FOREWORD xli
INTRODUCTION xliii
PART I: ASP.NET FUNDAMENTALS
CHAPTER 1: ONE ASP.NET 3
Introducing One ASP.NET 3
Evolution of ASP.NET 4
The Web Evolves and We Evolve with It 5
Simplifying a Complex Ecosystem 6
Web Ecosystem 7
Getting Started Is Easy 8
Integrating the Ecosystem Is Easy 9
Real-World Example 11
How Do You Benefi t? 14
ASP.NET Makes Getting Started Easy 14
ASP.NET Supports the Web Ecosystem 14
ASP.NET Makes Finding, Adding, and Updating Lego
Blocks to Your Site Easy 15
ASP.NET Helps You Apply Concepts from One Framework to Another 15
ASP.NET Moves as Fast as the Web 15
Summary 16
CHAPTER 2: HTML5 AND CSS3 DESIGN WITH ASP.NET 17
Caveats 18
HTML5 Overview 18
New Elements, Attributes, and Values in HTML5 19
Using the New HTML5 Markup 22
New APIs in HTML5 23
CSS3 Overview 24
Creating Style Sheets 25
CSS Rules 27
CSS Inheritance 34
Element Layout and Positioning 35
New Features in CSS3 41
HTML and CSS Compatibility 45
Working with HTML and CSS in Visual Studio 46
Working with CSS in Visual Studio 46
Styling ASP.NET Controls 48
HTML and CSS Improvements in Visual Studio 2012 50
Page Inspector 51
Summary 52
CHAPTER 3: ASP.NET WEB FORMS STRUCTURE 53
Application Location Options 53
Using File System (IIS Express) 54
Using IIS 55
Using FTP 56
The ASP.NET Page Structure Options 57
Inline Coding 57
Code-Behind Model 59
ASP.NET 4.5 Page Directives 61
@Page 62
@Master 64
@Control 66
@Import 67
@Implements 69
@Register 69
@Assembly 70
@PreviousPageType 70
@MasterType 70
@OutputCache 71
@Reference 71
ASP.NET Page Events 71
Dealing with Postbacks 73
Cross-Page Posting 73
ASP.NET Application Folders 78
App_Code Folder 78
App_Data Folder 82
App_GlobalResources Folder 82
App_LocalResources Folder 83
App_WebReferences Folder 83
App_Browsers Folder 83
Compilation 83
Build Providers 87
Using the Built-In Build Providers 88
Using Your Own Build Providers 89
Global.asax 93
Working with Classes through Visual Studio 2012 96
Summary 99
PART II: CONTROLS
CHAPTER 4: ASP.NET SERVER CONTROLS
AND CLIENT-SIDE SCRIPTS 103
ASP.NET Server Controls 104
Types of Server Controls 104
Building with Server Controls 105
Working with Server Control Events 107
Applying Styles to Server Controls 108
HTML Server Controls 111
Looking at the HtmlControl Base Class 112
Looking at the HtmlContainerControl Class 113
Looking at All of the HTML Classes 113
Using the HtmlGenericControl Class 114
Identifying ASP.NET Server Controls 115
Manipulating Pages and Server Controls
with JavaScript 117
Using Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock 119
Using Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript 120
Using Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptInclude 122
Summary 122
CHAPTER 5: ASP.NET WEB SERVER CONTROLS 123
An Overview of Web Server Controls 124
The Label Server Control 124
The Literal Server Control 126
The TextBox Server Control 127
Using the Focus() Method 127
Using Auto Post Back 128
Using Auto Complete Type 129
The Button Server Control 130
The Causes Validation Property 130
The Command Name Property 130
Buttons That Work with Client-Side JavaScript 131
The LinkButton Server Control 133
The ImageButton Server Control 134
The HyperLink Server Control 134
The DropDownList Server Control 135
Visually Removing Items from a Collection 137
The ListBox Server Control 139
Allowing Users to Select Multiple Items 139
An Example of Using the ListBox Control 139
Adding Items to a Collection 141
The CheckBox Server Control 142
How to Determine Whether Check Boxes Are Checked 143
Assigning a Value to a Check Box 143
