Cover -- Chapter 1: Getting Started with ASP.NET 4.5 -- Microsoft Visual Studio Express for Web -- Creating Your First ASP.NET 4.5 Website -- An Introduction to ASP.NET 4.5 -- A Tour of the IDE -- Customizing the IDE -- The Sample Application -- Practical Tips on Visual Studio -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Building an ASP.NET Website -- Creating Websites with Visual Studio 2012 -- Working with Files in Your Website -- Working with Web Forms -- Practical Tips on Working with Web Forms -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Designing Your Web Pages -- Why Do You Need CSS? -- An Introduction to CSS -- Working with CSS in Visual Studio -- Practical Tips on Working with CSS -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Working with ASP.NET Server Controls -- Introduction to Server Controls -- A Closer Look at ASP.NET Server Controls -- Types of Controls -- The ASP.NET State Engine -- Practical Tips on Working with Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Programming Your ASP.NET Web Pages -- Introduction to Programming -- Data Types and Variables -- Statements -- Organizing Code -- Object Orientation Basics -- Practical Tips on Programming -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Creating Consistent Looking Websites -- Consistent Page Layout with Master Pages -- Using a Centralized Base Page -- Themes -- Skins -- Practical Tips on Creating Consistent Pages -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Navigation -- Different Ways to Move Around Your Site -- Using the Navigation Controls -- Programmatic Redirection -- Practical Tips on Navigation -- Summary -- Chapter 8: User Controls -- Introduction to User Controls -- Adding Logic to Your User Controls -- Practical Tips on User Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Validating User Input -- Gathering Data from the User -- Processing Data at the Server -- Practical Tips on Validating Data -- Summary -- Chapter 10: ASP.NET AJAX -- Introducing Ajax -- Using ASP.NET AJAX in Your Projects.

Using Web Services and Page Methods in Ajax Websites -- Practical Ajax Tips -- Summary -- Chapter 11: jQuery -- An Introduction to jQuery -- jQuery Syntax -- Modifying the DOM with jQuery -- Effects with jQuery -- jQuery and Validation -- Practical Tips on jQuery -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Introducing Databases -- What Is a Database? -- Different Kinds of Relational Databases -- Using SQL to Work with Database Data -- Retrieving and Manipulating Data with SQL -- Creating Your Own Tables -- Practical Database Tips -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Displaying and Updating Data -- Data Controls -- Data Source and Data-Bound Controls Working Together -- Customizing the Appearance of the Data Controls -- Updating and Inserting Data -- Practical Tips for Displaying and Updating Data -- Summary -- Chapter 14: LINQ and the ADO.NET Entity Framework -- Introducing LINQ -- Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework -- Mapping Your Data Model to an Object Model -- Introducing Query Syntax -- Using Server Controls with LINQ Queries -- Practical LINQ and ADO.NET Entity Framework Tips -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Working with Data-Advanced Topics -- Wrox.com Code Downloads for this Chapter -- Formatting Your Controls Using Styles -- Handling Events -- Hand-Coding Data Access Code -- Caching -- Practical Data Tips -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Security in Your ASP.NET 4.5 Website -- Wrox.com Code Downloads for this Chapter -- Introducing Security -- Introducing the Login Controls -- The Role Manager -- Practical Security Tips -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Personalizing Websites -- Wrox.com Code Downloads for this Chapter -- Understanding Profile -- Other Ways of Dealing with Profile -- Practical Personalization Tips -- Summary -- Chapter 18: Exception Handling, Debugging, and Tracing -- Wrox.com Code Downloads for this Chapter -- Exception Handling -- The Basics of Debugging.

Tools Support for Debugging -- Debugging Client-Side Script -- Debugging with the Page Inspector -- Tracing Your ASP.NET Web Pages -- Practical Debugging Tips -- Summary -- Chapter 19: Deploying Your Website -- Wrox.com Code Downloads for this Chapter -- Preparing Your Website for Deployment -- Introducing Bundling and Minification -- Copying Your Website -- Running Your Site Under IIS -- Moving Data to a Remote Server -- The Deployment Checklist -- What's Next -- Summary -- Appendix A: Exercise Answers -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Appendix B: Confi guring SQL Server 2012 -- Configuring SQL Server 2012 -- Configuring Application Services -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Who This Book Is For -- What This Book Covers -- How This Book Is Structured -- What You Need to Use This Book -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- p2p.wrox.com -- Advertisement.