ASP.NET Cookbook
The Ultimate ASP.NET Code Sourcebook
By Michael A. Kittel, Geoffrey T. LeBlond
First Edition August 2004
ISBN: 0-596-00378-1
846 pages, $39.95 US, $57.95 CA, £28.50 UK
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Rating: 4 stars out of 5 ****
Review Summary: Even though this book is too advanced for me, I like the way the authors express their flow in this book.
This book is too advanced for me. But if you are developers who like to cook (using ASP.NET that is), then this is the book for you. If you want to create dynamic, data driven web sites running on Microsoft web servers, which have long relied on Active Server Pages (ASP), then again this book is for you.
Using the .NET framework and Microsoft’s new object oriented languages, ASP.NET brings the same rapid drag and drop productivity to web applications that the Visual Basic programming language brought to Windows applications. ASP.NET also introduces web services, which allow developers to expose the functionality of an application via HTTP and XML, so that clients on any platform can access it via the Internet. The ASP.NET Cookbook provides a lot of recipes to problems commonly encountered when developing ASP.NET web applications and services in the popular problem solution discussion Cookbook format. I think the coding discussed in this ASP.NET cookbook appeal to a wide range of developers, from the inexperienced to the expert.
From the chapters, I would say that the things I like about the book are:
This cookbook is well laid out in its basic approach to teaching going from the simpler to the more complicated data controls. I also like the way the authors expressing their flow in crafting their recipes. Another thing is that there are a lot of codes and examples in both VB and C#. Finally, the chapters that I have read are well covered with ASP.NET kudos and tricks.
So far, the only problem I have with the book is the frequent referencing to some other O’Reilly’s books. I would rather the author quoting the subject matter that are discussed and put them in the book.
As a beginner I would say that this cookbook was well worth the read and I plan on studying even more about the ASP.NET and some other .NET technologies.
This book review is prepared by Alex Soetjipto and was presented at the Saint Louis Visual Basic Users Group at the September 2005 meeting.
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Table of Contents
Preface
1. Tabular Data
1.1 Selecting the Right Tabular Control
1.2 Generating a Quick-and-Dirty Tabular Display
1.3 Enhancing the Output of a Tabular Display
1.4 Displaying Data from an XML File
1.5 Displaying an Array as a Group of Checkboxes
1.6 Displaying Data from a Hashtable
1.7 Adding Next/Previous Navigation to a DataGrid
1.8 Adding First/Last Navigation to a DataGrid
1.9 Adding Direct Page Navigation to a DataGrid
1.10 Paging Through a Record-Heavy DataGrid
1.11 Sorting Data Within a DataGrid
1.12 Sorting Data in Ascending/Descending Order Within a DataGrid
1.13 Combining Sorting and Paging in a DataGrid
1.14 Editing Data Within a DataGrid
1.15 Formatting Columnar Data in a DataGrid
1.16 Allowing Selection Anywhere Within a DataGrid Row
1.17 Adding a Delete Confirmation Pop Up
1.18 Displaying a Pop-Up Details Window
1.19 Adding a Totals Row to a DataGrid
2. Validation
2.1 Requiring that Data be Entered in a Field
2.2 Requiring Data to Be In a Range
2.3 Requiring that Two Data Input Fields Match
2.4 Requiring that Data Matches a Predefined Pattern
2.5 Requiring that a Drop-Down List Selection Be Made
2.6 Requiring Data to Match a Database Entry
3. Forms
3.1 Using the Enter Key to Submit a Form
3.2 Using the Enter Key to Submit a Form After Validation
3.3 Submitting a Form to a Different Page
3.4 Simulating Multipage Forms
3.5 Setting the Initial Focus to a Specific Control
3.6 Setting the Focus to a Control with a Validation Error
4. User Controls
4.1 Sharing a Page Header on Multiple Pages
4.2 Creating a Customizable Navigation Bar
4.3 Reusing Code-Behind Classes
4.4 Communicating Between User Controls
4.5 Adding User Controls Dynamically
5. Custom Controls
5.1 Combining HTML Controls in a Single Custom Control
5.2 Creating a Custom Control with Attributes
5.3 Creating a Custom Control with State
5.4 Customizing an ASP.NET TextBox Server Control
6. Maintaining State
6.1 Maintaining Information Needed by All Users of an Application
6.2 Maintaining Information about a User Throughout a Session
6.3 Preserving Information Between Postbacks
6.4 Preserving Information Across Multiple Requests for a Page
7. Error Handling
7.1 Handling Errors at the Method Level
7.2 Handling Errors at the Page Level
7.3 Handling Errors at the Application Level
7.4 Displaying User-Friendly Error Messages
8. Security
8.1 Restricting Access to All Application Pages
8.2 Restricting Access to Selected Application Pages
8.3 Restricting Access to Application Pages by Role
8.4 Using Windows Authentication
9. Configuration
9.1 Overriding Default HTTP Runtime Parameters in web.config
9.2 Adding Custom Application Settings in web.config
9.3 Displaying Custom Error Messages
9.4 Maintaining Session State Across Multiple Web Servers
9.5 Accessing Other web.config Configuration Elements
9.6 Adding Your Own Configuration Elements to web.config
10. Tracing and Debugging
10.1 Uncovering Page-Level Problems
10.2 Uncovering Problems Application Wide
10.3 Pinpointing the Cause of an Exception
10.4 Uncovering Problems Within Web Application Components
10.5 Uncovering Problems Within Dual-Use Components
10.6 Writing Trace Data to the Event Log with Controllable Levels
10.7 Using a Breakpoint to Stop Execution of an Application When a Condition Is Met
10.8 Stress Testing a Web Application or Service
11. Web Services
11.1 Creating a Web Service
11.2 Consuming a Web Service
11.3 Creating a Web Service That Returns a Custom Object
11.4 Setting the URL of a Web Service at Runtime
12. Dynamic Images
12.1 Drawing Button Images on the Fly
12.2 Creating Bar Charts on the Fly
12.3 Displaying Images Stored in a Database
12.4 Displaying Thumbnail Images
13. Caching
13.1 Caching Pages
13.2 Caching Pages Based on Query String Parameter Values
13.3 Caching Pages Based on Browser Type and Version
13.4 Caching Pages Based on Developer-Defined Custom Strings
13.5 Caching User Controls
13.6 Caching Application Data
14. Internationalization
14.1 Localizing Request/Response Encoding
14.2 Providing Multiple Language Support
14.3 Overriding Currency Formatting
15. File Operations
15.1 Downloading a File from the Web Server
15.2 Uploading a File to the Web Server
15.3 Processing an Uploaded File Without Storing It on the Filesystem
15.4 Storing the Contents of an Uploaded File in a Database
16. Performance
16.1 Reducing Page Size by Selectively Disabling the ViewState
16.2 Speeding up String Concatenation with a StringBuilder
16.3 Speeding Up Read-Only Data Access
16.4 Speeding Up Data Access to a SQL Server Database Using the SQL Provider
17. HTTP Handlers
17.1 Creating a Reusable Image Handler
17.2 Creating a File Download Handler
18. Assorted Tips
18.1 Accessing HTTP-Specific Information from Within a Class
18.2 Executing External Applications
18.3 Transforming XML to HTML
18.4 Determining the User's Browser Type
18.5 Dynamically Creating Browser-Specific Stylesheets
18.6 Saving and Reusing HTML Output
18.7 Sending Mail
18.8 Creating and Using Page Templates
Index
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