ASPNET 35 FOR DUMMIES

Did you volunteer to create a Web site for the softball team? Is it time to take your small business to the next level and let your customers shop online? Well, you can relax! ASP.NET 3.5 makes creating a dynamic site faster and cleaner than ever before, and ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies makes it easier.
First, you’ll get an introduction to all the tools and terminology you need to understand ASP.NET. If you’ve used earlier versions of ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer, you can probably skip that part and jump right into what’s new in 3.5. You'll make friends with LINQ and SQL, create sites in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express, and much more. Before you know it, you’ll discover how to:
Integrate data, track shopping cart contents, and whisk away bugs
Create user interfaces with easy navigation
Use the ListView control for sophisticated formatting
Write LINQ queries
Add a table to a database
Create an event handler
Take advantage of the drag 'n' drop feature that lets you write less code
Put all the features to work to develop dynamic Web applications
The softball team is going to love that Web site, and your customers might enjoy shopping on your site so much that you’ll have to expand your business to fill all the orders! We can’t promise that, of course, but we’re pretty sure that ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies will make creating Web sites easier and a lot more fun.

Ken Cox has worked with Active Server Pages since the original version. He has done Web development for several industries and maintains a Web site at www.kencox.ca

Introduction.
Part I: Getting to Know ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer.
Chapter 1: Understanding Microsoft’s Web Technologies.
Chapter 2: Getting Up and Running.
Chapter 3: Creating a Useful ASP.NET Site.
Chapter 4: Managing Data and Other CRUD.
Chapter 5: Handling User Input and Events.
Part II: Immersing Yourself in Data.
Chapter 6: Fetching and Presenting Data with SqlDataSource.
Chapter 7: LINQ as a Data Language.
Chapter 8: Using LINQ to SQL and the LinqDataSource.
Chapter 9: Creating and Consuming Diverse Data.
Part III: Enhancing the Interface and User Experience.
Chapter 10: Common Elements: Style Sheets, Master Pages, and Skins.
Chapter 11: Adding Navigation with TreeView, Menu, Breadcrumb, and SiteMap.
Chapter 12: Web Standards, Page Layout, and Usability.
Chapter 13: Designing the ListView and Other Templated Controls.
Chapter 14: Dynamic Effects, Images, and Rollovers.
Chapter 15: Enhancing Pages with the AJAX Control Toolkit.
Chapter 16: Creating and Displaying Rich Content.
Part IV: Tracking Users, Controlling Access, and Implementing Security.
Chapter 17: Site Security Using Authentication and Membership.
Chapter 18: Creating a Shopping Cart with Profiles.
Chapter 19: Validation in Depth.
Part V: Getting the Bugs Out and Handling Runtime Errors.
Chapter 20: Debugging and Tracing Pages.
Chapter 21: Avoiding Crashes by Handling Exceptions.
Chapter 22: Ten Tips on Deploying Your Web Application.
Chapter 23: Ten Tips to Success with ASP.NET.
Index.