[...]... Specifically, this chapter covers five topics: ❑ An introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 ❑ A review of the Internet programming problems that ASP.NET 2.0 solves ❑ An explanation of how ASP.NET 2.0 fits in with other technologies ❑ A tour of the dynamic features of a site built with ASP.NET 2.0 ❑ Understanding the tool you will use to build ASP.NET 2.0 (ASPX) pages — Visual Web Developer Express (VWD) In previous... reduce the amount of repetitive work the developer has to do Claims for ASP.NET 2.0 boast “70 percent less code” is needed; ASP.NET 2.0 also comes with a multitude of controls to enable the developer to create login systems and menus in minutes Late in 2003 we saw the previews of the new version of Active Server Pages named ASP.NET 2.0 Everyone knew that these claims weren’t just hyperbole and that the... to ASP.NET 2.0 and the Wrox United Application The Site You Will Build ASP.NET 2.0 — A Powerful Tool to Build Dynamic Web Sites Simple Solutions for Common Web Site Tasks Consistency and Personalization Navigation Login, Security, and Roles Connection to Data Code Componentization Web Services Performance and Caching Errors and Exception Handling Deployment Development Tools Where Does ASP.NET 2.0. .. user experience The biggest change since the previous edition of ASP.NET is in the amount of code you have to write— the ASP.NET team aimed for a 70% reduction in the amount of code you write, and having spent time myself working with ASP.NET 2.0 in the field, even if this claim does sound somewhat large, the reduction in time spent with fingers on keys is very noticeable The mundane and repetitive... Book Covers This book teaches you ASP.NET 2.0, with the help of the Visual Web Developer IDE (Integrated Development Environment) Working through this book, you will learn how to develop powerful datadriven web applications, and even to expose functionality using web services Here’s how the book shapes up over the next 16 chapters Chapter 1: An Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 and the Wrox United Application... This chapter provides an overview of ASP.NET 2.0 and the Visual Web Developer environment, and will give you a chance to create and run a simple page You’ll also learn about the Wrox United sample website, which we’ll use in examples throughout the book to demonstrate different aspects of ASP.NET 2.0 Chapter 2: Site Design Now that you’ve gained some familiarity with creating simple pages, this chapter... about this particular version of the technology Built on top of version 2.0 of the NET Framework, ASP.NET 2.0 extends the functionality first seen in ASP.NET 1.0 and 1.1 At its core, you have a control-based, event driven architecture, which means that you have the ability to add small blocks of code to a page, see dynamic results with minimal effort, and react to user input to provide a smooth and intuitive... together within minutes, is instantly recognizable to developers, and allows easy creation and management of your web pages This book leads you step-by-step through creating dynamic, data-driven, complex web sites using ASP.NET 2.0 To those ends, this chapter explains the basic ideas and examines the completed sample site You then learn how to use Visual Web Developer Express (VWD) to build ASP.NET 2.0. .. chapters in this book will ease you in to the world of ASP.NET development, and if you already have some knowledge of programming, then you will find these early chapters a swift and pleasant read Note, though, that ASP.NET 2.0 has a lot of neat tricks and tools at its disposal, and we’ll be introducing these throughout the book As with other Wrox Beginning books, you’ll find that the concepts discussed... Exception Handling Deployment Development Tools Where Does ASP.NET 2.0 Fit with Other Technology? Exploring the Wrox United Application Getting Started with Your Wrox United Site VWD Express — A Development Environment Introducing the ASP.NET Development Server VWD’s Solution Explorer Creating, Opening, and Using Web Sites and Pages with VWD The Sample Code (Download) Directories Running a Page Design Surface . ffirs.qxd 4/4 /06 2: 38 PM Page ii Beginning ASP. NET 2. 0 with C# 01 _0 425 83 ffirs.qxd 4/4 /06 2: 38 PM Page i 01 _0 425 83 ffirs.qxd 4/4 /06 2: 38 PM Page ii Beginning ASP. NET 2. 0 with C# Chris Hart, John Kauffman,. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Beginning ASP. NET 2. 0 with C# Chris Hart, John Kauffman, David Sussman, and Chris Ullman 01 _0 425 83 ffirs.qxd 4/4 /06 2: 38 PM Page iii 01 _0 425 83 ffirs.qxd 4/4 /06 2: 38 PM. Ullman 01 _0 425 83 ffirs.qxd 4/4 /06 2: 38 PM Page iii Beginning ASP. NET 2. 0 with C# Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 104 75 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 4 625 6 www.wiley.com Copyright © 20 06