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Beginning ASP.NET 4: in C# and VB 1st Edition

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This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to build rich and interactive web sites that run on the Microsoft platform. 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.

Anyone new to web programming should be able to follow along because no prior background in web development is assumed although it helps if you do have a basic understanding of HTML and the web in general. The book starts at the very beginning of web development by showing you how to obtain and install Visual Web Developer. The chapters that follow gradually introduce you to new technologies, building on top of the knowledge gained in the previous chapters.

Do you have a strong preference for Visual Basic over C# or the other way around? Or do you think both languages are equally cool? Or maybe you haven't made up your mind yet and want to learn both languages? Either way, you'll like this book because all code examples are presented in both languages!

Even if you have some experience with prior versions of ASP.NET, you may gain a lot from this book. Although many concepts from previous versions are brought forward into ASP.NET 4, you'll discover there's a lot of new stuff to be found in this book, including an introduction to the ADO.NET Entity Framework, the inclusion of jQuery, ASP.NET AJAX, the many changes to the ASP.NET 4 Framework, and much more.

This book teaches you how to create a feature-rich, data-driven, and interactive web site called Planet Wrox. Although this is quite a mouthful, you'll find that with Visual Web Developer 2010, developing such a web site isn't as hard as it seems. You'll see the entire process of building a web site, from installing Visual Web Developer 2010 in Chapter 1 all the way up to putting your web application on a live server in Chapter 19. The book is divided into 19 chapters, each dealing with a specific subject.

  • Chapter 1, “Getting Started with ASP.NET 4” shows you how to obtain and install Visual Web Developer 2010. You'll get instructions for downloading and installing the free edition of Visual Web Developer 2010, called the Express edition. You are also introduced to HTML, the language behind every web page. The chapter closes with an overview of the customization options that Visual Web Developer gives you.

  • Chapter 2, “Building an ASP.NET Web Site” shows you how to create a new web site and how to add new elements like pages to it. Besides learning how to create a well-structured site, you also see how to use the numerous tools in Visual Web Developer to create HTML and ASP.NET pages.

  • Chapter 3, “Designing Your Web Pages.” Visual Web Developer comes with a host of tools that allow you to create well-designed and attractive web pages. In this chapter, you see how to make good use of these tools. Additionally, you learn about CSS, the language that is used to format web pages.

  • Chapter 4, “Working with ASP.NET Server Controls.” ASP.NET Server Controls are one of the most important concepts in ASP.NET. They allow you to create complex and feature-rich web sites with very little code. This chapter introduces you to the large number of server controls that are available, explains what they are used for, and shows you how to use them.

  • Chapter 5, “Programming Your ASP.NET Web Pages.” Although the built-in CSS tools and the ASP.NET Server Controls can get you a long way in creating web pages, you are likely to use a programming language to enhance your pages. This chapter serves as an introduction to programming with a strong focus on programming web pages. Best of all: all the examp

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Build rich web sites with the latest version of ASP.NET

ASP.NET is the part of the .NET Framework that enables you to build rich, dynamic web sites. The latest version–ASP.NET 4–boasts numerous improvements to the previous iteration, including Web Forms enhancements and jQuery support. This step-by-step book walks you through building rich web sites with ASP.NET 4 and is packed with in-depth examples in both C# and VB. With hands-on exercises that take you right into the action, you'll learn how to build web sites firsthand while you get a good look at what goes on behind the scenes when you view an ASP.NET 4 page in your browser.

Beginning ASP.NET 4:

  • Demonstrates how to build ASP.NET 4 web pages
  • Explains adding features with pre-built server controls
  • Reviews working with the development tools to create ASP.NET web sites
  • Shares techniques for creating consistent-looking web sites
  • Teaches you how to implement jQuery and AJAX techniques in your web sites
  • Shows you how to work with databases and the Microsoft® ADO.NET Entity Framework
  • Addresses securing and personalizing your site
  • Investigates exception handling, debugging, and tracing pages

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Build rich web sites with the latest version of ASP.NET

ASP.NET is the part of the .NET Framework that enables you to build rich, dynamic web sites. The latest version–ASP.NET 4–boasts numerous improvements to the previous iteration, including Web Forms enhancements and jQuery support. This step-by-step book walks you through building rich web sites with ASP.NET 4 and is packed with in-depth examples in both C# and VB. With hands-on exercises that take you right into the action, you'll learn how to build web sites firsthand while you get a good look at what goes on behind the scenes when you view an ASP.NET 4 page in your browser.

