Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 with VB.NET 2003

What is this book about?This book teaches you how to build custom ASP.NET Web sites fromthe ground up. An expert team of authors uses their extensiveASP.NET programming experience to give you hands-on instruction inthe best way to create Web sites with ASP.NET. This completelyupdated edition features new examples, and all code is written andtested for ASP.NET version 1.1.What does this book cover?Here's what you will learn in this book:* How to install and configure ASP.NET* Basic programming principles for Visual Basic. NET, such asvariables, controls structures, and procedural programming* Techniques for applying these principles as you develop ASP.NETpages* The minimum amount of object-oriented programming necessary towork successfully and efficiently with ASP.NET* Key differences between ASP.NET 1.0 and 1.1, how to use theexamples in this book with either version, and how to move from 1.0to 1.1* Build ASP.NET sites faster using Microsoft's new, freeWebMatrix tool* Techniques for extending your ASP.NET sites to incorporaterelated tools and technologies, such as using ADO.NET for datasource access* Web Services for inter-Web site communication, and ServerControls for facilitating code maintenance and reuse* How you can make your ASP.NET site production-ready throughproper debugging, optimization, and securityWho is this book for?This book is for beginners who have no previous experience ofASP, VB, XML, object-oriented programming, or the .NET framework. Alittle knowledge of HTML is useful, but not essential. All theconcepts you need to create dynamic ASP.NET Web sites are presentedand explained in full.

Introduction.Chapter 1: Getting Started with ASP.NET.Chapter 2: Anatomy of an ASP.NET.Chapter 3: Server Controls and Variables.Chapter 4: Control Structures and Procedural Programming.Chapter 5: Jumping Structures - Subroutines andFunctions.Chapter 6: Event-Driven Programming and Postback.Chapter 7: Objects.Chapter 8: Reading From Databases.Chapter 9: Advanced Data Handling.Chapter 10: ASP.NET Server Controls.Chapter 11: Users and Applications.Chapter 12: Reusable Code for ASP.NET.Chapter 13: .NET Assemblies and Custom Controls.Chapter 14: Debugging and Error Handling.Chapter 15: Configuration and Optimization.Chapter 16: Web Services.Chapter 17: ASP.NET Security.Appendix A: Exercise Answers.Appendix B: Web Matrix Quick Start.Appendix C: The Wrox United Database.Appendix D: Web Application Development using Visual Studio.NET.Appendix E: Installing and Configuring IIS.Index.