This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to build rich and interactive Microsoft ASP.NET web sites. With the knowledge you gain from this book, you create a great foundation to build any type of web site, ranging from simple hobby-related web sites to sites you may be creating for commercial purposes. Using this book s step-by-step format you ll learn to:
Obtain, install, and customize Visual Web Developer (VWD) 2008
create a new web site and how to add new pages to it.
use the numerous tools in VWD to create HTML and ASP.NET pages
use the VWD tools and CSS, the language that is used to format web pages
What ASP.NET server controls are, what they are used for, and how to use them
program web pages Visual Basic or C#
create consistent-looking pages through the use of master pages, skins, and themes
build the navigation structure of your site
create and use User Controls and enhance them to repeat content like menus and banners
accept, validate, and process user input and send e-mail from your ASP.NET web application
create good looking, flicker free web page interaction with ASP.NET Ajax
the basics of SQL, the language used access and alter data in a database
use the database tools found in Visual Web Developer
use the ASP.NET data controls to create an interface for your users to interact with your application s data
use LINQ to SQL to access SQL Server databases without writing a lot of manual code
change the visual appearance of your data through the use of control styles
interact with the data-bound controls and speed up your application
use the security ASP.NET features to create user accounts, distinguish between anonymous and logged on users, and manage the users in your system
create personalized web pages with content targeted at individual users
