query operators

Behind the Scenes of a LINQ Query: C# 3.0 at Work

Anonymous types and object initializers Implicitly typed local variables Extension methods Creating your own extension Lambda expressions

IEnumerable Good, IQueryable Better

LINQ Providers LINQ to XML

Joining XML to a Different Type of Data Writing XML with LINQ

LINQ to SQL

From Relations to Objects Using the Object Relational Designer Querying DataContext Objects Manually Joining DataContexts to a Different Type of Data Writing to the Database with LINQ Introducing the LinqDataSource Object

11. Validation

The RequiredFieldValidator The Summary Control

Identifying the User's Errors

The Compare Validator

Checking the Input Type Comparing to Another Control Checking Password Strength

Range Checking Regular Expressions Custom Validation Validation Groups

12. Forms-Based Security

Authentication

Anonymous Access

The IUSR account The IIS 5/6 Directory Security panel

Windows Authentication

Enabling authentication in IIS 7 Basic authentication Digest authentication Integrated Windows authentication Role-based security Client certificate mapping

Passport Authentication Forms Authentication

Setting Up Forms-Based Authentication

Creating the Database Creating and Configuring the Website Creating Users

Using the Web Site Administration Tool Using a Create User web page

Creating User-Aware Pages

The Welcome page The Login page The Password Recovery page The Change Password page

Restricting Access to Users

In the code-behind page In web.config

Enabling Roles Creating Roles

Using the Web Site Administration Tool Using a Create Roles web page

Restricting Access to User Roles

In the code-behind page In web.config

13. Master Pages and Navigation

Master Pages

Adding Content Pages Using Nested Master Pages Dynamically Modifying Master Page Contents from Content Pages

Navigation

Customizing Browser History Getting Started with Site Navigation Setting Up the Pages Customizing the Look and Feel Populating on Demand Using a Menu for Navigation Enumerating the Site Map Programmatically

Filtering Based on Security

Creating Access Rules Creating a Permission-Driven Site Map Enabling Security Trimming

14. Personalization

Creating Personalized Websites

Configuring the Site for Profiles Working with Profile Data Exploring the Profile Tables Personalizing with Complex Types Anonymous Personalization

A little more configuration A little more code

Inheriting Profile Properties Saving Profile Properties

Themes and Skins

Creating the Test Site Organizing Site Themes and Skins Enabling Themes and Skins Specifying Themes for Your Page Setting Stylesheet Themes Setting Customization Themes Using Named Skins

Web Parts

Web Parts Architecture Creating Zones Adding Controls to Zones Minimizing and Restoring Enabling Editing and Layout Changes

Creating a user control to enable changing page layout Moving a part

Adding Parts from a Catalog

15. Custom and User Controls

User Controls

User Controls with Code The @Control Directive Properties

Creating a property Providing an underlying value for the property Integrating the property into your code Setting the property from the client

Handling Events

Custom Controls

Properties The Render Method Updating the Control Maintaining State

Maintaining view state Maintaining control state

Derived Controls Composite Controls

Modifying the CountedButton Derived Control Creating the BookCounter Composite Control

INamingContainer Containing CountedButton2

Creating the BookInquiryList Composite Control

ControlBuilder and ParseChildren attributes Render method Rendering the output Rendering the summary

16. Web Services

Introducing Web Services Understanding Web Service Protocols and Standards

HTTP

HTTP-GET HTTP-POST

XML SOAP

Using SOAP Web Services

Creating a Proxy Creating a Consumer

Developing an ASP.NET SOAP Web Service

Creating a Web Service

Inline with a text editor

Creating an ASP.NET Web Service with VS2008 The WebService Directive Deriving from the WebService Class

Calling the Web Service Developing a WCF Web Service

Creating a WCF Service Consuming a WCF Service Using WCF to Call a Public Service

