This hands-on guide teaches you how to build custom ASP.NET Web sites from the ground up. An expert team of authors uses their extensive ASP.NET programming experience to give you hands-on instruction in the best way to create Web sites with ASP.NET and C#. This completely updated edition features new examples, and all code is written and tested for ASP.NET version 1.1.

What does this book cover?

• Fast ASP.NET site construction using Microsoft’s new, free Web Matrix tool
• How to install and configure ASP.NET
• Basic programming principles for C#, such as variables, control structures, and procedural programming
• Techniques for applying these principles as you develop ASP.NET pages
• The minimum amount of object-oriented programming necessary to work successfully and efficiently with ASP.NET
• Key differences between ASP.NET 1.0 and 1.1, how to use the examples in this book with either version, and how to move from 1.0 to 1.1
• Techniques for extending your ASP.NET sites to incorporate related tools and technologies, such as using ADO.NET for data source access, Web Services for inter-site communication, and Server Controls to facilitate code maintenance and reuse
• How you can make your ASP.NET site production-ready through proper debugging, optimization, and security

Who is this book for?

This book is for students who have no previous experience with ASP, C#, XML, object-oriented programming, or the .NET framework. A little knowledge of HTML is useful, but not essential. All the concepts you need to create dynamic ASP.NET Web sites are presented and explained in full.