ASP.NET in a Nutshell is a concise, one-volume reference to everything you need to make effective use of ASP.NET. An invaluable resource that goes beyond the published documentation to highlight little-known details, stress practical uses for particular features, and provide real-world examples that show how features can be used in a working application, ASP.NET in a Nutshell is the definitive guide for developers of both applications and web services.Updated for Visual Studio .NET 2003, the 2nd edition of this book includes fresh information on application and web service development, custom controls, data access, security, deployment, and error handling, new material on web application development for mobile devices, plus an overview of the class libraries. For developers who still use Microsoft's older ASP technology, this book also provides information for migrating to ASP.NET.The material in ASP.NET in a Nutshell is presented in three sections:
* A fast-paced introduction to ASP.NET that examines topics such as building ASP.NET applications, developing web services, creating custom controls and user controls for maximum code reuse, debugging and handling errors, understanding ASP.NET security, and configuring and deploying an ASP.NET application
* A detailed reference to the properties, methods, and events of the most frequently used ASP.NET classes which include the Page class and the new .NET classes, such as HttpApplicationState and HttpSessionState, which correspond to the intrinsic objects in classic ASP. Configuration settings in web.config are also documented
* A Quick Reference to the types (the classes, structures, interfaces, delegates, events, and enumerations) found in web-related namespaces to the .NET Framework Class Library.
Like other books in the "In a Nutshell" series, ASP.NET in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, offers the facts, including critical background information, in a no-nonsense manner that users will refer to again and again. With its wealth of up-to-date information, ASP.NET in a Nutshell is a book that web developers will refer to again and again.

G. Andrew Duthie is an experienced ASP.NET developer. He is a frequent speaker at ASP.NET conferences, and is the author of a number of books on ASP.NET and Visual Interdev.

Matthew MacDonald is a developer, author, and educator in all things Visual Basic and .NET. He's worked with Visual Basic and ASP since their initial versions, and written over a dozen books on the subject, including The Book of VB .NET (No Starch Press) and Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly). He has also written Excel 2007:The Missing Manual, Excel 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual, Access 2007:The Missing Manual, and Access 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual, all from O'Reilly. His web site is http://www.prosetech.com/.

