Beginning Visual Web Developer 2005 Express: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to Professional)

The primary goal of this book is to demonstrate the range of functionality available within Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express, and to demonstrate its effective use when developing applications. The book's secondary goal is to examine how modern coding best practices can be applied within this new product.The book will provide a rigorous overview of the application: how it operates, how it compares to the other versions of Visual Studio .NET 2005 available, and how you can use it to best effect. Each chapter builds on the ones before it to demonstrate the techniques and concepts you need to build working ASP.NET 2.0 applications. The book does not assume any prior coding knowledge and will teach you everything you need to know along the way.

The primary goal of this book is to demonstrate Visual Web Developer 2005 Expresss effectiveness when developing applications. The secondary goal is to examine how coding best-practices can be applied with this new product. Beginning Visual Web Developer 2005 Express provides a rigorous overview of the application: how it operates, how it compares to the other versions of Visual Studio .NET 2005 now available, and the best way to use it.

The authors demonstrate techniques and concepts that you need to build working ASP.NET 2.0 applications. They use real applications based on VWDs Personal Web Starter Kit. They also compare and contrast VWD and VS .NET, and discuss how to overcome difficulties when moving from one to the other. The books practical and goal-oriented discussion helps you maximize VWD Express as quickly as possible. This book does not assume any prior coding knowledge, so hobbyists and students alike will be able to glean valuable information from it.

Intro. VWD 2005 Express, Including 'Personal Web Starter Kit'.- The Integrated Development Environment.- Introducing SQL Server Express.- Website Creation.- Securing Websites.- Server Controls.- Using Master Pages, Themes and Skins.- Working with Data Using ADO.Net.- Data Binding in ASP.Net.- Managing Site Navigation.- Localization.- Personalization.- Administration and Configuration.- Debugging your Website.- Deployment.- Monitoring Performance, Scalability and Optimization.- Adding the Finishing Touch.