Programming Books

A perfect companion to Professional ASP.NET, this indispensable book provides all professional developers with a complete desktop reference containing everything needed to develop ASP.NET applications. Whether it is the important ASP.NET specific namespaces associated with user interface design, or �behind the scenes� concepts like caching, configuration or security, this book provides a handy, easily browsable guide.

This book is aimed at relatively inexperienced web developers who are looking to enrich their sites with dynamically-generated content, and want to learn how to start building web applications using ASP.NET. The title provides a step-by-step introduction to ASP.NET with plenty of worked examples to help you gain a deep understanding of what ASP.NET is all about. Topics covered: Creating basic ASP.NET pages, Learning the basics of VB.NET, Understanding the concepts of Object Oriented Programming, Working with Data and XML, The ASP.NET Server Controls, Creating User Controls and Components, Exploring the world of Web Services, Configuring your ASP.NET Applications, and The future of VoiceXML technologies, including VoiceXML 2.0.

This comprehensive compendium combines a variety of practical code examples and a comprehensive case study with the information you need to master ASP.NET and build dynamic, successful, enterprise Web applications. Topics covered: ASP.NET and the .NET Framework, Creating ASP.NET pages and working with server controls, Data in ASP.NET and an introduction to ADO.NET, ASP.NET class libraries, Configuration and deployment, XML as an integral part of data manipulation, Using Web Services to provide asynchronous background services to applications, and Migration issues.