Essential ASP.NET with Examples in Visual Basic.NET

"This well-conceived and well-written book has extensive knowledge and priceless experience overflowing from its pages. It captures the true essence of ASP.NET and walks the reader to a high level of technical and architectural skill."
--J. Fred Maples, Director of Software Engineering, NASDAQ.com

Essential ASP.NET with Examples in Visual Basic .NET is the Visual Basic programmer's definitive reference for ASP.NET through version 1.1. It provides experienced programmers with the information needed to fully understand the technology, and is a clear guide to using ASP.NET to build robust and well-architected Web applications.

This book begins with a discussion of the rationale behind the design of ASP.NET and an introduction to how it builds on top of the .NET framework. Subsequent chapters explore the host of new features in ASP.NET, including the server-side compilation model, code-behind classes, server-side controls, form validation, the data binding model, and custom control development. Throughout the book, working examples illustrate best practices for building Web-based applications in VB.NET.

Among the topics explored in depth are:

• ASP.NET architecture
• Web forms
• Configuration
• HTTP pipeline
• Diagnostics and error handling
• Validation
• Data binding
• Custom controls
• Caching
• State management
• Security

Essential ASP.NET with Examples in Visual Basic .NET provides readers with the know-how needed to build more powerful, better architected Web applications with ASP.NET.

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Written for experienced programmers, this guide outlines the architecture of ASP.NET, and demonstrates how to write web applications in Visual Basic. The author, who teaches .NET courses, describes web forms, configuration elements, the classes involved with servicing HTTP requests, the process of binding server-side data to controls, the basics of building custom controls, and the mechanism of output caching. Another version of the book provides examples in C

Fritz Onion is a member of the technical staff at DevelopMentor where he teaches courses in .NET and oversees the ASP.NET curriculum. He is a former columnist for C++ Report, and currently writes articles for various publications including MSDN Magazine. He speaks regularly at industry conferences and was the cochair of the Web development track at Win-Dev's Fall Developers Summit 2002. Fritz received his B.A. from Harvard University and his M.S. from the University of California, Irvine.