Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (Beginning: from Novice to Professional)

The most up–to–date and comprehensive introductory ASP.NET book you'll find on any shelf, __Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008__ guides you through Microsoft's technology for building dynamic web sites. This book will enable you to build dynamic web pages on the fly, and it assumes only the most basic knowledge of C#. The book provides exhaustive coverage of ASP.NET, guiding you from your first steps right up to the most advanced techniques, such as querying databases from within a web page and tuning your site for optimal performance. Within these pages, you'll find tips for “best practices” and comprehensive discussions of key database and XML principles you need to know in order to be effective with ASP.NET. The book also emphasizes the invaluable coding techniques of __object orientation__ and __code behind__, which will start you off on the track to building real–world web sites right from the beginning—rather than just faking it with simplified coding practices. By the time you've finished the book, you will have mastered the core techniques and have all the knowledge you need to begin work as a professional ASP.NET developer.

The most up–to–date and comprehensive introductory ASP.NET book you’ll find on any shelf, Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 guides you through Microsoft’s technology for building dynamic web sites. This book will enable you to build dynamic web pages on the fly, and it assumes only the most basic knowledge of C#.

The book provides exhaustive coverage of ASP.NET, guiding you from your first steps right up to the most advanced techniques, such as querying databases from within a web page and tuning your site for optimal performance. Within these pages, you’ll find tips for “best practices” and comprehensive discussions of key database and XML principles you need to know in order to be effective with ASP.NET. The book also emphasizes the invaluable coding techniques of object orientation and code behind, which will start you off on the track to building real–world web sites right from the beginning—rather than just faking it with simplified coding practices.

By the time you’ve finished the book, you will have mastered the core techniques and have all the knowledge you need to begin work as a professional ASP.NET developer.

This book will follow the proven pattern of its previous .NET 2.0 and .NET 1.1 editions, teaching novice users how to use ASP.NET by gradually building their knowledge of the technology up in a pyramidal fashion chapter by chapter. Comprehensively revised for both ASP.NET 3.5 and the new C# 3.0 language this book presents the easiest path to ASP.NET 3.5 mastery. This is one of the first books introducing novices to this important new technology area, and is written specifically in their coding language of preference. The book is written by a proven and award winning .NET author that has been following the technology release cycle since its inception. Explaining how to work with the latest version of Microsoft's .NET framework, an updated manual offers thorough coverage of the new features and functions of ASP.NET 3.5 and how to work with the new C# 2008 language, discussing such areas as working with ASP.NET Web forms and controls to build Web pages and applications, Web site navigation and security, component-based programming, XML, ADO.NET fundamentals, and other essentials. Original. (Beginner/Intermediate) I have read couple of books from Matthew McDonald and he has always impressed me. He is a good teacher. This is another good book from McDonald. If you are trying to learn ASP.NET, definitely check this book out. John Sharp is another great author to learn .net A handbook and manual to ASP.NET, Microsoft's platform for developing web applications. Using ASP.NET, you can create e-commerce shops, data-driven portal sites, and just about anything else you can find--Introd.