ASP.NET 2.0 Learning Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS    ASP.NET 2.0 Quickstart    Expert Advice on ASP.NET    Prerelease Software and Downloads    General ASP.NET 2.0 Topics    Upgrading and Migration    User Interface    Data Access    Security    Reference and Documentation    ASP.NET-specific Forums    More Learning Guides...

Microsoft: "ASP.NET is a powerful set of tools for building dynamic, high performance, data-driven Web applications. ASP.NET 2.0 makes it even better by making you more productive, reducing the amount of code you have to write, making your Web sites easier to manage, and improving your Web site's scalability, reliability, and performance."

ASP.NET 2.0 Quickstart

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• Tutorial: ASP.NET 2.0 QuickStart Tutorial
(Microsoft)

• Developer's Guide: Introduction to ASP.NET
(Microsoft)

• Developer's Guide: ASP.NET platform requirements
(Microsoft)

• PowerPoint: Overview of ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Article: Moving from Visual Basic to ASP.NET
(Microsoft)

Expert Advice on ASP.NET	Table of Contents
You'll find much more expert advice on ASP.NET in our Ask-the-Expert feature. If you've run into a problem using ASP.NET, then pose your own question to expert Daniel Cazzulino. View all of our developer expert categories or click below for a sampling of expert advice...

• Advice: How do I call a program using the command prompt from ASP.NET?


• Advice: Checki ng input by character to verify validity


• Advice: How do I redirect results to a text file?


• Advice: How do I sort a dropdown list in ASP.NET?

Prerelease Software and Downloads

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• Download: Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition and ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Download: The ASP.NET Web Matrix Project
(Microsoft)

• Download: ASP.NET Resource Kit
(Microsoft)

• Download: GridView Examples for ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Download: Woodgrove Demo app
(Microsoft)

• Download: The Zen of ASP.NET 2.0 working code samples
(Microsoft)

• Download: Te chEd Hands-on Labs sample code
(Microsoft)

General Articles and Topics

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• PowerPoint: A look inside membership, role management and profiles in ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• PowerPoint: Exploring internals, page lifecyle and the compilation model
(Microsoft)

• PowerPoint: New Localization Features in ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• PowerPoint: A lap around the new enhancements for Web developers in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
(Microsoft)

• PowerPoint: Using Microsoft Visual 2005 Studio team system to build enterprise Web applications
(Microsoft)

• Article: Building ASP.NET 2.0 Web sites using Web standards
(Microsoft)

• Developer's Guide: ASP.NET optimization
(Microsoft)

• Article: Web site operations in ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Article: Improved caching in ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Article: Introducing the ASP.NET 2.0 TreeView and Menu controls
(Microsoft)

• Article: Introducing the ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts Framework
(Microsoft)

• Article: Managing files better in Visual Studio 2005 Web projects
(Microsoft)

• Article: Understanding page inheritance in ASP.NET 2.0
(Rick Strahl)

• Article: Creating custom ASP.NET 2.0 profile providers
(TheServerSide)

• Article: Answering 5 concerns about Web development with ASP.NET 2.0
(Scott Guthrie)

• Article: MultiView and view controls in ASP.NET 2.0
(ASPAlliance)

• Article: Embedding resources in ASP.NET 2.0 assemblies
(ASPAlliance)

• Article: Precompilation in ASP.NET 2.0
(ASPAlliance)

Upgrading and Migration

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• PowerPoint: Best practices and techniques for migrating ASP.NET 1.x applications to ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Article: Migrate from ASP to ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Developer's Guide: Migrating ASP pages to ASP.NET
(Microsoft)

User Interface

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• Tip: Master Pages in ASP.NET 2.0 drive uniform design
(SearchVB.com)

• PowerPoint: Best practices for building Web application UI with master pages, themes, and site navigation
(Microsoft)

• PowerPoint: Advanced server controls and Web parts with ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Article: Creating Web application themes in ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Article: Master the look of your site: ASP.NET 2.0 master pages
(Microsoft)

• Article: Understanding and extending the site navigation system in ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Article: Life without refresh
(Microsoft)

Data Access

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• PowerPoint: Building data-driven Web sites in ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Article: Databa se storage with the ASP.NET Web Matrix
(ASP Free)

• Article: Introducing the ASP.NET 2.0 GridView and DetailsView controls
(Microsoft)

• Article: Access Database Schema with ASP.NET 2.0
(ASPAlliance)

• Article: Editing Access Databases with ASP.NET 2.0>
(ASPAlliance)

• Article: Working with the ASP.NET 2.0 ObjectDataSource control
(Microsoft)

• Developer's Guide: Accessing data with ASP.NET
(Microsoft)

• Developer's Guide: Accessing data with ADO.NET
(Microsoft)

• Article: Storing user information with ASP.NET 2.0 profiles
(Microsoft)

Security

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• Article: ASP.NET 2.0 security practices at a glance
(Microsoft)

• PowerPoint: New developments in Web security with IIS 6.0 and ASP.NET
(Microsoft)

• Article: New Security Features in ASP.NET 2.0
(Microsoft)

• Developer's Guide: Secur ity considerations for ASP.NET Web applications
(Microsoft)

• Developer's Guide: Securin g ASP.NET Web applications
(Microsoft)

• Article: Encrypting the connection string in ASP.NET 2.0
(Scott Forsyth)

• Article: Enabling roles in ASP.NET 2.0
(Scott Forsyth)

• Article: Changing the password complexity in ASP.NET 2.0
(Scott Forsyth)

Reference and Documentation

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• Reference: ASP.NET platform requirements
(Microsoft)

• Reference: ASP.NET syntax
(Microsoft)

• Reference: System.Web Namespace
(Microsoft)

• Reference: System.Web.Caching Namespace
(Microsoft)

• Reference: System.Web.Conf iguration Namespace
(Microsoft)

• Reference: System.Web.Security Namespace
(Microsoft)

ASP.NET-specific Forums

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• Where peers share know-how and experience: ITKnowledge Exchange
(SearchVB.com)

• Forum: Getting Started
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Setup
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Web Forms
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Client Side Web Development
(Microsoft)

• Forum: DataGrid, DataList, Repeater Controls
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Security
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Caching
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Mobile
(Microsoft)

• Forum: XML
(Microsoft)

• Forum: XML Web Services
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Code Samples
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Component Reviews
(Microsoft)

• Forum: System.Drawing/GDI+
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Localization
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Architecture
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Performance
(Microsoft)

• Forum: State Management
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Enterprise Services
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Configuration and Deployment
(Microsoft)

• Forum: HttpHandlers and HttpModules
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Building Controls
(Microsoft)

• Forum: Error handling and Debugging
(Microsoft)

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