Beginning ASP.NET 4:

  • Demonstrates how to build ASP.NET 4 web pages
  • Explains adding features with pre-built server controls
  • Reviews working with the development tools to create ASP.NET web sites
  • Shares techniques for creating consistent-looking web sites
  • Teaches you how to implement jQuery and AJAX techniques in your web sites
  • Shows you how to work with databases and the Microsoft® ADO.NET Entity Framework
  • Addresses securing and personalizing your site
  • Investigates exception handling, debugging, and tracing pages

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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 848 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0470502215
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0470502211
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Imar Spaanjaars graduated in Leisure Management at the Leisure Management School in the Netherlands, but quickly changed his career path into the Internet world.

After working in the Internet business at various web agencies for many years, he now runs his own company called De Vier Koeden (https://devierkoeden.com), a small Internet agency specializing in consultancy and development of Internet and intranet applications with Microsoft technologies such as ASP.NET Core.

Imar has written books on WebMatrix, ASP.NET and Macromedia Dreamweaver, all published under the Wrox brand.

From 2008 to 2015, Imar has been rewarded with Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for his contributions to the ASP.NET community.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2011
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Imar Spaanjaars' Beginning ASP.NET 4: in C# and VB is an excellent introduction to both the .Net framework and to programming in general. Spaanjaars does an excellent job of introducing the novice to a world of tools and techniques. I had never programmed anything more complicated than a simple Excel macro and a tiny bit of SAS back in grad school. It's fair to say I was starting with no prior experience. However, this is not a 'programming for dummies' book. More like really good class in form of a book for someone serious about learning the material.

Strengths of the book include:

Clear and thorough explanations of how things work and why. Very helpful if you are new to programming.
Logical presentation of the material aimed at beginners and probably just fine for someone adding to their skills.
Incredibly thoughtful reminders to check small things that a novice is likely to forget. Not all authors can see the material from the perspective of the reader. Spaanjaars does this consistently which saves hours of frustration.
Consistently high level of writing. This is a thick book compared to some; it is difficult to find a wasted word.
Code examples that ALWAYS work.
Non-trivial sample projects--meaning: you build a project that you can modify and use. A beginner's project to be sure but a project that leaves you with the sense you made something useful.
Awareness that some readers are using a paid version of Visual Studio and some are using the free version. I used the latter and had no problems with the correspondence between the book and the software.

Weaknesses: Haven't really found any yet. It is tempting to ask for more detail in some topical areas but that's not possible in a 'beginners' book. If Spaanjaars did a DVD for the book, I am sure it would be a good one. However, this book is better than a lot of books with DVDs.

It takes a really good book for me to write a review. I was very lucky to find Spaanjaars' book. I highly recommend this book and look forward to more from Imar Spaanjaars (maybe the Intermediate and Advanced versions of this one?).
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IowaScott2019
4.0 out of 5 stars Good examples, a little verbose
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2014
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My original review of this book was completely wrong, user error in not noticing this is a book I ordered years ago and not a recent reference book I purchased recently and was not pleased with.

A Correct assessment was that it provided me exactly what it said it would, some good examples to work from in a lot of contexts allowing me to build up my expertise relatively quickly without having to cover every topic. I had previewed it in the store so I knew it had what I needed when I ordered it, and when using it I was pleased that I found an example of everything I needed to fast path me to solutions that worked well.
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Gary Mazzone Peters
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT INTRODUCTION FOR WORK!
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2013
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I'm just starting ASP.NET for work and I used a few different intro books and this had everything I needed!

Organization:
It was organized great. The chapters were laid out by giving a brief understandable overview of what material was going to be covered. Then multiple examples furthering what he stated in the intro, and a good summary at the end. And each example was set up similarly: brief overview of what the example will do, DETAILED step by step (with a section devoted to most common errors), and a deep overview of what you did at the end.

Online:
He promotes "don't be afraid to break your project to try something new" and usually I am because I never want to have to remake the project. But with his very helpful online resource I felt free to mess up my project multiple times, and it never took more than a minute to get back to where I was if I needed to start over! (or if I just wanted to skip a section)

Code Behind vs Design View:
He focused on design view a good bit, which could be a negative BUT after each example he explained in detail what happened in the code behind and the source code. This worked out great because I would usually follow the example in the step by step in design view and then after reading how i did what i did redo the project in the source code/code behind!

Only downside may be is that when it got to advanced database stuff it was very difficult to work in the code behind/ source because he used the wizard and I couldn't figure out how to replicate it in source (but I will say that is probably getting outside the scope of his book)
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Abe K
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, highly recommended
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2011
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I have been working with ASP.NET for awhile now but was looking for a book to understand some of the core concepts that I am not exposed to while working on some of my projects. Not only did this book fill in the gaps, but there are some great explanations of some very complex concepts.

OO Concepts - Between the explanations and the examples, you get a basic understanding of object oriented programming. A beginner may have to read this section 2 or 3 times to absorb the concepts, but there really is no easy way to explain this stuff (I read several books and watched some online courses to understand it). The author does a great job here.