Aligning Text around the Check Box 144
The CheckBoxList Server Control 144
The RadioButton Server Control 146
The RadioButtonList Server Control 148
Image Server Control 149
Table Server Control 151
The Calendar Server Control 153
Making a Date Selection from the Calendar Control 153
Choosing a Date Format to Output from the Calendar 154
Making Day, Week, or Month Selections 155
Working with Date Ranges 155
Modifying the Style and Behavior of Your Calendar 157
AdRotator Server Control 160
The Xml Server Control 161
Panel Server Control 162
The PlaceHolder Server Control 164
BulletedList Server Control 165
HiddenField Server Control 171
FileUpload Server Control 172
Uploading Files Using the FileUpload Control 172
Giving ASP.NET Proper Permissions to Upload Files 175
Understanding File Size Limitations 176
Uploading Multiple Files from the Same Page 177
Placing the Uploaded File into a Stream Object 180
Moving File Contents from a Stream Object to a Byte Array 181
MultiView and View Server Controls 181
Wizard Server Control 185
Customizing the Side Navigation 186
Examining the Allow Return Attribute 187
Working with the Step Type Attribute 187
Adding a Header to the Wizard Control 188
Working with the Wizard’s Navigation System 189
Utilizing Wizard Control Events 190
Using the Wizard Control to Show Form Elements 191
ImageMap Server Control 196
Summary 198
CHAPTER 6: VALIDATION SERVER CONTROLS 199
Understanding Validation 199
Client-Side versus Server-Side Validation 200
ASP.NET Validation Server Controls 201
Validation Causes 202
Unobtrusive Validation in ASP.NET 4.5 203
The Required Field Validator Server Control 205
The Compare Validator Server Control 209
The Range Validator Server Control 212
The Regular Expression Validator Server Control 216
The Custom Validator Server Control 217
The Validation Summary Server Control 222
Turning Off Client-Side Validation 224
Using Images and Sounds for Error Notifications 225
Working with Validation Groups 227
Summary 230
CHAPTER 7: USER AND SERVER CONTROLS 231
User Controls 232
Creating User Controls 232
Interacting with User Controls 234
Loading User Controls Dynamically 235
Server Controls 240
Server Control Projects 240
Control Attributes 244
Control Rendering 245
Styling HTML 251
Adding Client-Side Features 253
Browser Capabilities 261
Using View State 263
Raising Postback Events 267
Handling Postback Data 270
Composite Controls 273
Templated Controls 275
Design-Time Experiences 279
Summary 296
PART III: DATA ACCESS
CHAPTER 8: DATA BINDING 299
Data Source Controls 299
Sql Data Source Control 301
Access Data Source Control 307
Linq Data Source Control 307
Entity Data Source Control 307
Using the Query Extender for Complex Filters 309
Xml Data Source Control 310
Object Data Source Control 311
Site Map Data Source Control 313
Data Source Control Caching 313
Data-Bound Controls 314
GridView 314
Editing GridView Row Data 323
Deleting GridView Data 329
Details View 330
Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Data Using Details View 333
List View 334
Form View 340
Other Data-Bound Controls 343
Tree View 343
Menu 344
Chart 344
Inline Data-Binding Syntax 347
Data-Binding Syntax 348
XML Data Binding 348
Using Expressions and Expression Builders 349
Summary 353
CHAPTER 9: MODEL BINDING 355
Model Binding 355
Selecting Data 356
Paging 357
Filtering 357
Using Value Providers 358
Inserting Data 359
Updating Data 360
Using Strongly Typed Controls 362
Extending Model Binding 363
Custom Value Providers 363
Custom Model Binders 365
Custom Model Data Source 367
Summary 369
CHAPTER 10: QUERYING WITH LINQ 371
