Beginning Visual Web Developer 2005 Express: From Novice to Professional

Description

The primary goal of this book is to demonstrate Visual Web Developer 2005 Expresss effectiveness when developing applications. The secondary goal is to examine how coding best-practices can be applied with this new product. Beginning Visual Web Developer 2005 Express provides a rigorous overview of the application: how it operates, how it compares to the other versions of Visual Studio .NET 2005 now available, and the best way to use it.

The authors demonstrate techniques and concepts that you need to build working ASP.NET 2.0 applications. They use real applications based on VWDs Personal Web Starter Kit. They also compare and contrast VWD and VS .NET, and discuss how to overcome difficulties when moving from one to the other. The books practical and goal-oriented discussion helps you maximize VWD Express as quickly as possible. This book does not assume any prior coding knowledge, so hobbyists and students alike will be able to glean valuable information from it.

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Beginning Visual Web
Developer 2005 Express
From Novice to Professional
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Paul Sarknas
with Rick Delorme
Beginning Visual Web Developer 2005 Express: From Novice to Professional
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Contents at a Glance
About the Authors
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About the Technical Reviewer
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CHAPTER 1
Introducing Visual Web Developer
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CHAPTER 2
The Development Environment
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CHAPTER 3
Introducing SQL Server Express
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CHAPTER 4
Server Controls
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CHAPTER 5
Master Pages, Themes, and Skins
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CHAPTER 6
Working with Data Using ADO.NET
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CHAPTER 7
Managing Site Navigation
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CHAPTER 8
Localization
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CHAPTER 9
Personalization
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CHAPTER 10
Administration and Configuration
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CHAPTER 11
Securing Websites
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CHAPTER 12
Debugging Your Website
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CHAPTER 13
Deployment
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CHAPTER 14
Post Development
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INDEX
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