Professional IIS 7 and ASP.NET Integrated Programming [Paperback]

Dr. Shahram Khosravi (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470152532 | ISBN-13: 978-0470152539 | Publication Date: October 22, 2007 | Edition: 1

The deep integration of IIS7 and ASP.NET provides both IIS7 administrators and ASP.NET developers with new and exciting programming tools, techniques, and approaches that were not possible with earlier versions of IIS. With this book, Dr. Shahram Khosravi presents you with the only resource to focus exclusively on the key features of this exciting integration.

You’ll get in-depth coverage of all the major systems that make up the IIS7 and ASP.NET integrated infrastructure, detailed explanations on how they work, guidance on how to use them in your own applications, and techniques for extending them to meet your application requirements.

Packed with detailed code walkthroughs and in-depth analyses of numerous real-world examples - all written and tested with Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, ASP.NET 2.0, and ASP.NET 3.5 (Visual Studio 2008), this book helps you gain the skills, knowledge, and experience you need to use and to extend the major systems that make up the IIS7 and ASP.NET integrated infrastructure.

Some of the key topics covered include:

• How to write integrated IIS7 and ASP.NET code that works with Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, ASP.NET 2.0, and ASP.NET 3.5 (Visual Studio 2008)
• Techniques for implementing and plugging custom HTTP modules, handlers, and handler factories into the IIS7 and ASP.NET integrated request processing pipeline
• How to manage the IIS7 and ASP.NET integrated configuration system from IIS7 Manager, appcmd.exe, and managed code
• Tips for using the IIS7 and ASP.NET integrated declarative schema extension markup language (, , , , and so on) to implement custom configuration sections
• Techniques for using and extending the IIS7 and ASP.NET integrated managed code system (ConfigurationElement, ConfigurationElementCollectionBase, ConfigurationSection, ApplicationPool, Site, Application, ServerManager and so on) to add support for custom managed classes
• Tips for extending the IIS7 and ASP.NET integrated graphical management system (ModuleServiceProxy, ModuleDialogPage, ModuleListPage, TaskForm, Module, ModuleService, ModuleProvider, TextTaskItem, MethodTaskItem, and so on) to add new graphical components to IIS7 Manager
• Techniques for using and extending the IIS7 and ASP.NET integrated providers system (ProviderConfigurationFeature, ProviderConfigurationSettings, IProviderConfigurationService, ConfigurationModuleProvider, and so on) and ways to implement and to plug custom provider-based services into this system and IIS7 Manager
• Ways to use the IIS7 and ASP.NET integrated tracing and diagnostics - TraceSource, SourceSwitch, IisTraceListener, EventTypeFilter, RSCA, Request, WorkerProcess, Failed Request Tracing, and so on
• ASP.NET and Windows Communication Foundation integration in IIS7

Editorial Reviews

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“…can be constantly revisited and digested at the reader's own pace, this is a must for any IIS/ASP.NET Developer's bookshelf.” (Andrew's Blog: Random Thoughts of an ASP.Net Code Monkey )

From the Back Cover

The deep integration of IIS 7 and ASP.NET provides both IIS 7 administrators and ASP.NET developers with new and exciting programming tools, techniques, and approaches that were not possible with earlier versions of IIS. With this book, Dr. Shahram Khosravi presents you with the only resource to focus exclusively on the key features of this exciting integration.

Packed with detailed code walkthroughs and in-depth analyses of numerous real-world examples—all written and tested with Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, ASP.NET 2.0, and ASP.NET 3.5 (Visual Studio 2008)—this book provides in-depth coverage of all the major systems that make up the IIS 7 and ASP.NET integrated infrastructure to help you gain the skills, knowledge, and experience you need to use them in your own applications and extend them to meet the requirements of your application.

What you will learn from this book

• How to write integrated IIS 7 and ASP.NET code that works with Windows Vista®, Windows Server® 2008, ASP.NET 2.0, and ASP.NET 3.5 (Visual Studio® 2008)

• Tips for writing and plugging custom HTTP modules, handlers, and handler factories into the IIS 7 and ASP.NET integrated request processing pipeline

• How to manage the IIS 7 and ASP.NET integrated configuration system from IIS 7 Manager, appcmd.exe, and managed code

• Tips for implementing custom configuration sections in declarative fashion

• How to use and extend the IIS 7 and ASP.NET integrated managed code API

• How to implement and plug new graphical components into IIS 7 Manager

• Techniques for implementing custom provider-based services, which are configurable from a configuration file, IIS 7 Manager, and managed code

