Pro ASP.Net 3.5 in C# 2008: Includes Silverlight 2 and the ADO.NET Entity Framework, Third Edition

Patrick A. Lorenz is CEO of software development and consulting company in southern Germany. PGK Software & Communication GmbH has focused on .NET technologies, and ASP.NET in particular, since 2003. The company is best known for producing QualiSite, one of the first enterprise content management systems developed specifically for .NET technologies.

ASP.NET is one of the .NET Framework's core technologies. In its latest version it has been expanded to include native support for a huge range of new technologies (e.g.ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, LINQ, WPF and WCF).This makes the platform more powerful - and more popular - than ever before. This power comes at a price. The Visual Studio design environment makes it easy to put components together but provides little guidance as to whether developers are doing it in the best possible way. As a result they are often not getting the full benefit of the technology in their applications.

Gives readers a clear understanding of the architectural, planning and coding decisions that need to be made when implementing an ASP.NET project

Part 1: Getting Started 1. Introduction 2. Web Architectures at a glance 3. Setting up (Introducing our demo application) Part 2: Planning 4. Requirements Analysis 5. Choosing an Architecture that fits 6. Preparing the Database 7. Setting up your Project Infrastrucure Part 3: Developing the Core Application 8. Building Entities and Business Objects 9. Developing the Business Logic 10. Accessing the Data Part 4: Adding the Application Infrastructure 11. Involving Caching Strategies 12. Managing Users and Security 13. Recognizing Globalization Requirements 14. Logging Part 5: Developing the Web Application 15. Setting up the Web Project 16. Creating Reusable Controls 17. Using ASP.NET AJAX 18. Using Silverlight 2 19. Considering Third-party components Part 6: Extending the Application 20. Distributed Applications with WCF 21. Fulfilling Customer Specific Needs 22. Using Asynchronous Processing Part 7: Advanced Topics for Professional Development 23. Creating Visual Studio Templates 24. Using Source Control 25. Application Testing 26. Setting up a Build Process 27. Using Source Code Documentation Appendices: 28. C# Coding Style Guide 29. Additional tools you shouldn't miss!