LINQ to Objects 372
Understanding Traditional Query Methods 372
Replacing Traditional Queries with LINQ 376
Grouping Data Using LINQ 384
Using Other LINQ Operators 385
Making LINQ Joins 386
Paging Using LINQ 387
LINQ to XML 388
A Simple LINQ to XML Example 389
Joining XML Data 392
LINQ to SQL 393
Using the O/R Mapper 393
Accessing and Querying Data 395
Using Other SQL Query Methods 399
Making Insert, Update, and Delete Queries through LINQ 401
LINQ to Entities 405
Creating an Entity Framework Data Model 406
Accessing Data 406
Writing LINQ Queries 407
Summary 409
CHAPTER 11: ENTITY FRAMEWORK 411
Can We Speak the Same Language? 412
Development Workflow Options 413
The Entity Data Model 414
Creating Your First Entity Data Model 414
Working through the EDM Wizard 416
Using the Entity Framework Designer 418
Building an ASP.NET Web Form Using Your EDM 420
Understanding Relationships 422
One-to-One and One-to-Many Relationships 422
Many-to-One and Many-to-Many Relationships 425
Performing Inheritance within the EDM 427
Using the Entity Data Source Control 430
Creating the Base Page 430
Configuring the Data Source Control 431
Entity Framework Code First 433
Creating a Code First Model 433
Convention over Configuration 437
Relationships in Code First 437
Code First Migrations 440
Summary 442
CHAPTER 12: ASP.NET DYNAMIC DATA 443
Dynamic Data Features 443
Looking at the Core Files Created in the Default Application 443
Application Features 444
Running the Application 445
Results of the Application 445
Adding Dynamic Data to an Existing Application 448
Understanding Model Binding 449
Attribute Driven UI 450
Attribute Driven Validation 452
Summary 453
CHAPTER 13: WORKING WITH SERVICES 455
Communication between Disparate Systems 455
Building a Simple XML Web Service 457
The Web Service Page Directive 458
Looking at the Base Web Service Class File 458
Exposing Custom Datasets as SOAP 459
The XML Web Service Interface 462
Consuming a Simple XML Web Service 464
Adding a Web Reference 464
Invoking the Web Service from the Client Application 466
Overloading Web Methods 468
Caching Web Service Responses 472
Using SOAP Headers 472
Building a Web Service with SOAP Headers 473
Consuming a Web Service Using SOAP Headers 474
Requesting Web Services Using SOAP 1.2 476
Consuming Web Services Asynchronously 478
Windows Communication Foundation 480
WCF Overview 481
Building a WCF Service 481
Building the WCF Consumer 488
Adding a Service Reference 488
Working with Data Contracts 490
Defining Name spaces 495
Using WCF Data Services 495
Creating Your First Service 496
Querying the Interface 502
Consuming WCF Data Services in ASP.NET 512
ASP.NET Web API 515
Building Your First Web API 515
Understanding Web API Routing 520
Consuming a Web API 521
Summary 525
PART IV: PROVIDERS
CHAPTER 14: INTRODUCTION TO THE PROVIDER MODEL 529
Understanding the Provider 530
The Provider Model in ASP.NET 4.5 531
Setting Up Your Provider to Work with Microsoft SQL Server
2005, 2008, or 2012 532
Membership Providers 537
Role Providers 540
The Personalization Provider 544
The Site Map Provider 545
Session State Providers 546
Web Event Providers 548
Configuration Providers 554
Summary 557
CHAPTER 15: EXTENDING THE PROVIDER MODEL 559
Providers Are One Tier in a Larger Architecture 559
Modifying through Attribute-Based Programming 560
Simpler Password Structures through the Sql Membership Provider 561
Stronger Password Structures through the Sql Membership Provider 563
Examining ProviderBase 564
Building Your Own Providers 566
Creating the CustomProviders Application 566
