Mastering ASP.NET with C# -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- What's in This Book? -- Who Should Read This Book? -- Why Did I Write This Book? -- What Will You Learn? -- How to Read This Book -- What's Not in This Book? -- Part I: Basic Web Programming -- Chapter 1: Behind the Scenes: How Web Applications Work -- How Web Requests Work -- How a Client Requests Content -- How the Web Server Responds-Preparation -- How the Web Server Responds-Fulfillment -- What the Client Does with the Response -- Introducing Dynamic Web Pages -- What C# Can Do -- Advantages of C# in Web Applications -- Summary -- Chapter 2: HTML Basics -- What Is HTML? -- Syntax: Tags and Attributes -- Formatting Text -- Including Images on Your Web Site -- Introduction to Hyperlinking -- Formatting Tables -- Using Image Maps -- Understanding Frames -- Controlling Element Position -- Cascading Style Sheets -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Brief Guide to Dynamic Web Applications -- What Is a Dynamic Web Application? -- What Is the Data and Where Is It? -- How Can You Retrieve the Data? -- How Do You Package the Data? -- What Is the User Interface? -- Summary -- Part II: Server-Side Web Programming with Visual C# -- Chapter 4: Introduction to ASP.NET -- What Is ASP.NET? -- Why Do You Need ASP.NET? -- What Does ASP.NET Do? -- Why Is ASP.NET in a C# Web Book? -- Creating Your First Web Form -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Introduction to Web Forms -- Web Forms Are Server-Side Objects -- Form Validation -- Code-Behind Programming -- Page/Form Layout -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Introduction to the System.Web Namespace -- Obtaining Information from the Client -- Sending Information to the Client -- The HttpApplication and HttpApplicationState Objects -- Summary -- Chapter 7: The SessionState Object -- Introduction to Session State.

Cookies, URL Munging, and the ASP.NET Session Object -- Session Variables -- ASP.NET Session State -- Associating Data with Individuals -- Summary -- Chapter 8: The HttpServerUtility Object -- CreateObject and CreateObjectFromClsID Methods -- Executing External Code with Server Object Methods and the #INCLUDE Command -- The Server.HtmlEncode, HtmlDecode, UrlEncode, and UrlDecode Methods -- The Server.GetLastError and ClearError Methods -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Debugging ASP.NET and Error Handling -- Setting Up a Site for Debugging -- Using the Debugger -- ASP.NET Event Sequence -- Defensive Coding: How to Avoid Errors -- Summary -- Chapter 10: File and Event Log Access with ASP.NET -- Accessing Files -- Working with Files -- Creating Files and Directories -- Writing to Files -- Sending and Receiving Files -- Accessing the Windows Registry -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Sending and Receiving Messages with ASP.NET -- Message Types -- Summary -- Part III: Accessing Data with ASP.NET -- Chapter 12: Introduction to Relational Databases and SQL -- Databases versus Files -- Tables, Indexes, Primary Keys, and Foreign Keys -- Set-Based Data Retrieval -- Introduction to SQL -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Introduction to ADO.NET -- The System. Data Namespace -- The ADO.NET Approach to Data Access -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Accessing Data -- Deterministic Finalization -- Retrieve Only the Data You Need -- Introduction to Stored Procedures -- Improving Your Data Access Code -- The DataList and Repeater Web Controls -- Deleting, Updating, and Inserting Data -- How Not to Write an Application -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Using XML in Web Applications -- Introduction to the System.Xml Namespace -- Reading XML Documents -- Using the XmlDataDocument Class -- The XmlException Classes -- Performing XSLT Transforms Programmatically -- Moving to Applications -- Summary.

Part IV: C# Web Applications -- Chapter 16: Introduction to C# Web Applications -- Applications versus Web Sites -- The web.config and machine.config Files Revisited -- Site Hierarchy versus Directory Hierarchy -- Inside Configuration Files -- Creating Custom Configuration Sections -- Configuration File Location and Lock Settings -- Summary -- Chapter 17: State Maintenance and Cacheing -- State Maintenance Options -- Using the Cache Object -- Cacheing ASP.NET Pages -- A Multitude of Choices -- Summary -- Chapter 18: Controlling Access and Monitoring -- Implementing Username/Password Security -- Securing Your Server with SSL -- Monitoring Your Site-Beyond Page Counting -- Disabling an Application for Maintenance -- Summary -- Chapter 19: Planning Applications -- Imagine Something -- Determine the Audience -- Determine the Application Requirements -- Create and Sell a Vision -- Plan the User Interface -- Plan Data Storage and Retrieval -- Plan Object Responsibilities and Interfaces -- Plan Administrative Functions -- Create the Database -- Create Data-Access Components -- Create Business Components -- Build the User Interface -- Summary -- Part V: Advanced Visual C# Web Applications -- Chapter 20: Leveraging Browser Clients -- Which Client-Side Script Makes Sense? -- Sending Script to the Browser -- The Document Object Model -- Accessing the DOM from Script -- Using ActiveX Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 21: Web Services -- Introduction to Web Services -- Build a Web Service -- Consume a Web Service -- SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) -- Finding Web Services (UDDI) -- Summary -- Chapter 22: Web Services, COM Components, and the SOAP Toolkit -- Why Worry about Older Technology? -- Create a Client Application -- Create a Server Application -- Summary -- Chapter 23: Build Your Own Web Controls -- Build a User Control -- Build a Composite Control.

Build a Custom Server Control -- Transferring Data Between ASP.NET Web Forms and Components -- Summary -- Chapter 24: Efficiency and Scalability -- Always Consider Efficiency -- Response Time versus Development Cost -- Hardware versus Software -- Tips for Efficiency and Scalability -- Summary -- Afterword -- Web Development Is Time Intensive -- Browser Incompatibilities Cause Problems -- Browsers Are Great-But Not Always -- XML Is Important -- What Should You Study Now? -- Part VI: Appendices -- Appendix A: Quick HTML Reference -- Quick Tag Reference -- HTML 4 Attribute Reference -- Appendix B: JScript 5.5 Reference -- JScript Intrinsic Objects -- JScript Properties -- JScript Methods -- JScript Functions -- JScript Statements -- JScript Operators -- JScript Microsoft-Specific Extensions -- JScript Constants -- JScript Feature Availability, by Version -- Index.