Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 (eBook)

Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.

Contents at a Glance 4
Contents 6
About the Authors 27
About the Technical Reviewer 28
Introduction 29
What Does This Book Cover? 29
Who Is This Book For? 30
What Do You Need to Use This Book? 31
Customer Support 31
Core Concepts 33
Introducing ASP.NET 34
The Evolution of Web Development 34
Seven Important Facts About ASP. NET 37
ASP. NET 3.5: The Story Continues 46
Summary 52
Visual Studio 53
The . NET Development Model 54
The Visual Studio IDE 66
The Code Editor 72
The Code Model 78
Web Projects 85
Visual Studio Debugging 89
Visual Studio Macros 95
The Web Development Helper 97
Summary 99
Web Forms 100
Page Processing 100
Web Forms Processing Stages 115
The Page As a Control Container 121
The Page Class 128
Summary 143
Server Controls 144
Types of Server Controls 144
HTML Server Controls 147
Web Controls 156
The List Controls 169
Input Validation Controls 175
Rich Controls 189
Summary 194
ASP.NET Applications 195
Anatomy of an ASP. NET Application 195
The global. asax Application File 199
ASP. NET Configuration 204
. NET Components 226
Extending the HTTP Pipeline 231
Summary 246
State Management 247
ASP. NET State Management 247
View State 250
Transferring Information Between Pages 259
Cookies 268
Session State 269
Application State 279
Summary 283
Data Access 284
ADO.NET Fundamentals 285
The ADO. NET Architecture 286
The Connection Class 291
The Command and DataReader Classes 296
Transactions 312
Provider- Agnostic Code 320
Summary 323
Data Components and the DataSet 324
Building a Data Access Component 324
Disconnected Data 336
The DataSet 338
The DataAdapter Class 340
The DataView Class 348
Typed DataSets 355
Summary 364
Data Binding 365
Basic Data Binding 365
Data Source Controls 379
The SqlDataSource 381
The ObjectDataSource 395
The Limits of the Data Source Controls 405
Summary 408
Rich Data Controls 409
The GridView 410
Formatting the GridView 414
GridView Row Selection 421
Sorting the GridView 425
Paging the GridView 430
GridView Templates 436
The ListView 447
The DetailsView and FormView 453
Advanced Grids 457
Summary 474
Caching and Asynchronous Pages 475
Understanding ASP. NET Caching 475
Output Caching 476
Data Caching 485
Cache Dependencies 493
Custom Cache Dependencies 505
Asynchronous Pages 509
Summary 520
Files and Streams 521
Working with the File System 521
Reading and Writing Files with Streams 538
Serialization 550
Summary 553
LINQ 554
LINQ Basics 554
LINQ to DataSet 567
LINQ to SQL 570
The LinqDataSource 601
Summary 609
XML 610
When Does Using XML Make Sense? 610
An Introduction to XML 611
Stream- Based XML Processing 617
In- Memory XML Processing 623
Searching XML Content 635
Validating XML Content 642
Transforming XML Content 645
XML Data Binding 650
XML and the ADO. NET DataSet 661
Summary 665
Building ASP. NET Websites 666
User Controls 667
User Control Basics 667
Adding Code to a User Control 670
Dynamically Loading User Controls 679
Partial Page Caching 683
Summary 685
Themes and Master Pages 687
Cascading Style Sheets 687
Themes 692
Standardizing Website Layout 702
Master Page Basics 702
Advanced Master Pages 711
Summary 715
Website Navigation 716
Pages with Multiple Views 716
Site Maps 728
The TreeView Control 749
The Menu Control 758
Summary 764
Website Deployment 765
Internet Information Services ( IIS) 765
Managing Websites 791
Deploying Your ASP. NET Applications 818
The VirtualPathProvider in ASP. NET 835
Health Monitoring in ASP. NET 839
Summary 843
Security 845
The ASP.NET Security Model 846
What It Means to Create Secure Software 846
Understanding the Levels of Security 849
Internet Information Services Security 854
ASP. NET Security Architecture 871
Summary 877
Forms Authentication 878
Introducing Forms Authentication 878
Implementing Forms Authentication 884
IIS 7.0 and Forms Authentication 897
Summary 903
Membership 904
Introducing the ASP. NET Membership API 904
Using the Membership API 907
Using the Security Controls 921
Configuring Membership in IIS 7.0 945
Using the Membership Class 949
Summary 956
Windows Authentication 957
Introducing Windows Authentication 957
Implementing Windows Authentication 966
Impersonation 980
Summary 991
Authorization and Roles 992
URL Authorization 992
File Authorization 998
Authorization Checks in Code 999
Using the Roles API for Role- Based Authorization 1002
Protecting Non- ASP. NET Resources in IIS 5 and 6 1014
Authorization and Roles in IIS 7.0 1017
Summary 1023
Profiles 1025
Understanding Profiles 1025
Using the SqlProfileProvider 1028
Custom Profile Providers 1045
Summary 1056
Cryptography 1057
Encrypting Data: Confidentiality Matters 1057
The . NET Cryptography Namespace 1058
Understanding the . NET Cryptography Classes 1062
Encrypting Sensitive Data 1067
Encrypting the Query String 1081
Summary 1086
Custom Membership Providers 1087
Architecture of Custom Providers 1087
Basic Steps for Creating Custom Providers 1089
Summary 1122
Advanced User Interface 1123
Custom Server Controls 1124
Custom Server Control Basics 1124
Dealing with Different Browsers 1134
Control State and Events 1142
Extending Existing Web Controls 1150
Template Controls 1156
Summary 1165
Design-Time Support 1166
The Key Players 1166
Design- Time Attributes 1167
Web Resources 1174
Code Serialization 1177
Control Designers 1189
Summary 1197
Dynamic Graphics and GDI+ 1198
The ImageMap Control 1198
Drawing with GDI+ 1203
Embedding Dynamic Graphics in a Web Page 1214
Charting with GDI+ 1223
Summary 1228
Portals with Web Part Pages 1229
Typical Portal Pages 1230
Basic Web Part Pages 1231
Creating Web Parts 1240
Summary 1283
Client-Side Programming 1284
JavaScript and Ajax Techniques 1285
JavaScript Essentials 1285
Basic JavaScript Examples 1294
Script Injection Attacks 1303
Custom Controls with JavaScript 1306
Frames 1313
Understanding Ajax 1316
Using Ajax with Client Callbacks 1323
Summary 1334
ASP.NET AJAX 1335
Introducing ASP. NET AJAX 1335
Server Callbacks 1338
ASP. NET AJAX Server Controls 1356
Deeper into the Client Libraries 1367
Control Extenders 1381
Summary 1390
Silverlight 1391
Understanding Silverlight 1391
Creating a Silverlight Project 1396
Silverlight Essentials 1406
Silverlight and ASP. NET 1420
Drawing in 2D 1424
Animation 1441
Summary 1452
Index 1453