Constructing the Class Skeleton Required 567
Creating the XML User Data Store 570
Defining the Provider Instance in the web.config File 570
Not Implementing Methods and Properties
of the Membership Provider Class 571
Implementing Methods and Properties
of the Membership Provider Class 572
Using the Xml Membership Provider for User Login 579
Extending Preexisting Providers 580
Limiting Role Capabilities with a New Limited Sql Role Provider Provider 581
Using the New LimitedSqlRoleProvider Provider 584
Summary 588
PART V: ASP.NET FEATURES
CHAPTER 16: WORKING WITH MASTER PAGES 591
Why Do You Need Master Pages? 592
The Basics of Master Pages 593
Coding a Master Page 594
Coding a Content Page 597
Mixing Page Types and Languages 600
Specifying Which Master Page to Use 601
Applying the Master Page Template to a Subset of Pages 602
Working with the Page Title 602
Working with Controls and Properties from the Master Page 603
Specifying Default Content in the Master Page 609
Programmatically Assigning the Master Page 611
Nesting Master Pages 611
Container-Specifi c Master Pages 615
Event Ordering 616
Caching with Master Pages 617
ASP.NET AJAX and Master Pages 618
Summary 620
CHAPTER 17: SITE NAVIGATION 621
XML-Based Sitemaps 622
Site Map Path Server Control 623
The Path Separator Property 625
The Path Direction Property 627
The Parent Levels Displayed Property 627
The Show Tool Tips Property 628
The Site Map Path Control’s Child Elements 628
TreeView Server Control 629
Identifying the TreeView Control’s Built-In Styles 632
Examining the Parts of the TreeView Control 633
Binding the TreeView Control to an XML File 634
Selecting Multiple Options in a Tree View 636
Specifying Custom Icons in the Tree View Control 639
Specifying Lines Used to Connect Nodes 640
Working with the TreeView Control Programmatically 642
Menu Server Control 647
Applying Diff erent Styles to the Menu Control 648
Using Menu Events 652
Binding the Menu Control to an XML File 652
Site Map Data Provider 654
Show Starting Node 654
Start From Current Node 655
Starting Node Off set 656
Starting Node Url 656
SiteMap API 657
URL Mapping 659
Sitemap Localization 660
Structuring the Web.sitemap File for Localization 660
Making Modifications to the web.config File 661
Creating Assembly Resource (.resx) Files 661
Testing the Results 662
Security Trimming 663
Setting Up Role Management for Administrators 664
Setting Up the Administrators’ Section 665
Enabling Security Trimming 666
Nesting SiteMap Files 668
Summary 669
CHAPTER 18: PERSONALIZATION 671
The Personalization Model 672
Creating Personalization Properties 672
Adding a Simple Personalization Property 672
Using Personalization Properties 673
Adding a Group of Personalization Properties 676
Using Grouped Personalization Properties 677
Defining Types for Personalization Properties 678
Using Custom Types 678
Providing Default Values 680
Making Personalization Properties Read-Only 681
Anonymous Personalization 681
Enabling Anonymous Identification of the End User 681
Working with Anonymous Identification 683
Anonymous Options for Personalization Properties 684
Warnings about Anonymous User Profile Storage 685
Programmatic Access to Personalization 685
Migrating Anonymous Users 685
Personalizing Profiles 687
Determining Whether to Continue with Automatic Saves 687
Using Profile Information in Web Application Projects 688
Personalization Providers 690
Working with SQL Server Express Edition 691
Working with Microsoft SQL Server 692
Using Multiple Providers 693
Using Universal Providers 694
Managing Application Profiles 695
