mastering web development with microsoft visual studio 2005 (2005)

[...]... Introducing Visual Web Developer Microsoft designed Visual Web Developer to provide complete Web development support This new product is a combination of development products that Microsoft introduced in the past, along with some new ideas that make Visual Web Developer unique Don’t confuse this product with another version of Visual InterDev or Web Matrix It’s more a combination of the features provided with. .. should convince you otherwise Microsoft has done one thing more than with any other previous release of Visual Studio they’ve listened I won’t go so far as to say that you’ll find every feature of your dreams, but Microsoft has gone a long way toward making Visual Studio the kind of product that developers will enjoy using Mastering Web Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 makes the inevitable... Visual Web Developer When you installed Visual Studio NET 2005, you might have been surprised to find a bonus Visual Web Developer This new product fills a gap in the Visual Studio product line and is Microsoft s recognition that Web development has become a major part of the application market In many respects, Visual Web Developer is simply a combination of older technologies such as FrontPage, mixed with. .. use at the desktop with those that you now need to use on the Web site While reading and using Mastering Web Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, you’ll create a large-scale corporate Web site for ABC, Incorporated In short, instead of simply discovering what ASP.NET provides, you’ll actually put this information into action by building a complex Web site So What’s in Visual Studio for Me? If... xxiii Part 1 • Discovering Visual Web Developer 1 Chapter 1 • Working with Visual Web Developer 3 Introducing Visual Web Developer 3 Understanding What Visual Web Developer Provides 4 Understanding How Visual Web Developer Differs from Visual Web Developer Express Edition... features Mastering Web Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 helps you understand these new features and get to work quickly using all of the Visual Studio 2005 functionality Goals for Writing this Book One of the major goals for writing this book is to discover the real world functionality of ASP.NET 2.0 Rather than simply assume that something probably wouldn’t work or that Visual Studio had a... previous versions of Visual Studio and FrontPage, along with new functionality that only ASP.NET 2.0 provides, including new technologies such as WebParts (You can find WebParts described in detail in several places in this book, starting with the “Using WebParts to Automate User Customizations” section of Chapter 6.) 4 CHAPTER 1 WORKING WITH VISUAL WEB DEVELOPER Understanding What Visual Web Developer Provides... create Web applications and Web services using C#, Visual Basic, and Visual J# This book concentrates on providing examples in C# and Visual Basic The idea is that Visual Web Developer is a separate environment for creating Web resources It even includes a special project that generates a fully functional personal Web site that you can use for experimentation The “Working with the Personal Web Site... elements make Visual Web Developer easier to use and are consistent with Microsoft s goal for this product of creating a great programming environment for businesses of any size FrontPage includes functionality that emphasizes simplicity over a heavyduty programming environment Figure 1.1 Use Visual Web Developer to interact with both local and remote sites INTRODUCING VISUAL WEB DEVELOPER Visual Web Developer... expected Because debugging Web pages is difficult, the inclusion of a complete debugger optimized for Web development is important from a productivity perspective Visual Web Developer includes such a debugger Chapter 16 tells you more about debugging your applications Understanding How Visual Web Developer Differs from Visual Web Developer Express Edition You might have seen the Visual Web Developer Express . h0" alt="" Mastering Web Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 4439.book.fm Page i Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:23 AM 4439.book.fm Page ii Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:23. Inc. Mastering ™ Web Development with Microsoft ® Visual Studio ® 2005 John Paul Mueller 4439.book.fm Page iii Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:23 AM Acquisitions and Development. . . . xxiii Part 1 • Discovering Visual Web Developer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1 • Working with Visual Web Developer . . . . . . . . . . .