ASP.NET in a Nutshell 2e

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. Updated for Visual Studio .NET 2003, the 2nd 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.N ET 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, 2nd 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 SHARP 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 ystem.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