Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 4

Description

Completely reengineered for ASP.NET 4-this definitive guide deftly illuminates the core architecture and programming features of ASP.NET 4 in a single, pragmatic volume. Web development expert Dino Esposito provides essential, architectural-level guidance, along with the in-depth technical insights designed to take you-and your solutions-to the next level. The book covers Dynamic Data, AJAX, Microsoft Silverlight(R), ASP.NET MVC, Web forms, LINQ, and security strategies-and features extensive code samples in Microsoft Visual C#(R) 2010.

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Who Should Read This Book?; System Requirements; Code Samples; Errata & Book Support; We Want to Hear from You; Stay in Touch; Part I: The ASP.NET Runtime Environment; Chapter 1: ASP.NET Web Forms Today; 1.1 The Age of Reason of ASP.NET Web Forms; 1.2 The AJAX Revolution; 1.3 ASP.NET of the Future; 1.4 Summary; Chapter 2: ASP.NET and IIS; 2.1 The Web Server Environment; 2.2 Deploying ASP.NET Applications; 2.3 Summary; Chapter 3: ASP.NET Configuration; 3.1 The ASP.NET Configuration Hierarchy; 3.2 Managing Configuration Data; 3.3 Summary; Chapter 4: HTTP Handlers, Modules, and Routing; 4.1 Writing HTTP Handlers; 4.2 Writing HTTP Modules; 4.3 URL Routing; 4.4 Summary; Part II: ASP.NET Pages and Server Controls; Chapter 5: Anatomy of an ASP.NET Page; 5.1 Invoking a Page; 5.2 The Page Class; 5.3 The Page Life Cycle; 5.4 Summary; Chapter 6: ASP.NET Core Server Controls; 6.1 Generalities of ASP.NET Server Controls; 6.2 HTML Controls; 6.3 Web Controls; 6.4 Summary; Chapter 7: Working with the Page; 7.1 Dealing with Errors in ASP.NET Pages; 7.2 Page Personalization; 7.3 Page Localization; 7.4 Adding Resources to Pages; 7.5 Summary; Chapter 8: Page Composition and Usability; 8.1 Page Composition Checklist; 8.2 Page Usability Checklist; 8.3 Summary; Chapter 9: ASP.NET Input Forms; 9.1 Programming with Forms; 9.2 Validation Controls; 9.3 Working with Wizards; 9.4 Summary; Chapter 10: Data Binding; 10.1 Foundation of the Data Binding Model; 10.2 Data-Bound Controls; 10.3 Data-Binding Expressions; 10.4 Managing Tables of Data; 10.5 Data Source Components; 10.6 Summary; Chapter 11: The ListView Control; 11.1 The ListView Control; 11.2 Working with the ListView Control; 11.3 Summary; Chapter 12: Custom Controls; 12.1 Extending Existing Controls; 12.2 Building Controls from Scratch; 12.3 Building a Data-Bound Control; 12.4 Building a Composite Templated Control; 12.5 Summary; Part III: Design of the Application; Chapter 13: Principles of Software Design; 13.1 The Big Ball of Mud; 13.2 Universal Software Principles; 13.3 SOLID Principles; 13.4 Tools for Dependency Injection; 13.5 Summary; Chapter 14: Layers of an Application; 14.1 A Multitiered Architecture; 14.2 The Business Layer; 14.3 The Data Access Layer; 14.4 Summary; Chapter 15: The Model-View-Presenter Pattern; 15.1 Patterns for the Presentation Layer; 15.2 Implementing Model View Presenter; 15.3 Testability in Web Forms with MVP; 15.4 Summary; Part IV: Infrastructure of the Application; Chapter 16: The HTTP Request Context; 16.1 Initialization of the Application; 16.2 The global.asax File; 16.3 The HttpContext Class; 16.4 The Server Object; 16.5 The HttpResponse Object; 16.6 The HttpRequest Object; 16.7 Summary; Chapter 17: ASP.NET State Management; 17.1 The Application’s State; 17.2 The Session’s State; 17.3 Working with a Session’s State; 17.4 Customizing Session State Management; 17.5 The View State of a Page; 17.6 Summary; Chapter 18: ASP.NET Caching; 18.1 Caching Application Data; 18.2 Distributed Cache; 18.3 Caching ASP.NET Pages; 18.4 Summary; Chapter 19: ASP.NET Security; 19.1 Where the Threats Come From; 19.2 The ASP.NET Security Context; 19.3 Using Forms Authentication; 19.4 The Membership and Role Management API; 19.5 Quick Tour of Claims-Based Identity; 19.6 Security-Related Controls; 19.7 Summary; Part V: The Client Side; Chapter 20: Ajax Programming; 20.1 The Ajax Infrastructure; 20.2 Partial Rendering in ASP.NET; 20.3 Considerations Regarding Partial Rendering; 20.4 REST and Ajax; 20.5 Summary; Chapter 21: jQuery Programming; 21.1 Power to the Client; 21.2 Working with jQuery; 21.3 Summary;