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Part 7: Building Web Applications with ASP.NET

Part 7 is devoted to the examination of constructing web applications using the ASP.NET program-

ming API. As you will see, ASP.NET was intentionally designed to model the creation of desktop user

interfaces by layering on top of standard HTTP request/response an event-driven, object-oriented

framework.

Chapter 31: Building ASP.NET Web Pages

This chapter begins your study of web application development using ASP.NET. As you will see,

server-side scripting code has now been replaced with real object-oriented languages (such as C#,

VB .NET, and the like). This chapter will examine the construction of an ASP.NET web page, the

underlying programming model, and other key aspects of ASP.NET, such as your choice of web

server and the use of Web.config files.

Chapter 32: ASP.NET Web Controls, Themes, and Master Pages

Whereas the previous chapter examined the construction of ASP.NET Page objects, this chapter is

concerned with the controls that populate the internal control tree. Here, you will examine the core

ASP.NET web controls, including validation controls, the intrinsic site navigation controls, and vari-

ous data-binding operations. As well, this chapter will illustrate the role of master pages and the

ASP.NET theme engine, which is a server-side alternative to traditional style sheets.

Chapter 33: ASP.NET State Management Techniques

This chapter extends your current understanding of ASP.NET by examining various ways to handle

state management under .NET. Like classic ASP, ASP.NET allows you to easily create cookies, as well

as application-level and session-level variables. However, ASP.NET also introduces a new state man-

agement technique: the application cache. Once you have looked at the numerous ways to handle

state with ASP.NET, you will then come to learn the role of the System.HttpApplication base class

(lurking within the Global.asax file) and how to dynamically alter the runtime behavior of your web

application using the Web.config file.