ASP.NET 4.0 in Practice

Summary

ASP.NET 4.0 in Practice contains over 100 real world techniques distilled from the experience of a team of MVPs. Using a practical problem-solution-discussion format, the book will guide you through the most common scenarios you will face in a typical ASP.NET application, and provide solutions and suggestions to take your applications to another level.

ASP.NET is an established technology to build web applications using Microsoft products. It drives a number of enterprise-level web sites around the world, but it can be scaled for projects of any size. The new version 4.0 is an evolutionary step: you will find a lot of new features that you will be able to leverage to build better web applications with minimal effort.

ASP.NET is a massive framework that requires a large amount of know-how from developers. Fortunately, this book distills over 100 practical ASP.NET techniques from the experience of a team of MVPs, and puts them right at your fingertips.

The techniques are tested and selected for their usefulness, and they are all presented in a simple problem-solution-discussion format. You'll discover methods for key new subjects like data integration with Entity Framework and ASP.NET MVC. Along the way, you'll also find ways to make your applications fast and secure.

This book is written for developers familiar with the basics of ASP.NET, looking to become more productive with it.

Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.

• The Identity Map pattern in EF 4
• Use Master Pages to define a common UI
• Adaptive Rendering
• Save user login data securely
......and much more

Table of Contents

PART 1 ASP.NET FUNDAMENTALS

1. Getting acquainted with ASP.NET 4.0
2. Data access reloaded: Entity Framework
3. Integrating Entity Framework and ASP.NET

PART 2 ASP.NET WEB FORMS

4. Building the user interface with ASP.NET Web Forms
5. Data binding in ASP.NET Web Forms
6. Custom controls
7. Taking control of markup

PART 3 ASP.NET MVC

8. Introducing ASP.NET MVC
9. Customizing and extending ASP.NET MVC

PART 4 SECURITY

10. ASP.NET security
11. ASP.NET authentication and authorization

PART 5 ADVANCED TOPICS

12. Ajax and RIAs with ASP.NET 4.0
13. State
14. Caching in ASP.NET
15. Extreme ASP.NET 4.0
16. Performance and optimizations