Hank Meyne & Scott Davis 
Developing Web Applications with ASP.NET and C# 

Learn how to create the basic, dynamic, and advanced ASP.NETpages in C#Packed with tips, tricks, and workarounds, this book coversevery aspect of developing a Web application for the enterpriseusing ASP.NET and C#. Written by Microsoft insiders, it showsreaders how to create the basic, dynamic, and advanced ASP.NETpages in Microsoft’s new C# programming language, and explains howto interact with the database using ADO.NET.The authors review how to transport and display data on the Internet or an Intranet using XML, objects, and Web services. Theyalso explain how to implement security with authentication, integrate important e-commerce issues, and optimize the ASP.NET Webapplication for optimal performance.Companion Web site features complete source code samples for theapplications developed and explained in the book.Microsoft Technologies.NET Platform: The next big overhaul to Microsoft’stechnologies that will bring enterprise distributed computing tothe next level by fully integrating the Internet into thedevelopment platform. This will allow interaction between anymachine, on any platform, and on any device.Visual Basic.NET: The update to this popular visualprogramming language will offer greater Web functionality, moresophisticated object-oriented language features, links to Microsoft’s new common runtime, and a new interface.ASP.NET: A programming framework (formerly known as Active Server Pages) for building powerful Web-based enterpriseapplications; can be programmed using VB.NET or C#.C#: Microsoft’s new truly object-oriented programminglanguage that builds on the strengths of C++ and the ease of Visual Basic; promises to give Sun’s Java a run for its money.

Table of Content

Dedication.Acknowledgments.About the Authors.Introduction.Making Sense of .NET.Anatomy of an ASP.NET Page.Server Controls.Database Access.Creating More Advanced ASP.NET Pages.Applying What We’ve Learned So Far.Web Services.Security and Membership.Adding E-Commerce Essentials.Debugging and Optimization.

About the author

HANK MEYNE and SCOTT DAVIS are Microsoft insiders who have been working with the .NET technology since its announcement. Their enterprise project for a Florida-based e-business was one of fifty chosen by Microsoft to receive hands-on support in Microsoft’s .net GAIN program. The resulting Web site was one of the first .NET solutions to be launched in the world.