This book covers ASP.NET 4 as a whole, illustrating both the brand-new features and the functionality carried over from previous versions of ASP. This book will give you the knowledge you need to code real ASP.NET 4 applications in the best possible style.
What you'll learn
· Understand why ASP.NET 4 is so special, what its fundamental principles are, the basics of Visual Studio, and how ASP.NET controls are created and how they fit into ASP.NET pages, ultimately creating full applications.
· Become familiar with ASP.NET MVC, a new feature that is one of the biggest additions to ASP.NET 4, and understand how to use it and integrate it within your existing ASP.NET applications.
· Discover the intricacies of ADO.NET and how to perform data binding to many sources, from databases to file streams to XML.
· Learn various forms of security available and how to best apply them. Once considered the Achilles' heel of all Windows web applications, security has vastly improved and is now a cornerstone of ASP.NET 4.
· Examine in detail advanced user interface techniques, including user controls, customer server controls, client-side JavaScript, GDI+, and Silverlight 3.
· Understand how to work with web services, an important skill in an increasingly connected world.
· Use ASP.NET AJAX 4, with an emphasis on contemporary web development techniques.
· Perform development using Internet Information Services 7, Microsoft's premier web hosting platform.

About the Author

Matthew MacDonald is an author, educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He is a regular writer for developer journals, such as Inside Visual Basic, ASP Today, and Hardcore Visual Studio .NET. In addition, he has authored several books about programming with .NET, including User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, The Book of VB .NET, and .NET Distributed Applications. In a dimly remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics. Send e-mail to him with praise, condemnation, and everything in between at p2p@prosetech.com. Adam Freeman is an experienced IT professional who has held senior positions in a range of companies, most recently as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer of a global bank. He has written several books on Java and .NET and has had a long-term interest in all things parallel.

Table of Contents:
Core Concepts · Introducing ASP.NET · Visual Studio · Web Forms · Server Controls · ASP.NET Applications · State Management Data Access · ADO.NET Fundamentals · Data Components and the DataSet · Data Binding · Rich Data Controls · Caching and Asynchronous Pages · Files and Streams · LINQ · XML Building ASP.NET Websites · User Controls · Themes and Master Pages · Website Navigation · Website Deployment Security · The ASP.NET Security Model · Forms Authentication · Membership · Windows Authentication · Authorization and Roles · Profiles · Cryptography · Custom Membership Providers Advanced User Interface · Custom Server Controls · Graphics, GDI+, and Charting · JavaScript and Ajax Techniques · ASP.NET Ajax · Portals and Web Part Pages · MVC · Dynamic Data · Silverlight Index