Properties of the ProfileManager Class 695
Methods of the ProfileManager Class 695
Building the Profile Manager Page 696
Examining the Profile Manager Page’s Code 698
Running the Profile Manager Page 700
Summary 700
CHAPTER 19: MEMBERSHIP AND ROLE MANAGEMENT 701
ASP.NET 4.5 Authentication 702
Setting Up Your Website for Membership 702
Adding Users 705
Asking for Credentials 718
Working with Authenticated Users 725
Showing the Number of Users Online 727
Dealing with Passwords 728
ASP.NET 4.5 Authorization 732
Using the LoginView Server Control 732
Setting Up Your Website for Role Management 734
Adding and Retrieving Application Roles 737
Deleting Roles 739
Adding Users to Roles 739
Getting All the Users of a Particular Role 740
Getting All the Roles of a Particular User 741
Removing Users from Roles 743
Checking Users in Roles 743
Understanding How Roles Are Cached 744
Using the SimpleMembership API 745
Using the Web Site Administration Tool 746
Public Methods of the Membership API 746
Public Methods of the Roles API 747
Integrating OAuth and OpenID Authentication 748
Using OpenID 748
Using OAuth 752
Summary 758
CHAPTER 20: SECURITY 759
Applying Authentication Measures 760
The <authentication> Node 761
Windows-Based Authentication 761
Forms-Based Authentication 768
Authenticating Specifi c Files and Folders 776
Programmatic Authorization 777
Working with User.Identity 777
Working with User.IsInRole() 779
Pulling More Information with WindowsIdentity 779
Identity and Impersonation 782
Securing through IIS 784
Working with File Extensions 784
Using the IIS 7.x/8 Manager 786
Using the ASP.NET MMC Snap-In 787
Summary 787
PART VI: APPLICATION STATE
CHAPTER 21: STATE MANAGEMENT 791
Your Session State Choices 792
Understanding the Session Object in ASP.NET 794
Sessions and the Event Model 794
Configuring Session State Management 795
In-Process Session State 795
Out-of-Process Session State 802
SQL-Backed Session State 807
Extending Session State with Other Providers 810
Cookieless Session State 811
Choosing the Correct Way to Maintain State 812
The Application Object 813
QueryStrings 813
Cookies 814
Postbacks and Cross-Page Postbacks 814
Hidden Fields, ViewState, and ControlState 816
Using HttpContext.Current.Items for Very Short-Term Storage 820
Summary 821
CHAPTER 22: CACHING 823
Caching 824
Output Caching 824
Partial Page (UserControl) Caching 827
Post-Cache Substitution 828
HttpCachePolicy and Client-Side Caching 830
Caching Programmatically 832
Data Caching Using the Cache Object 832
Controlling the ASP.NET Cache 833
Cache Dependencies 834
.NET 4.x’s New Object Caching Option 839
Using the SQL Server Cache Dependency 842
Enabling Databases for SQL Server Cache Invalidation 843
Enabling Tables for SQL Server Cache Invalidation 843
Looking at SQL Server 843
Looking at the Tables That Are Enabled 844
Disabling a Table for SQL Server Cache Invalidation 844
Disabling a Database for SQL Server Cache Invalidation 845
SQL Server Cache Invalidation 845
Configuring Your ASP.NET Application 847
Testing SQL Server Cache Invalidation 848
Adding More Than One Table to a Page 850
Attaching SQL Server Cache Dependencies to the Request Object 850
Attaching SQL Server Cache Dependencies to the Cache Object 851
Summary 854
PART VII: CLIENT-SIDE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 23: ASP.NET AJAX 857
Understanding the Need for Ajax 857
Before Ajax 858
Ajax Changes the Story 858
ASP.NET AJAX and Visual Studio 2012 860
Client-Side Technologies 861
Server-Side Technologies 862
Developing with ASP.NET AJAX 862
Building ASP.NET AJAX Applications 862