• Ways to use the IIS 7 and ASP.NET integrated tracing and diagnostics

• ASP.NET and Windows Communication Foundation integration in IIS 7

Who this book is for

This book is for ASP.NET developers and IIS administrators who want to learn the IIS 7 and ASP.NET integrated programming for the first time.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 670 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (October 22, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470152532
• ISBN-13: 978-0470152539
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.4 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Shahram Khosravi is the sole author of the following four books:

1) ASP.NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0 Programming:
ASP.NET 2.0 Internals Plus ASP.NET AJAX, IIS 7.0, Enterprise Library Application Blocks, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows Communication Foundation

2) Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control and Component Development

3) Professional IIS 7 and ASP.NET Integrated Programming

4) ASP.NET AJAX Programmer's Reference

Shahram is a senior software engineer, consultant, author, and instructor specializing in ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET, IIS 7 and ASP.NET integrated programming, WCF, WF, and XML technologies.

He has more than 10 years of experience in object-oriented analysis, design, and programming.

Shahram has written number of magazine articles on various .NET technologies for the industry leading magazines such as Dr. Dobb's Journal, asp.netPRO magazine, and Microsoft MSDN Online.

He is a great enthusiast for using, teaching, and writing about latest Microsoft technologies and provides consulting and training services to help others use them in their own software applications.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Good Books In One, February 9, 2010

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Zarko Berberski - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professional IIS 7 and ASP.NET Integrated Programming (Paperback)

Some people may get confused by the fact that this is book is about half about inner guts of the II7 and how and what changed (pure gold for people who had to deal with several versions) and half a case study on how to push the limits of IIS from .NET.

The best way to approach reading this material is with a solid judgement on when to stop reading and go back to your project. Don't expect to read and absorb something this big in one breath. When you read a few chapters and things become clear in you mind, just go and use it and you can always come back for more when you need it.

It provides a lot of hard core info at the beginning and parts that are actually a case study repeat some of the general info latter so it's really, really not meant to be read cover to cover like a novel but as a kind of just-in-time information source.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review the table of contents first., November 24, 2007

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Jason Fossen (Dallas, Tx) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Professional IIS 7 and ASP.NET Integrated Programming (Paperback)

Make sure to click the "search inside this book" link at the top of this page and browse the table of contents for the book. The book is aimed at a specific kind of IIS 7 developer, not for ASP.NET developers in general who happen to be using IIS 7 now. That being said, the book was just great for getting into these internals, especially the new integrated ASP.NET processing pipeline.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but a little repetitive, July 23, 2008

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Luis Abreu (Funchal, Madeira Portugal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professional IIS 7 and ASP.NET Integrated Programming (Paperback)

[also published on http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2008/07/23/book-review-professional-iis-7-and-asp-net-integrated-programming.aspx]

I've just finished reading the Professional IIS 7 and ASP.NET integrated programming book by Dr. Shramram. If you're trying to understand how to leverage the new IIS 7 managed features, then this book is just what you need. If you don't know what you must to to add a GUI interface to your own custom modules/handlers, then this book is for you too!If you want to learn how to administer IIS 7, then this book isn't for you.

The book is really complete (in fact, it's too complete, if such a thing exists ' more details on this in the next paragraphs) reference that contains lots of examples that show you how to integrate your ASP.NET code with IIS 7 and how to extend IIS 7. Having said this, I've found one or two things that annoyed me while I read the book.

For starterts, you'll see lots of C# 2.0 code. Why not use C# 3.0? It simply doesn't make sense to me, but ok, I can live with that'The second thing that I really didn't like is the ammount of repetition that you'll get in the book. For instance, you'll get at least one chapter on how to extend the integrated configuration system which are illustrated with 'dummy' classes. And then, in a following chapter you'll end up developing 'real' config classes for supporting an url module. My question is simple: why not build the necessary config classes for the module instead of 'wasting' paper with the dummy classes?

And since I'm talking about repetitions, there's really one thing I hated: why do we see pages of code which are repeated under the form of snippets so that the author can explain what each one of them do? Including the InitializeComponents is really really uncessary, if you ask me'

In conclusion, this book will give all you need if you're interested in understanding how to integrate your ASP.NET code with IIS 7 or if you're interested in seeing how to expand IIS 7. I'm giving it a 7.5/10 due to the ammount of unnecessary repetition that the book contains. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have any problems in giving it an 8, but I can't simply ignore the fact that this book has over 600 pages and it could really just have about 400 without any content loss!