Pro ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010 [Paperback]

Matthew MacDonald (Author), Dan Mabbutt (Author), Adam Freeman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1430225114 | ISBN-13: 978-1430225119 | Publication Date: November 24, 2010 | Edition: 3

ASP.NET 4 is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010 raises the bar for high-quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft's dynamic web solution.

This edition is updated with everything you need to come to grips with version 4 of ASP.NET, including coverage of ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET AJAX 4, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, and Silverlight 3.

Seasoned .NET professionals Matthew MacDonald and Mario Szpuszta explain how you can get the most from these groundbreaking new technologies. They cover ASP.NET 4 as a whole, illustrating both the brand-new features and the functionality carried over from previous versions of ASP. This book will give you the knowledge you need to code real ASP.NET 4 applications in the best possible style.

What you’ll learn

• Understand why ASP.NET 4 is so special, what its fundamental principles are, the basics of Visual Studio, and how ASP.NET controls are created and how they fit into ASP.NET pages, ultimately creating full applications.
• Become familiar with ASP.NET MVC, one of the biggest additions to ASP.NET 4, and understand how to use it and integrate it within your existing ASP.NET applications.
• Discover the intricacies of ADO.NET and how to perform data binding to many sources, from databases to file streams to XML.
• Learn the various forms of security available and how to best apply them. Once considered the Achilles' heel of all Windows web applications, security has vastly improved and is now a cornerstone of ASP.NET 4.
• Examine in detail advanced user interface techniques, including user controls, customer server controls, client-side JavaScript, GDI+, and Silverlight 3.
• Understand how to work with web services, an important skill in an increasingly connected world.
• Use ASP.NET AJAX 4, with an emphasis on contemporary web development techniques.
• Perform development using Internet Information Services 7, Microsoft's premier web hosting platform.

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone with some software development experience who is interested in the .NET Framework 4 and the VB language. Whether you are moving to .NET for the first time or are already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.5, this book will provide you with a comprehensive grounding in the new technology and serve as a complete reference throughout your coding career.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing ASP.NET
2. Visual Studio
3. Web Forms
4. Server Controls
5. ASP.NET Applications
6. State Management
7. ADO.NET Fundamentals
8. Data Components and the DataSet
9. Data Binding
10. Rich Data Controls
11. Caching and Asynchronous Pages
12. Files and Streams
13. LINQ
14. XML
15. User Controls
16. Themes and Master Pages
17. Website Navigation
18. Website Deployment
19. The ASP.NET Security Model
20. Forms Authentication
21. Membership
22. Windows Authentication
23. Authorization and Roles
24. Profiles
25. Cryptography
26. Custom Membership Providers
27. Custom Server Controls
28. Graphics, GDI+, and Charting
29. JavaScript and Ajax Techniques
30. ASP.NET AJAX
31. Portals with Web Part Pages  
32. MVC
33. Dynamic Data
34. Silverlight

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Matthew MacDonald is an author, educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He is a regular writer for developer journals such as Inside Visual Basic, ASPToday, and Hardcore Visual Studio .NET, and he's the author of several books about programming with .NET, including User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, The Book of VB .NET, and .NET Distributed Applications. In a dimly- remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics. Send e-mail with praise, condemnation, and everything in between, to [e-mail].

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Adam Freeman is an experienced IT professional who has held senior positions in a range of companies, most recently serving as chief technology officer and chief operating officer of a global bank. Now retired, he spends his time writing and training for his first competitive triathlon. Applied ASP.NET 4 in Context is his 11th book on programming and his ninth on .NET.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1664 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 3 edition (November 24, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430225114
• ISBN-13: 978-1430225119
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very thorough coverage of ASP.NET 4, January 24, 2011

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This review is from: Pro ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010 (Paperback)

So you want develop ASP.NET web sites? Then you'll get a really good start with this book, whether you're new to ASP.NET or you have worked with an earlier version. Like so many books, the first part goes through some very basic stuff, like using Visual Studio, but it's easy to skip that part if you don't need it; after all it's just the first 100 pages out of a total of more than 1600 pages packed with information. The table of contents is 25 pages long, so you can imagine how many topics are covered in this book. If you have worked with ASP.NET before, you may like that some chapters contains a "Changed in ASP.NET 4" section that highlights changes to earlier versions of ASP.NET.

The book is very well written and there is a good flow in the topics. Even though there is some basic stuff in the book, you need to have some programming skills and knowledge of VB.NET and the .NET Framework before you dig into this. Most, if not all, areas of ASP.NET 4 are covered and you'll also find that a lot of other topics like ADO.NET, LINQ, and XML etc. are covered as well. The book is divided in five parts and I am delighted to find that a whole part is dedicated to securing you web site with the ASP.NET security model and topics like Authentication, Authorization, Roles and Cryptography. With the Internet today you can hardly imagine publishing a web site without being worried about its security.

The book is also an excellent reference that you'll probably keep returning to; at least I know I will. I recommend this book to both beginner and experienced ASP.NET developers.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good ASp.Net book, March 29, 2011

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I bought this book as to learn about what ASP.Net can does. I have years of programming for Windows and before that DOS and Mainframes. I found this book covered a lot of material and did it in a way that made me realize how ASP.Net works.

Like any book I though some sections had too much detail about things that seemed simple and other sections could have used more detail. This is most likely due to my background and not any failing in the book.

I would recommend this book to anyone needed to learn how ASP.Net works.

4.0 out of 5 stars Pro ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010, March 29, 2011

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I would have given this 5 stars but the fact this is just a translation of the C# book is all to obvious. You even find semi-colons in the code samples, one example even had Using System.blah in it. The books in this series give good coverage to many topics but this time around some important to me things seem to have been left completely out. In VS 2010 MS now supports jQuery, no mention in the book. I don't expect much coverage, but no mention? WCF receives minimal coverage despite being introduced in version 3.5 (and not covered in that version of this book either). The only AJAX is the chapter from the 3.5 book using the built in MS AJAX controls. Again the book is worth buying but Matt, when the next version of VS comes out please consider taking the time to actually write a new book on the subject there have been enough changes and additions since version 2.0 to merit a complete rewrite.