1. Chapter 1 ASP.NET and the .NET Framework

   1. The .NET Framework

   2. ASP.NET

   3. Hello World

2. Chapter 2 Visual Studio .NET

   1. Start Page

   2. Projects and Solutions

   3. The Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

   4. Building and Running

3. Chapter 3 Events

   1. Event Model

   2. ASP Versus ASP.NET Events

   3. Event Arguments

   4. Application and Session Events

   5. Page and Control Events

   6. IsPostBack

   7. Postback Versus Non-Postback Events

   8. Comparing ASP.NET to ASP

   9. Events in Visual Studio .NET

4. Chapter 4 Controls

   1. HTML Server Controls

   2. ASP (Web Server) Controls

5. Chapter 5 ASP Control Details

   1. The Basics

   2. Label Control

   3. TextBox Control

   4. Button Controls

   5. HyperLink Control

   6. Selecting Values

   7. Selecting from a List

   8. Tables

   9. Panel Control

   10. Images

   11. Calendar

6. Chapter 6 Programming Web Forms

   1. Code-Behind

   2. State

   3. Lifecycle

   4. Directives

7. Chapter 7 Tracing, Debugging, and Error Handling

   1. Creating the Sample Application

   2. Tracing

   3. Debugging

   4. Error Handling

8. Chapter 8 Validation

   1. The RequiredFieldValidator

   2. The Summary Validator

   3. The Compare Validator

   4. Range Checking

   5. Regular Expressions

   6. Custom Validation

9. Chapter 9 Data Binding

   1. ArrayList

   2. Data Binding and Postback

   3. Binding to a Class

   4. Binding to Other Simple Controls

   5. Binding Radio Buttons and Checkboxes

10. Chapter 10 List-Bound Controls, Part I

    1. Shared Properties and Collections

    2. The DataGrid Control

    3. Next Steps

11. Chapter 11 Accessing Data with ADO.NET

    1. Bug Database Design

    2. The ADO.NET Object Model

    3. Getting Started with ADO.NET

    4. Managed Providers

    5. Creating a Data Grid

    6. Creating Data Objects by Hand

    7. Stored Procedures

12. Chapter 12 ADO Data Updates

    1. Updating with SQL

    2. Updating Data with Transactions

    3. Updating Data Using Datasets

    4. Multiuser Updates

    5. Command Builder

13. Chapter 13 List-Bound Controls, Part II

    1. Binding to the DataList and Repeater Controls

    2. The Repeater Control

    3. The DataList Control

    4. In-Place Editing

    5. DataList Editing

14. Chapter 14 Custom and User Controls

    1. User Controls

    2. Custom Controls

15. Chapter 15 Web Services Overview

    1. How Web Services Work

    2. Protocols and Standards

16. Chapter 16 Creating Web Services

    1. A Simple StockTicker

    2. Creating a Discovery File

    3. Deployment

17. Chapter 17 Consuming Web Services

    1. Discovery

    2. Creating the Proxy

    3. Creating the Consuming Application

18. Chapter 18 Caching and Performance

    1. Types of Caching

    2. Output Caching

    3. Object Caching

    4. The HttpCachePolicy Class

    5. Performance

    6. Benchmarking and Profiling

19. Chapter 19 Security

    1. Authentication

    2. Authorization

    3. Impersonation

20. Chapter 20 Controlling, Configuring,and Deploying Applications

    1. What Is an Application?

    2. Controlling the Application

    3. Configuring the Application

    4. Deploying the Application

1. Appendix A Relational Database Technology: A Crash Course

   1. Tables, Records, and Columns

   2. Table Design

   3. SQL

2. Appendix B Bug Database Architecture

   1. Table Relationships

3. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Programming ASP.NET, Second Edition, is a stingray. The stingray is a cartilaginous fish, distinguished from other types of rays by the sawedged, venomous spines that adorn its whip-like tail. Stingrays have flat, disk-shaped bodies without distinct heads. They have well-developed pectoral fins, which undulate to propel their bodies through the water. Stingrays' eyes are on the top sides of their bodies, while their mouths are on their undersides. Because of this, they cannot see what they are eating and sometimes leave "hickeys" on scuba divers.

Stingrays live in shallow bays, sounds, and in-shore waters with sandy bottoms. They usually keep to the ocean floor and will flatten themselves against the ground to hide from predators. Despite their venomous tail spines, stingrays are not aggressive and will flee from danger whenever possible. They feed on mollusks, crustaceans, and some types of small fish. Sharks often prey on them, even though the two are closely related. Sarah Sherman was the production editor and copyeditor for Programming ASP.NET, Second Edition. Reg Aubry, Claire Cloutier, Colleen Gorman, and Darren Kelly provided quality control. Mary Agner and James Quill provided production assistance. Johnna VanHoose Dinse and Tom Dinse wrote the index.

Emma Colby designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

David Futato designed the interior layout. Julie Hawks converted the files from Microsoft Word to FrameMaker 5.5.6 using tools created by Mike Sierra. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia Free-Hand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing. This colophon was written by Linley Dolby.