This book was written to introduce you to the features and capabilities that ASP.NET 4 offers, as well as to give you an explanation of the foundation that ASP.NET provides. We assume you have a general understanding of Web technologies, such as previous versions of ASP.NET, Active Server Pages 2.0/3.0, or JavaServer Pages. If you understand the basics of Web programming, you should not have much trouble following along with this book’s content.
If you are brand new to ASP.NET, be sure to check out Beginning ASP.NET 4: In C# and VB by Imar Spaanjaars (Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2010) to help you understand the basics.
In addition to working with Web technologies, we also assume that you understand basic programming constructs, such as variables, For Each loops, and object-oriented programming.
You may also be wondering whether this book is for the Visual Basic developer or the C# developer. We are happy to say that it is for both! When the code differs substantially, this book provides examples in both VB and C#.
This book explores the 4 release of ASP.NET. It covers each major new feature included in ASP.NET 4 in detail.
Chapter 1: Application And Page Frameworks
Chapter 2: Asp.Net Server Controls And Client-Side Scripts
Chapter 3: Asp.Net Web Server Controls
Chapter 4: Validation Server Controls
Chapter 5: Working With Master Pages
Chapter 6: Themes And Skins
Chapter 7: Data Binding
Chapter 8: Data Management With Ado.Net
Chapter 9: Querying With Linq
Chapter 10: Working With Xml And Linq To Xml
Chapter 11: Introduction To The Provider Model
Chapter 12: Extending The Provider Model
Chapter 13: Site Navigation
Chapter 14: Personalization
Chapter 15: Membership And Role Management
Chapter 16: Portal Frameworks And Web Parts
Chapter 17: Html And Css Design With Asp.Net
Chapter 18: Asp.Net Ajax
Chapter 19: Asp.Net Ajax Control Toolkit
Chapter 20: Security
Chapter 21: State Management
Chapter 22: Caching
Chapter 23: Debugging And Error Handling
Chapter 24: File I/O And Streams
Chapter 25: User And Server Controls
Chapter 26: Modules And Handlers
Chapter 27: Asp.Net Mvc
Chapter 28: Using Business Objects
Chapter 29: Ado.Net Entity Framework
Chapter 30: Asp.Net Dynamic Data
Chapter 31: Working With Services
Chapter 32: Building Global Applications
Chapter 33: Configuration
Chapter 34: Instrumentation
Chapter 35: Administration And Management
Chapter 36: Packaging And Deploying Asp.Net Applications
Appendix A: Migrating Older Asp.Net Projects
Appendix B: Asp.Net Ultimate Tools
Appendix C: Silverlight 3 And Asp.Net
Appendix D: Dynamic Types And Languages
Appendix E: Asp.Net Online Resources
