Core Internet Application Development with ASP.NET 2.0 (Paperback)

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The Comprehensive Guide to ASP.NET 2.0 for Experienced Developers

ASP.NET 2.0 represents a true breakthrough in Web development technology and delivers unprecedented power, flexibility, and efficiency. If you’re an experienced programmer who wants to build production-quality Web applications and services with ASP.NET 2.0, this book is the deepest, most practical tutorial you can find.

Randy Connolly introduces today’s best practices for every facet of ASP.NET 2.0 development. He illuminates ASP.NET 2.0 Web server control architecture, sophisticated user interface capabilities, and navigation controls. He presents systematic, practical coverage of ASP.NET 2.0 data integration, state management, personalization, and more.

As with all books in the Prentice Hall Core Series, Core Internet Application Development with ASP.NET 2.0 focuses on solving serious problems with professional-quality code. With practical insights into everything from data binding to security, this is the ASP.NET 2.0 book you’ve been searching for: a definitive guide to building industrial-strength Web solutions.

This Book Delivers

• Best practices for architecting and implementing state-of-the-art Web applications and services
• Expert insight into the entire ASP.NET development process, from design through deployment
• Hundreds of professional-quality code examples, including complete applications and business objects
• In-depth coverage of the latest ASP.NET features, including master pages, new data source controls, and ASP.NET AJAX (a.k.a. “Atlas”)

Every Core Series Book

Demonstrates practical techniques used by professional developers
Features robust, thoroughly tested sample code and realistic examples
Focuses on the cutting-edge technologies you need to master today
Provides expert advice that will help you build superior software

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author

Part I: Core ASP.NET
Chapter 1: Introducing ASP.NET 2.0
Chapter 2: How ASP.NET Works
Chapter 3: Working with the Standard Web Server Controls
Chapter 4: The Additional Standard Web Server Controls
Chapter 5: Exception Handling and Validation Controls
Chapter 6: Customizing and Managing Your Site's Appearance
Chapter 7: ASP.NET Site Navigation
Part II: Working with Data
Chapter 8: Data Binding and Representation
Chapter 9: Using ADO.NET
Chapter 10: Data Controls
Chapter 11: Designing and Implementing Web Applications
Chapter 12: Managing ASP.NET State
Part III: Implementing Web Applications
Chapter 13: Security, Membership, and Role Management 833
Chapter 15: Web Services
Chapter 16: Internationalization and Deployment
Appendix: ASP.NET AJAX Sneak Peek
Index 

About the Author

Randy Connolly teaches Computer Science students at Mount Royal College in Calgary, Canada. He has been with the Computer Science and Information Systems department since 1997. He takes great pride in teaching tomorrow's talented young developers. He specializes in teaching Web application development, games development, and object-oriented design. His extensive experience and expertise in ASP.NET comes from a combination of teaching and work in the professional sector. Connolly spent more than eight years developing Web sites for international clients and more than sixteen years doing corporate software development. He has been the recipient of the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council Doctoral fellowship grant and the Petro-Canada Innovation in Research and Teaching Award (1998 and 2003).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1088 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1 edition (March 8, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321419502
• ISBN-13: 978-0321419507
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,010,134 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for learning the important pieces, July 19, 2007

By	Adam J. Roderick (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recommend this book to experienced developers, although the topics are discussed clearly enough that a patient novice developer will gain much. Because the book assumes the reader has knowledge of basic web technologies, those with a background in earlier versions of ASP.NET or other web development platforms will get the most out of it.

The approach the author took was to give the reader the most pertinent information to bring him or her up to speed quickly. Only the most useful information is presented--which is why the book contains the word "core" in the title rather than "complete." For example, when presenting a new control to the reader, the author discusses only the most-used features of the control. Often, he will mention other, less-used features so the reader knows they are available, but will not provide examples or provide much detail over these non-core features. If you are looking for an exhaustive reference of all the features of ASP.NET 2.0, this is not the book for you. However, if you are looking to learn ASP.NET 2.0, this book will cover 90% or so of the features you will likely use for any project.

The typical presentation of an aspect of ASP.NET 2.0 in this book is to provide a brief description, a screenshot or two, and an explanation of what kind of situations are appropriate for its use. Most items also include example code, with additional screenshots. I especially appreciated that the examples were simple, but clearly demonstrated the use of the item they were explaining. The code for the examples was presented in its entirety, but use of bold text on the pieces being demonstrated made the examples very understandable and helped me go through them more quickly than the typical code example. Also the use of labeling in the screenshots made it easy to see the results of what each code example was doing.

Overall, this was a very efficient way to quickly learn about each feature of ASP.NET 2.0. The book was a surprisingly fast read for a technical manual. Right at the point where I became bogged down with too much detailed information about controls, data sources, etc, the author took a step back and began discussing higher-level topics such as contemporary software design and the appropriate use of layers or tiers when designing a web application. Although I have had experience designing multi-layered or tiered web applications, this higher-level discussion was nice because all the details of ASP.NET 2.0 were very fresh in my mind. I was able to think about application design in a new light now that I understood the capabilities of ASP.NET 2.0.

The book's last few chapters step away from the web applications themselves and discuss the "other" things pertaining to ASP.NET 2.0, such as web services, security within web applications, and deployment of applications. These are useful in that they give a slightly more complete set of information on developing internet applications with ASP.NET 2.0.

Summary -

If you are looking for a way to quickly get up to speed in ASP.NET 2.0, without getting bogged down in too many details, I highly recommend this book.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a classic ASP.NET 2.0 intro book, May 14, 2007

By	Wei Li (Lexington, KY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Read the book from start to the end. Not to be harsh, this is not a good book for the beginners, nor for experienced users. For beginners, the book doesn't explain some of the topic clearly, such as Page Life cycle. The way the book explain this topic might scare readers away from learning ASP.NET; for medium level programmers, this book doesn't touch any of the advanced topic, such as building custom controls. Also for the amount of knowledge covered in the book, the size should be reduced to 500 pages. If you want to learn ASP.NET, Beginning ASP.NET 2.0, Pro ASP.NET 2.0, and ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming: Problem-Design-Solution are the three definitive books.