ASP.NET Application Development Fundamentals

ASP.NET Application Development Fundamentals

by James Lombard

First Edition

Copyright 2014 James Lombard

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-304-95726-9

ABOUT THIS BOOK

This book teaches ASP.NET for those completely new and those just starting out with the technology. The concepts introduced here are commonly used in the commercial industry today, saving you the reader many hours of shuffling through abstract theoretical details presented by larger volumes. In other words, it will teach you what you need to know as quickly as possible.

Throughout this book, you will be guided step-by-step using examples. These examples are practical so that you can even use the code in your own applications.

Note that this book assumes you have a basic understanding of the C# language and the use of Visual Studio. If not, you could grab a copy of C# Programming Fundamentals by the same author, also available from www.lulu.com

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Lombard has been working professionally in the IT industry for over twenty years. He holds a degree in Information Technology and is a Microsoft certified specialist in ASP.NET Web development. He has employed ASP.NET / C# technology in the commercial field for the last five years.

CONVENTIONS AND TRADEMARKS

All programming examples and results will be presented by images from actual

Visual Studio screenshots. Other formatting in the text is meant to distinguish specific elements:

Italics – A terminology.

"Italics" – A custom name or literal text.

Bold – A keyword, window, control, or menu option.

Microsoft, Windows, Visual Studio, C#, Visual C#, ASP.NET, and .NET Framework, are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation.

CHAPTER 1 – Introduction to ASP.NET

Welcome to ASP.NET. For most developers new to ASP.NET, it can be quite daunting. Have no fear. Once you understand the basic concept, ASP.NET will be a breeze.

For those C# developers coming from a WinForm background, you understood that you had a Form containing Windows controls and a C# code file behind it that accesses the controls on the Form. Microsoft created ASP.NET to be very similar in structure to WinForm development; Instead of a Form though, you have a HTML Web page with some HTML tags and ASP.NET controls accessed by a code behind C# file.

ASP.NET has one or more HTML Web pages for the user interface. Each of those pages has a C# code behind file linked to it to access the ASP.NET controls inside that Web page. Other than some minor consideration, that is the concept of ASP.NET in a nutshell.