Beginning Visual Web Programming in C# From Novice to Professional

With this book you'll learn the fundamentals of the web environment and how Visual Studio .NET makes it accessible to C# programmers. You'll build a working website that demonstrates all the elements of a C# web application. We'll take a step-by-step approach to each example as we explore the essential technologies and how VS.NET helps us to integrate them into a highly interactive, attractive web application. What you will learn in this book: - How to create dynamic web pages with ASP.NET web forms and web server controls - How to display and manipulate data using ADO.NET and Visual Studio .NET components - How to persist state in different ways, within the "stateless" web environment - How to create XML files and XML schema, and how to use them for data transfer - How to integrate your web applications with others, through web services - How to make your application more secure, via the security features in ASP.NET and IIS - How to eliminate bugs and unexpected failures, through effective debugging and exception-handling techniques - How to improve the performance of your application and prepare it for release TOC:Environment and Architecture - Basic Principles.- Web Development in .NET Primer.- User Interfaces and Server Controls.- ADO.NET Architecture and Practical Usage.- Data Binding.- ASP.NET State Management.- Markup Languages and XML.- XML and Web Development.- Web Services in Web Applications.- ASP.NET Authentication, Authorization, and Security.- Debugging and Exception Handling.- Caching and Performance Tuning.- Publishing Web Applications in .NET.- Appendix A: Friends Reunion Case Study.- Appendix B: Configuration of IIS and MSDE DB.

Daniel Cazzulino (a.k.a. kzu) lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is a senior architect, developer, and cofounder of Clarius Consulting S.A.. He has coauthored several books on web development and server controls with ASP.NET, written and reviewed many articles for ASP Today and C# Today, and currently enjoys sharing his .NET and XML experiences through his blog, kzu:dotnet. Daniel works closely with Microsoft in key projects from the Patterns and Practices group. Microsoft rewarded him as "Most Valuable Professional" (MVP) on XML Technologies for his contributions to the community, mainly through the XML-savvy open source project, NMatrix, that he cofounded. He also started the promising MVP.XML project with fellow XML MVP experts worldwide. Surprisingly enough, Daniel is a lawyer who found a more exciting career as a developer and .NET/XML geek.