Building a Simple ASP.NET Page without Ajax 864
Building a Simple ASP.NET Page with Ajax 865
ASP.NET AJAX’s Server-Side Controls 870
The ScriptManager Control 871
The ScriptManagerProxy Control 873
The Timer Control 874
The UpdatePanel Control 875
The UpdateProgress Control 879
Using Multiple UpdatePanel Controls 882
Working with Page History 885
Script Combining 890
Summary 894
CHAPTER 24: AJAX CONTROL TOOLKIT 895
Downloading and Installing the Ajax Control Toolkit 896
The ASP.NET AJAX Controls 898
Ajax Control Toolkit Extenders 899
AlwaysVisibleControlExtender 900
AnimationExtender 902
AutoCompleteExtender 903
BalloonPopupExtender 906
CalendarExtender 907
CollapsiblePanelExtender 908
ColorPickerExtender 910
Confi rmButtonExtender and ModalPopupExtender 911
DragPanelExtender 913
DropDownExtender 914
DropShadowExtender 916
DynamicPopulateExtender 919
FilteredTextBoxExtender 922
HoverMenuExtender 923
ListSearchExtender 925
MaskedEditExtender and MaskedEditValidator 926
MutuallyExclusiveCheckBoxExtender 928
NumericUpDownExtender 929
PagingBulletedListExtender 930
PopupControlExtender 931
ResizableControlExtender 933
RoundedCornersExtender 935
SliderExtender and MultiHandleSliderExtender 936
SlideShowExtender 937
TextBoxWatermarkExtender 939
ToggleButtonExtender 941
UpdatePanelAnimationExtender 942
ValidatorCalloutExtender 944
Ajax Control Toolkit Server Controls 945
Accordion Control 945
CascadingDropDown 947
NoBot Control 950
PasswordStrength Control 952
Rating Control 952
TabContainer Control 954
Summary 955
CHAPTER 25: JQUERY 957
Introduction to jQuery 958
Selecting Elements 962
Modifying Elements 964
Modifying Content 965
Adding and Removing Elements 966
Event Handling 968
Ajax 970
jQuery UI 978
Summary 981
CHAPTER 26: REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION 983
Traditional Real-Time Communication Options 983
Using Comet 984
Polling 985
Server-Sent Events 985
Drawbacks of the Existing Approaches 986
HTML5 WebSockets 986
What Is WebSockets? 986
TCP/IP 987
TCP/HTTP 988
Introducing the WebSockets Protocol 988
WebSockets Data Transfer 990
WebSockets API 991
WebSockets in ASP.NET 4.5 991
Benefi ts of Using WebSockets 995
SignalR 996
What Is SignalR? 997
Server-Side SignalR in ASP.NET 997
Client-Side SignalR in ASP.NET 998
Summary 1000
CHAPTER 27: DEVELOPING WEBSITES WITH MOBILE IN MIND 1001
Facing Mobile Web Design Challenges 1002
Responsive Design and Adaptive Design 1002
Modifying the Viewport 1003
Using CSS Media Queries 1005
ASP.NET Mobile Applications 1007
Detecting Mobile Browsers and Devices 1007
Serving Mobile Master Pages 1007
Creating Mobile Web Forms 1009
Friendly URLs in ASP.NET Web Forms 1011
ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile Applications 1011
Adaptive Rendering in ASP.NET MVC 4 1012
Creating Mobile-Specifi c Views 1014
Providing Display Modes 1016
Including jQuery Mobile and the ViewSwitcher 1018
Using the Mobile Application Project Template 1022
Testing Your Mobile Applications 1022
Summary 1023
PART VIII: APPLICATION CONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENT
CHAPTER 28: CONFIGURATION 1027
Configuration Overview 1027
Server Configuration Files 1028
Application Configuration File 1031
Applying Configuration Settings 1031
Detecting Configuration File Changes 1032
Configuration File Format 1033
Common Configuration Settings 1033
Connection Strings 1034
Configuring Session State 1035
Compilation Configuration 1038
Custom Errors 1040
Authentication 1041
Anonymous Identity 1043
Authorization 1044
Locking-Down Configuration Settings 1046