Creating and Consuming AJAX-Enabled Web Services Introducing REST and JSON

REST JSON Consuming a RESTful Web Service

Learning More About Web Services

17. Caching and Performance

Types of Caching

Class Caching Configuration Caching Data Caching Output Caching Object Caching

Data Caching

DataSourceControl Caching SQL Cache Dependency

Polling-based cache invalidation Notification-based cache invalidation

Output Caching

The OutputCache Directive

Duration VaryByParam CacheProfile DiskCacheable Location SqlDependency VaryByControl VaryByCustom VaryByHeader

Fragment Caching: Caching Part of a Page Object Caching

Cache Class Functionality Dependencies

File change dependency Cached item dependency Time dependency

Scavenging Callback Support

The HttpCachePolicy Class Performance

ASP.NET-Specific Issues

Session state View state Caching Server controls Web gardening and web farming Round trips

General .NET Issues

String concatenation Minimizing exceptions Using early binding Disabling debug mode

Database Issues

Using a DataReader class Using SQL or Oracle classes rather than OleDB classes

Benchmarking and Profiling

18. Application Logic and Configuration

Introducing IIS 7.0

The Default Website Virtual Directories

Creating the virtual directory Virtual directory security and zones

Web Applications Application Pools and Domains

Application-Wide Logic

The HttpApplication Object The Global.asax File

Directives Script blocks Events Server-side includes Object declarations

Global Members HTTP Handlers and Modules

Configuring the Application

Hierarchical Configuration Format

Configuration section handler declarations Configuration sections

Web.config v2.0 and v3.5

Modifying web.config with IIS 7.0

Application Development

.NET Compilation .NET Globalization .NET Profile Application Settings Connection Strings Machine Key Pages and Controls Providers Session State SMTP E-mail

Health and Diagnostics HTTP Features Performance Security

.NET Roles .NET Trust Levels .NET Users Authentication Authorization rules IPv4 Address and Domain Restrictions SSL Settings

Server Components

Web Site Administration Tool

Security Application Provider

Custom Configuration Sections

Name/Value Pairs Objects

19. Tracing, Debugging, and Error Handling

Creating the Sample Application Tracing

Page-Level Tracing Inserting into the Trace Log Application-Level Tracing Trace Viewer

Debugging

The Debug Toolbar Breakpoints

Setting a breakpoint Breakpoints window Breakpoint properties Breakpoint icons

Stepping Through Code Examining Variables and Objects Debug Windows

Immediate window Autos window Locals window Watch window Call Stack window Threads window Modules window Disassembly window Registers window Memory windows

Debugging ASP.NET Source Code

Error Handling Custom Error Pages

20. Deployment

Assemblies

Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) ILDASM Manifests Versioning Private Versus Shared Assemblies Strong Names

Creating a strong name Delayed signing

Local Deployment

Full Runtime Compilation Manual Compilation of Assemblies Full Precompilation Precompilation of Code Only

Global Deployment Windows Installer

Build Configurations Adding a Setup Project with the Setup Wizard Adding a Setup Project Manually Further Customizations

File System editor Registry editor File Types editor User Interface editor Custom Actions editor Launch Conditions editor

Deploying the Website

Web Deployment Projects

Compilation Output Assemblies Signing Deployment

21. Epilogue: From Now to vNext

(Some of) The Winnowing Process On the Stove

Richer Community Experiences Rich Media Experiences with Silverlight Rich Data Experiences An Alternative Web Framework

On the Far Horizon

A. Installing the AJAX Control Toolkit

Downloading the Code Building the Code and Looking Around Integrating the Toolkit with VS2008

B. Relational Database Technology: A Crash Course

Tables, Records, and Columns Table Design

Normalization Declarative Referential Integrity

SQL

Joining Tables Using SQL to Manipulate the Database

Further Reference

C. Keyboard Shortcuts

General Actions Text Generation and Refactoring Text Navigation Text Editing and Selection Main Window Shortcut Keys

Design View Shortcut Keys Class Diagram Shortcut Keys SQL Editor Shortcut Keys

Tool Window Shortcut Keys Find-and-Replace Shortcut Keys Macro Shortcut Keys Debugging Shortcut Keys

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