ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming: Problem, Design, Solution (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

Unlike many other ASP.NET books that show examples for individual pages or features, the example in this book is an integrated end–to–end site (written in C#). The entire book and site has been written specifically for ASP.NET 2.0, to use the ASP.NET 2.0 features wherever they make sense.

The end–result is a website which features a layout with user–selectable themes, a membership system, a content management system for publishing and syndicating articles and photos, polls, mailing lists, forums, an e–commerce store with support for real–time credit card processing, homepage personalization, and localization. The book leads the reader through development of a site with:

• Account registration, personalization and theming
• News and events, organized into categories
• Opinion polls
• Newsletter
• Forums
• E–commerce store with shopping cart and order management
• Localization

• Full online back–end administrative section, to manage practically all data from an intuitive user interface
• Site deployment

• Master pages
• Theming
• Personalization & Web parts
• Membership & Profile modules
• Personalization
• The new server–side UI controls such as GridView, DetailsView, FormView, Wizard, MultiView, the new xxxDataSource and navigation controls, among others.
• The new compilation mode and deployment modes
• The new framework for instrumenting the site, as well as handling & logging exceptions
• The new ADO.NET 2.0 features (e.g. caching with database dependency)
• The new classes for easy distributed transactions Management

This book is also available as part of the 5–book ASP.NET 2.0 Wrox Box (ISBN: 0–470–11757–5). This 5–book set includes:

• Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition (ISBN: 0–470–04178–1)
• ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming: Problem – Design – Solution (ISBN: 0764584642 )
• Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Security, Membership, and Role Management (ISBN: 0764596985)
• Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control and Component Development (ISBN: 0471793507)
• ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks and Tips (ISBN: 0764597663)
• CD–ROM with more than 1000 pages of bonus chapters from 15 other .NET 2.0 and SQL Server(TM) 2005 Wrox books
• DVD with 180–day trial version of Microsoft(r) Visual Studio(r) 2005 Professional Edition

The self–contained chapters first present a problem to be addressed, then discuss the design features needed to solve the problem. After you′ve established how to resolve the problem, you′ll use hands–on practice and code to execute the solution. In the end, you′ll have integrated all the new abilities of ASP.NET 2.0 into a single site boasting rich functionalities.

What you will learn from this book

• How the built–in functions of the 2.0 release reduces the amount of code you′ll need to write
• Unique and resourceful ways to handle various problems you face daily during the development of any website
• How to implement new features including themes, membership, personalization, localization, master pages, web parts, and caching
• Mastery of many of the new server controls including GridView, DetailsView, MultiView, Wizard, Menu, SiteMap, and Login

Who this book is for

This book is for programmers with a working familiarity with ASP.NET 1.x, although you are not required to know ASP.NET 2.0.

"This book is different from most others you can find in bookstores. When you consider performance, security, robustness, scalability, and care for details, Marco′s TheBeerHouse sample application is more real–world than most real–world sites I have seen recently. In fact, as of this writing it′s the best demonstration of ASP.NET 2.0′s new features."
—From the foreword by Francesco Balena, founder of .Net2TheMax, author, and Microsoft Regional Director