ASP.NET Page Configuration 1046
Include Files 1048
Configuring ASP.NET Runtime Settings 1049
Configuring the ASP.NET Worker Process 1051
Storing Application-Specific Settings 1053
Programming Configuration Files 1054
Protecting Configuration Settings 1059
Editing Configuration Files 1062
Creating Custom Sections 1063
Using the NameValueFileSectionHandler Object 1064
Using the DictionarySectionHandler Object 1064
Using the SingleTagSectionHandler Object 1065
Using Your Own Custom Configuration Handler 1066
Using Configuration Transforms 1068
Adding web.config Transforms 1068
Updating the Confi g Transform File 1070
Bundling and Minifi cation 1072
What Is Bundling and Minification? 1072
Enabling Bundling and Minification 1073
Summary 1074
CHAPTER 29: DEBUGGING AND ERROR HANDLING 1075
Design-Time Support 1075
Syntax Notifi cations 1076
Immediate and Command Window 1077
Task List 1077
Tracing 1078
System.Diagnostics.Trace and ASP.NET’s Page.Trace 1078
Page-Level Tracing 1079
Application Tracing 1079
Viewing Trace Data 1079
Tracing from Components 1082
Trace Forwarding 1083
TraceListeners 1083
Diagnostic Switches 1087
Web Events 1089
Debugging 1090
What’s Required 1091
Starting a Debugging Session 1092
Tools to Help You with Debugging 1093
Historical Debugging with IntelliTrace 1096
Debugging Multiple Threads 1096
Client-Side JavaScript Debugging 1097
SQL Stored Proc Debugging 1098
Exception and Error Handling 1098
Handling Exceptions on a Page 1099
Handling Application Exceptions 1099
Http Status Codes 1100
Debugging with Page Inspector 1101
Summary 1104
CHAPTER 30: MODULES AND HANDLERS 1105
Processing HTTP Requests 1105
IIS 6 and ASP.NET 1106
IIS 7 and IIS 8 and ASP.NET 1106
ASP.NET Request Processing 1107
Http Modules 1108
Http Handlers 1113
Generic Handlers 1113
Mapping a File Extension in IIS 1118
Summary 1119
CHAPTER 31: ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION 1121
Asynchronous Programming 1121
Why Async? 1122
When to Write Async Code 1122
History of Async 1122
Early Async 1123
Task and TAP 1124
Async/Await 1124
Async in ASP.NET 1125
Thread Pools 1126
Writing Async Code 1127
Parallelism 1131
Server Configuration 1132
Pitfalls of Using Async 1133
Summary 1133
CHAPTER 32: BUILDING GLOBAL APPLICATIONS 1135
Cultures and Regions 1135
Understanding Culture Types 1136
The ASP.NET Threads 1137
Server-Side Culture Declarations 1140
Client-Side Culture Declarations 1141
Translating Values and Behaviors 1142
ASP.NET 4.5 Resource Files 1152
Making Use of Local Resources 1152
Making Use of Global Resources 1159
Summary 1161
CHAPTER 33: PACKAGING AND DEPLOYING ASP.NET
APPLICATIONS 1163
Deployment Pieces 1164
Steps to Take before Deploying 1164
Methods of Deploying Web Applications 1165
Using XCopy 1165
Using the VS Copy Web Site Option 1167
Deploying a Precompiled Web Application 1170
Building an ASP.NET Web Package 1172
Looking More Closely at Publish Profiles 1175
Deploying to Windows Azure Web Sites 1181
Summary 1184
PART IX: ADDITIONAL ASP.NET TECHNOLOGIES
CHAPTER 34: ASP.NET MVC 1187
Defining Model-View-Controller 1188
MVC on the Web Today 1188
Model-View-Controller and ASP.NET 1189
Serving Methods, Not Files 1189
Is This the Future of Web Forms? 1189
Why Not Web Forms? 1190
ASP.NET MVC Is Totally Diff erent! 1190
Why “(ASP.NET > ASP.NET MVC) == True” 1190
Convention over Configuration 1192
The Third Request Is the Charm 1195
Understanding Routes and URLs 1197
Routing Compared to URL Rewriting 1198
Defining Routes 1198
Controllers 1203
Defining the Controller: The IController Interface 1203
The Controller Class and Actions 1204