Copyright;
Preface;
Who Is This Book for?;
How to Use This Book;
How This Book Is Structured;
Conventions Used in This Book;
How to Contact Us;
Acknowledgments;
Part I: Introduction to ASP.NET;
Chapter 1: Introduction;
1.1 .NET Platform Fundamentals;
1.2 Object Orientation in the .NET Platform;
1.3 Choosing a Language;
1.4 Why and When Would I Use ASP.NET?;
1.5 Why and When Would I Port an Existing Application to ASP.NET?;
1.6 New Features in ASP.NET;
Chapter 2: ASP.NET Applications;
2.1 Application Types;
2.2 Application Structure and Boundaries;
2.3 Application File Types;
Chapter 3: Web Forms;
3.1 Structuring an ASP.NET Page;
3.2 Stages of Page Processing;
3.3 State Management;
3.4 Caching Page Output;
3.5 Additional Resources;
Chapter 4: Web Services;
4.1 Standards and Specifications;
4.2 Web Services Architecture;
4.3 Creating a Web Service;
4.4 Consuming a Web Service;
4.5 Additional Resources;
Chapter 5: ASP.NET Server Controls;
5.1 HTML Controls;
5.2 Web Controls;
5.3 Using Controls;
5.4 Types of Web Controls;
5.5 Handling Control Events;
5.6 Modifying Control Appearance;
5.7 Additional Resources;
Chapter 6: User Controls and Custom Server Controls;
6.1 User Controls;
6.2 Custom Server Controls;
6.3 Sharing Controls Across Applications;
6.4 Additional Resources;
Chapter 7: Data Access and Data Binding;
7.1 ADO.NET: An Overview;
7.2 Reading Data;
7.3 Data Binding;
7.4 Inserting and Updating Data;
7.5 Deleting Data;
7.6 Additional Resources;
Chapter 8: ASP.NET Configuration;
8.1 Understanding Configuration Files;
8.2 Modifying Configuration Settings;
8.3 Locking Down Configuration Settings;
8.4 Targeting a Specific Runtime Version;
8.5 Additional Resources;
Chapter 9: ASP.NET Security;
9.1 Authentication Methods;
9.2 Authorization;
9.3 Ensuring Input Safety;
9.4 Patching;
9.5 Code Access Security;
9.6 Additional Resources;
Chapter 10: Error Handling, Debugging, and Tracing;
10.1 Error Handling;
10.2 Debugging;
10.3 Tracing;
10.4 Additional Resources;
Chapter 11: ASP.NET Deployment;
11.1 Deploying ASP.NET Applications;
11.2 Deploying Assemblies;
11.3 Deploying Through Visual Studio .NET;
11.4 Additional Resources;
Part II: Intrinsic Class Reference;
Chapter 12: The Page Class;
12.1 Comments/Troubleshooting;
12.2 Properties Reference;
12.3 Collections Reference;
12.4 Methods Reference;
12.5 Events Reference;
Chapter 13: The HttpApplicationState Class;
13.1 Comments/Troubleshooting;
13.2 Properties Reference;
13.3 Collections Reference;
13.4 Methods Reference;
13.5 Events Reference;
Chapter 14: The HttpContext Class;
14.1 Comments/Troubleshooting;
14.2 Properties Reference;
14.3 Collections Reference;
14.4 Methods Reference;
Chapter 15: The HttpException Class;
15.1 Comments/Troubleshooting;
15.2 Constructor Reference;
15.3 Properties Reference;
15.4 Methods Reference;
Chapter 16: The HttpRequest Class;
16.1 Comments/Troubleshooting;
16.2 Properties Reference;
16.3 Collections Reference;
16.4 Methods Reference;
Chapter 17: The HttpResponse Class;
17.1 Comments/Troubleshooting;
17.2 Properties Reference;
17.3 Collections Reference;
17.4 Methods Reference;
Chapter 18: The HttpServerUtility Class;
18.1 Comments/Troubleshooting;
18.2 Properties Reference;
18.3 Methods Reference;
Chapter 19: The HttpSessionState Class;
19.1 Comments/Troubleshooting;
19.2 Properties Reference;
19.3 Collections Reference;
19.4 Methods Reference;
19.5 Events Reference;
Chapter 20: web.config Reference;
20.1 Comments/Troubleshooting;
20.2 web.config Elements;
Part III: Namespace Reference;
Chapter 21: Namespace Reference;
21.1 Reading a Quick-Reference Entry;
Chapter 22: Converting from C# to VB Syntax;
22.1 General Considerations;
22.2 Classes;
22.3 Structures;
22.4 Interfaces;
22.5 Class, Structure, and Interface Members;
22.6 Delegates;
22.7 Enumerations;
Chapter 23: The System.Web Namespace;
Chapter 24: The System.Web.Caching Namespace;
Chapter 25: The System.Web.Configuration Namespace;
Chapter 26: The System.Web.Hosting Namespace;
Chapter 27: The System.Web.Mail Namespace;
Chapter 28: The System.Web.Mobile Namespace;
Chapter 29: The System.Web.Security Namespace;
Chapter 30: The System.Web.Services Namespace;
Chapter 31: The System.Web.Services.Configuration Namespace;
Chapter 32: The System.Web.Services.Description Namespace;
Chapter 33: The System.Web.Services.Discovery Namespace;
Chapter 34: The System.Web.Services.Protocols Namespace;
Chapter 35: The System.Web.SessionState Namespace;
Chapter 36: The System.Web.UI Namespace;
Chapter 37: The System.Web.UI.Design Namespace;
Chapter 38: The System.Web.UI.Design.WebControls Namespace;
Chapter 39: The System.Web.UI.HtmlControls Namespace;
Chapter 40: The System.Web.UI.MobileControls Namespace;
Chapter 41: The System.Web.UI.MobileControls.Adapters Namespace;
Chapter 42: The System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace;
Appendix A: Type, Method, Property, and Field Index;
A-F;
G-N;
O-Y;
Colophon;