Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008

Contents at a Glance

Contents

About the Authors

About the Technical Reviewer

Introduction

What Does This Book Cover?

Who Is This Book For?

What Do You Need to Use This Book?

Customer Support

Core Concepts

Introducing ASP.NET

The Evolution of Web Development

Seven Important Facts About ASP. NET

ASP. NET 3.5: The Story Continues

Summary

Visual Studio

The . NET Development Model

The Visual Studio IDE

The Code Editor

The Code Model

Web Projects

Visual Studio Debugging

Visual Studio Macros

The Web Development Helper

Summary

Web Forms

Page Processing

Web Forms Processing Stages

The Page As a Control Container

The Page Class

Summary

Server Controls

Types of Server Controls

HTML Server Controls

Web Controls

The List Controls

Input Validation Controls

Rich Controls

Summary

ASP.NET Applications

Anatomy of an ASP. NET Application

The global. asax Application File

ASP. NET Configuration

. NET Components

Extending the HTTP Pipeline

Summary

State Management

ASP. NET State Management

View State

Transferring Information Between Pages

Cookies

Session State

Application State

Summary

Data Access

ADO.NET Fundamentals

The ADO. NET Architecture

The Connection Class

The Command and DataReader Classes

Transactions

Provider- Agnostic Code

Summary

Data Components and the DataSet

Building a Data Access Component

Disconnected Data

The DataSet

The DataAdapter Class

The DataView Class

Typed DataSets

Summary

Data Binding

Basic Data Binding

Data Source Controls

The SqlDataSource

The ObjectDataSource

The Limits of the Data Source Controls

Summary

Rich Data Controls

The GridView

Formatting the GridView

GridView Row Selection

Sorting the GridView

Paging the GridView

GridView Templates

The ListView

The DetailsView and FormView

Advanced Grids

Summary

Caching and Asynchronous Pages

Understanding ASP. NET Caching

Output Caching

Data Caching

Cache Dependencies

Custom Cache Dependencies

Asynchronous Pages

Summary

Files and Streams

Working with the File System

Reading and Writing Files with Streams

Serialization

Summary

LINQ

LINQ Basics

LINQ to DataSet

LINQ to SQL

The LinqDataSource

Summary

XML

When Does Using XML Make Sense?

An Introduction to XML

Stream- Based XML Processing

In- Memory XML Processing

Searching XML Content

Validating XML Content

Transforming XML Content

XML Data Binding

XML and the ADO. NET DataSet

Summary

Building ASP. NET Websites

User Controls

User Control Basics

Adding Code to a User Control

Dynamically Loading User Controls

Partial Page Caching

Summary

Themes and Master Pages

Cascading Style Sheets

Themes

Standardizing Website Layout

Master Page Basics

Advanced Master Pages

Summary

Website Navigation

Pages with Multiple Views

Site Maps

The TreeView Control

The Menu Control

Summary

Website Deployment

Internet Information Services ( IIS)

Managing Websites

Deploying Your ASP. NET Applications

The VirtualPathProvider in ASP. NET

Health Monitoring in ASP. NET

Summary

Security

The ASP.NET Security Model

What It Means to Create Secure Software

Understanding the Levels of Security

Internet Information Services Security

ASP. NET Security Architecture

Summary

Forms Authentication

Introducing Forms Authentication

Implementing Forms Authentication

IIS 7.0 and Forms Authentication

Summary

Membership

Introducing the ASP. NET Membership API

Using the Membership API

Using the Security Controls

Configuring Membership in IIS 7.0

Using the Membership Class

Summary

Windows Authentication

Introducing Windows Authentication

Implementing Windows Authentication

Impersonation

Summary

Authorization and Roles

URL Authorization

File Authorization

Authorization Checks in Code

Using the Roles API for Role- Based Authorization

Protecting Non- ASP. NET Resources in IIS 5 and 6

Authorization and Roles in IIS 7.0

Summary

Profiles

Understanding Profiles

Using the SqlProfileProvider

Custom Profile Providers

Summary

Cryptography

Encrypting Data: Confidentiality Matters

The . NET Cryptography Namespace

Understanding the . NET Cryptography Classes

Encrypting Sensitive Data

Encrypting the Query String

Summary

Custom Membership Providers

Architecture of Custom Providers

Basic Steps for Creating Custom Providers

Summary

Advanced User Interface

Custom Server Controls

Custom Server Control Basics

Dealing with Different Browsers

Control State and Events

Extending Existing Web Controls

Template Controls

Summary

Design-Time Support

The Key Players

Design- Time Attributes

Web Resources

Code Serialization

Control Designers

Summary

Dynamic Graphics and GDI+

The ImageMap Control

Drawing with GDI+

Embedding Dynamic Graphics in a Web Page

Charting with GDI+

Summary

Portals with Web Part Pages

Typical Portal Pages

Basic Web Part Pages

Creating Web Parts

Summary

Client-Side Programming

JavaScript and Ajax Techniques

JavaScript Essentials

Basic JavaScript Examples

Script Injection Attacks

Custom Controls with JavaScript

Frames

Understanding Ajax

Using Ajax with Client Callbacks

Summary

ASP.NET AJAX

Introducing ASP. NET AJAX

Server Callbacks

ASP. NET AJAX Server Controls

Deeper into the Client Libraries

Control Extenders

Summary

Silverlight

Understanding Silverlight

Creating a Silverlight Project

Silverlight Essentials

Silverlight and ASP. NET

Drawing in 2D

Animation

Summary

Index