Page Lifecycle - Of any book I own (or have read at the library) this is the best explanation of ASP.NET page lifecycle. Simply reading the table on page 209 will really give you a good foundation on this topic.

Another reviewer mentioned that it can get confusing because the author goes back and forth between VB and C# explanations, and I agree with this to an extent. It does, in fact, cause some confusion and one really has to read carefully. In defense of the author, the book is geared primarily to absolute beginners, and one of the presumptions is that a beginner likely hasn't chosen one of the languages over the other. (Personally, if this is the case I would steer them towards C#).

This book serves as a great foundation for learning ASP.NET. If you plan on making a career as a developer, you will need much more knowledge than is contained in this book, and certainly this resource will not prepare you at all for a certification exam. However, understanding the concepts presented here will allow you to understand the more complex topics presented in professional ASP.NET developer books.
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Reviewed in Canada on February 4, 2018
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Good book to learn from and keep around for reference.
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Wasteland_ita
5.0 out of 5 stars Mi ha fatto tornare la passione per la programmazione web, meriterebbe sei stelle ;)
Reviewed in Italy on March 9, 2014
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Questo manuale è il perfetto punto di ingresso per chi vuole imparare a sviluppare siti dinamici e perché no anche applicazioni web.

Parte praticamente da zero con la spiegazione di html, css, programmazione, data base, ecc ma in ogni caso è meglio avere già una conoscenza basilare di questi argomenti prima di iniziare questo manuale.

Durante i capitoli si costruisce man mano un sito web completo di front office e back office utilizzando i principali strumenti messi a disposizione di Asp.Net Web Forms.

Le spiegazioni sono perfette, non ci sono frasi ambigue o esercizi senza senso. In caso di problemi è possibile chiedere aiuto sul forum presente sul sito della Wrox e ricevere risposta direttamente dall'autore.
Inoltre sono presenti informazioni che difficilmente avrei trovato altrove e che ritengo essenziali. Non so davvero come avrei fatto!

Onestamente non capisco le valutazioni inferiori a 5 stelle: è un manuale a livello beginner e non poteva essere strutturato e scritto meglio di così.
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DocSnyd3r
1.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Ausgabe unbrauchbar!
Reviewed in Germany on April 9, 2013
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Hallo,
ich habe die Kindle Version und kann damit nur wenig anfangen, es fehlen oft ganze Zeilen an Text in den grauen Boxen, darunter teilweise auch Code der zum Verständnis sehr wichtig wäre.
Dann gibt es noch das Phänomen, dass auf dem Android Reader am Tablet beim blättern an vielen Stellen immer wieder die gleiche Seite angezeigt wird anstatt der nächsten.
Man muss dann springen und mit viel Glück trifft man die richtige Seite. Das passiert ca. alle 50 Seiten.
Ich muss es auf dem Tablet lesen da das Kindle selbst für Fachbücher ungeeignet ist wegen dem zu kleinen Display.
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Ian
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book which has to be part of the required reading for ASP.NET 4 Beginners
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2011
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I'm a university student doing Computer Science and decided to work through this book during my summer break to bridge the gap between placement and final year. I'm writing my dissertation in ASP.NET 4.0 so felt that this would not only keep me sharp in ASP, but also teach me some new techniques at the same time.

I was not wrong. This book has suddenly gone from a door stop (of which it does a very good job..) to the most important book on my desk. It's writing style is excellent, it assumes no prior knowledge at all. Gives you links to external resources which can be used if you want to know more, and probably most importantly it predicts errors that the reader may come across, giving excellent instructions as to how to resolve them.

Admittedly it is a fairly long introduction to ASP.NET 4 and probably wont suit a lot of people, if you have the time, this is definately the book to purchase. I have read other, smaller books to teach other technical subjects such as C# and whilst they're quick and easy to read, they lack the depth and understanding this book has. I've never come across any errors as a direct result of using the examples from this book, they've all come from me mistyping a word on the page somewhere.

The subject matter is excellent and fluent, Imar really has thought through the topic properly and knows exactly where people want to go when learning ASP.NET.

Experienced or learner, this is the must have starting book every ASP.NET coder should have on their bookshelves.
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Fenny
4.0 out of 5 stars The size of the book itself is makes it quite daunting to pick it up really and I think books like this should be at the very least half the ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2018
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It's sitting here at my feet and although it's now seven years since it's been written I'm sure it will come in handy if needed for home web development queries or possible work needs. The size of the book itself is makes it quite daunting to pick it up really and I think books like this should be at the very least half the size, more concise and save the planets trees. It's a reference book really unless you have a month to sit and work through it.
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