Working with Parameters 1205
Working with Multiple Parameters 1206
Views 1207
Specifying a View 1208
ASP.NET MVC Layouts 1209
Strongly Typed Views 1212
Using HTML Helper Methods 1213
HtmlHelper Class and Extension Methods 1213
Summary 1214
CHAPTER 35: ASP.NET WEB PAGES AND RAZOR 1215
Overview of ASP.NET Web Pages 1216
Creating an HTML Form Using Razor 1216
Displaying Data 1221
Validation 1225
Using Layouts 1227
Using Helpers 1229
Core Helpers 1229
Adding Functionality Using Helpers 1232
Creating Custom Helpers 1234
Summary 1235
PART X: APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A: MIGRATING OLDER ASP.NET PROJECTS 1239
Migrating Is Not Diffi cult 1239
Running Multiple Versions of the Framework Side by Side 1240
In-Place Upgrade 1240
Upgrading Your ASP.NET Applications 1240
When Mixing Versions—Forms Authentication 1241
Upgrading—ASP.NET Reserved Folders 1242
ASP.NET 4.5 Pages Come as HTML5 1243
No Hard-Coded .js Files in ASP.NET 4.5 1244
Visual Studio 2012 Project Compatibility 1245
Migrating from ASP.NET 2.0/3.5/4.0 to 4.5 1245
Summary 1246
APPENDIX B: COM INTEGRATION 1247
COM Interop: Using COM within .NET 1247
The Runtime Callable Wrapper 1248
Using COM Objects in ASP.NET Code 1248
Error Handling 1252
Deploying COM Components with .NET Applications 1255
Private Assemblies 1255
Public Assemblies 1256
Summary 1256
APPENDIX C: ASP.NET ULTIMATE TOOLS 1257
Debugging Made Easier 1257
Firebug 1257
YSlow 1258
IE10 Developer Tools 1259
jQuery and jQuery UI 1260
Profilers: dotTrace or ANTS 1260
References 1261
QuirksMode.org and HTMLDog.com 1261
Visibone 1262
www.asp.net 1262
www.webdevchecklist.com 1262
Slow Cheetah 1262
Tidying Up Your Code 1263
Refactor! for ASP.NET from DevExpress 1263
Microsoft Ajax Minifi er—JavaScript Minimizer 1263
Extending ASP.NET 1264
Ajax Control Toolkit 1264
Atif Aziz’s ELMAH—Error Logging Modules and Handlers 1265
Helicon’s ISAPI_Rewrite and IIS7 URLRewrite 1265
General-Purpose Developer Tools 1266
Telerik’s Online Code Converter 1266
Win Merge and Differencing Tools 1266
.NET Refl ector 1266
Process Explorer 1266
Summary 1267
APPENDIX D: ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT 1269
The ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool 1269
The Home Tab 1271
The Security Tab 1271
The Application Tab 1280
The Provider Tab 1283
Configuring ASP.NET in IIS on Windows 8 1284
.NET Compilation 1285
.NET Globalization 1286
.NET Profile 1287
.NET Roles 1287
.NET Trust Levels 1288
.NET Users 1289
Application Settings 1290
Connection Strings 1290
Pages and Controls 1291
Providers 1292
Session State 1292
SMTP E-mail 1293
Summary 1293
APPENDIX E: DYNAMIC TYPES AND LANGUAGES 1295
Implicit Types 1295
The Dynamic Language Runtime 1296
Dynamic Lookup 1299
Summary 1303
APPENDIX F: ASP.NET ONLINE RESOURCES 1305
Author Blogs and Twitter IDs 1305
ASP.NET Infl uential Blogs 1305
Websites 1306
Twitter Folks Worth Following 1306
APPENDIX G: VISUAL STUDIO EXTENSIBILITY WITH NUGET 1309
Using NuGet in Visual Studio 1310
Managing NuGet Packages with the Window 1311
Managing NuGet Packages with the Console 1318
Creating a NuGet Package 1321
Creating a NuGet Package from an Assembly 1322
Creating a NuGet Package from a Project 1324
Publishing a NuGet Package 1325
Hosting NuGet Packages 1326
File Share Hosting 1326
IIS Hosting 1327
Extending Visual Studio with NuGet 1329
Creating the Power Shell Script Files 1329
Adding Files to the NuGet Package 1330
Editing the NuGet Package Metadata 1330
Deploy the NuGet Package 1331
Summary 1331
INDEX 1333
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