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THE ULTIMATE ASP.NET BEGINNER’S GUIDE
4TH EDITION
BUILD YOUR OWN
ASP.NET 4
WEBSITE
BY CRISTIAN DARIE
WYATT BARNETT
& TIM POSEY
USING C# & VB
Summary of Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
1. Introducing ASP.NET and the .NET Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. ASP.NET Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3. VB and C# Programming Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4. Constructing ASP.NET Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5. Building Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
6. Using the Validation Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
7. Database Design and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
8. Speaking SQL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
9. ADO.NET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
10. Displaying Content Using Data Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
11. Managing Content Using GridView and DetailsView . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
12. Advanced Data Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
13. Security and User Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
14. Working with Files and Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
15. Introduction to LINQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
16. Introduction to MVC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
17. ASP.NET AJAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
A. Web Control Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
B. Deploying ASP.NET Websites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775
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BUILD YOUR OWN
ASP.NET 4 WEBSITE
USING C# & VB
BY CRISTIAN DARIE
WYATT BARNETT
TIM POSEY
4TH EDITION
Build Your Own ASP.NET 4 Website Using C# & VB
by Cristian Darie, Wyatt Barnett, and Tim Posey
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Editor: Sarah BroomhallExpert Reviewer: Pranav Rastogi
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Latest Update: Fourth Edition: September
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