Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition Step by Step  (English, Paperback, Griffin)

This hands-on, step-by-step guide on building Web applications with Visual Web Developer 2008 is ideal for beginning developers who want to design modern, dynamic web sites.

Discover how to:

• Design a sample Web portal and configure site security
• Use Master Pages to create a consistent look and feel
• Attach a style sheet to an ASP.NET page and apply styles
• Use server controls for greater flexibility and maintainability
• Incorporate HTML and JavaScript editing capabilities
• Create a database and design a user interface to manage it

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Who This Book Is For
• Finding Your Best Starting Point in This Book
• Conventions and Features in This Book
• Conventions
• Other Features
• Hardware and Software Requirements
• Code Samples
• Installing the Code Samples
• Using the Code Samples
• Uninstalling the Code Samples
• Support for This Book
• Questions and Comments
• 1 Introducing Visual Web Developer 2008
• Why Visual Studio Web Developer
• Web Pages
• Controls
• Data
• Web Services
• Summary
• 2 Working in Visual Web Developer 2008
• Running Visual Web Developer for the First Time
• Understanding Visual Studio Web Developer Folders
• Summary
• 3 Creating Your First ASP NET Page
• Creating an ASP NET Web Form
• Previewing a Web Form in a Browser
• Adding HTML to an ASP NET Page
• Adding JavaScript to an ASP NET Page
• Adding HTML on the Server
• Creating Client Controls
• Creating Server Controls
• Summary
• 4 Creating Your First Web Site
• Defining Requirements
• Creating a Web Site
• Understanding Code Behind
• Understanding Namespaces
• Running a Web Site
• Building a Web Site
• Using the ASP NET Site Administration Tool
• Configuring Site Security
• Creating a Login Page
• Using the LoginName and LoginStatus Server Controls
• Changing User Passwords
• Summary
• 5 Using Master Pages
• Creating a Master Page
• Content Placeholder Control
• Attaching a Master Page
• Creating a Look and Feel
• Designing the Personal Portal Master Page
• Adding the Login and LoginStatus Controls
• Adding a ContentPlaceHolder
• Creating a Nested Master Page
• Summary
• 6 Using Server Controls
• Visual Web Developer Server Controls
• Adding a Label Server Control
• Adding Navigation Server Controls
• Creating a SiteMapDataSource Control
• Summary
• 7 Working with HTML and JavaScript
• Introducing Virtual Earth
• Integrating Virtual Earth into the Personal Portal
• Controlling the Virtual Earth Control with an HTML and a JavaScript Interface
• Debugging JavaScript in Visual Web Developer
• Setting a Breakpoint
• Summary
• 8 Working with Databases
• Brief Introduction to Databases
• Database Software
• Creating the ToDo Table in Visual Web Developer
• Creating Rows in the ToDo Table
• Querying Tables by Using Database Explorer
• Summary
• 9 Building Data-Driven User Interfaces
• Data Sets
• Table Adapters
• Creating a User Interface with Data Controls
• Editing Data with Data Controls
• Adding Editing to the GridView Control
• Adding New Data with Data Controls
• Summary
• 10 Using Cascading Style
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Inline Styles
• Using Styles in Visual Web Developer
• Style Management Windows
• Clearing Styles
• Setting Styles for the Personal Portal
• Summary
• 11 Understanding and Using Mashups
• Introducing Mashups
• Popfly
• Creating Your First Mashup
• Visual Web Developer and Popfly
• Using Popfly Explorer
• Embedding Mashups in ASP NET Pages
• Tweaking Your Mashup
• Summary
• 12 Working with Web Services
• Uploading Files to the Server
• Programming the FileUpload Control
• Creating a Web Service
• Creating a Web Method
• Adding a Web Reference to a Project
• Using a Web Service in ASP NET
• Summary
• 13 Deploying Your Web Site
• Shopping for a Provider
• Cost
• ASP NET Support
• Disk Space
• Domain Names
• SQL Server Database Support
• Other Services
• Creating Your Own Host
• Creating the Personal Portal Web Site
• Copying a Web Site with Visual Web Developer
• Summary
• Index
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