Learning ASP.Net 2.0 with Ajax: A Practical Hands-On Guide

With this book, web developers can build engaging and interactive sites and applications using Microsoft's latest web development tools — ASP.NET 2.0 and the new ASP.NET AJAX framework. You learn to create applications that have all the great tricks you see on popular commercial web sites, such as order forms and the ability to interact with a database. And you can build pages that display information interactively without a page refresh. This straightforward tutorial explains how.

Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX helps you master the concepts and techniques of Microsoft's tools with plenty of annotated examples, review quizzes, web construction exercises and chapter summaries, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. With it, you'll learn to:

• Master the fundamental skills of ASP.NET 2.0 to build professional quality web applications



• Integrate new Ajax tools and CSS with ASP.NET 2.0 for flashier and more interactive sites



• Build applications with minimal coding using Visual Studio or its free counterpart, Visual Web Developer



• Connect your site with a database so that users can retrieve, interact and save data



• Debug your application, deal with unexpected problems, and protect your site from malicious users



• Use the community-maintained ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit to extend the controls that come with ASP.NET AJAX



• Use personalization tools to give your site a customized look for each user

Ideal for beginning web developers, or those who are new to ASP.NET, this book gets you involved with your own learning through hands-on lessons that are clear and to the point. You get the chance to try out new techniques on the spot. Want to join the world of modern web development? This book will get you started.

In this hands-on guide, bestselling author Liberty and Web expert Hurwitz teach beginning ASP.Net developers how to quickly build more engaging and interactive Web sites by using Microsofts newly released AJAX framework.

Hurwitz is the president of Sterling Solutions, Inc., where for nearly 20 years he as provided contract programming and database development to a wide variety of clients.

DedicationPrefaceChapter 1: Getting StartedChapter 2: Building Web ApplicationsChapter 3: Snappier Web Sites with AJAXChapter 4: Saving and Retrieving DataChapter 5: ValidationChapter 6: Style Sheets, Master Pages, and NavigationChapter 7: State and Life CycleChapter 8: Errors, Exceptions, and Bugs, Oh My!Chapter 9: Security and PersonalizationChapter 10: Putting It All TogetherInstalling the ApplicationsCopying a Web SiteAnswers to Quizzes and ExercisesColophon