Completely reengineered for ASP.NET 4—this definitive guide deftly illuminates the core architecture and programming features of ASP.NET 4 in a single, pragmatic volume. Web development expert Dino Esposito provides essential, architectural-level guidance, along with the in-depth technical insights designed to take you—and your solutions—to the next level. The book covers Dynamic Data, AJAX, Microsoft Silverlight®, ASP.NET MVC, Web forms, LINQ, and security strategies—and features extensive code samples in Microsoft Visual C#® 2010.

1. The ASP.NET Runtime Environment

   1. Chapter 1 ASP.NET Web Forms Today

      1. The Age of Reason of ASP.NET Web Forms
      2. The AJAX Revolution
      3. ASP.NET of the Future
      4. Summary

   2. Chapter 2 ASP.NET and IIS

      1. The Web Server Environment
      2. Deploying ASP.NET Applications
      3. Summary

   3. Chapter 3 ASP.NET Configuration

      1. The ASP.NET Configuration Hierarchy
      2. Managing Configuration Data
      3. Summary

   4. Chapter 4 HTTP Handlers, Modules, and Routing

      1. Writing HTTP Handlers
      2. Writing HTTP Modules
      3. URL Routing
      4. Summary

2. ASP.NET Pages and Server Controls

   1. Chapter 5 Anatomy of an ASP.NET Page

      1. Invoking a Page
      2. The Page Class
      3. The Page Life Cycle
      4. Summary

   2. Chapter 6 ASP.NET Core Server Controls

      1. Generalities of ASP.NET Server Controls
      2. HTML Controls
      3. Web Controls
      4. Summary

   3. Chapter 7 Working with the Page

      1. Dealing with Errors in ASP.NET Pages
      2. Page Personalization
      3. Page Localization
      4. Adding Resources to Pages
      5. Summary

   4. Chapter 8 Page Composition and Usability

      1. Page Composition Checklist
      2. Page Usability Checklist
      3. Summary

   5. Chapter 9 ASP.NET Input Forms

      1. Programming with Forms
      2. Validation Controls
      3. Working with Wizards
      4. Summary

   6. Chapter 10 Data Binding

      1. Foundation of the Data Binding Model
      2. Data-Bound Controls
      3. Data-Binding Expressions
      4. Managing Tables of Data
      5. Data Source Components
      6. Summary

   7. Chapter 11 The ListView Control

      1. The ListView Control
      2. Working with the ListView Control
      3. Summary

   8. Chapter 12 Custom Controls

      1. Extending Existing Controls
      2. Building Controls from Scratch
      3. Building a Data-Bound Control
      4. Building a Composite Templated Control
      5. Summary

3. Design of the Application

   1. Chapter 13 Principles of Software Design

      1. The Big Ball of Mud
      2. Universal Software Principles
      3. SOLID Principles
      4. Tools for Dependency Injection
      5. Summary

   2. Chapter 14 Layers of an Application

      1. A Multitiered Architecture
      2. The Business Layer
      3. The Data Access Layer
      4. Summary

   3. Chapter 15 The Model-View-Presenter Pattern

      1. Patterns for the Presentation Layer
      2. Implementing Model View Presenter
      3. Testability in Web Forms with MVP
      4. Summary

4. Infrastructure of the Application

   1. Chapter 16 The HTTP Request Context

      1. Initialization of the Application
      2. The global.asax File
      3. The HttpContext Class
      4. The Server Object
      5. The HttpResponse Object
      6. The HttpRequest Object
      7. Summary

   2. Chapter 17 ASP.NET State Management

      1. The Application’s State
      2. The Session’s State
      3. Working with a Session’s State
      4. Customizing Session State Management
      5. The View State of a Page
      6. Summary

   3. Chapter 18 ASP.NET Caching

      1. Caching Application Data
      2. Distributed Cache
      3. Caching ASP.NET Pages
      4. Summary

   4. Chapter 19 ASP.NET Security

      1. Where the Threats Come From
      2. The ASP.NET Security Context
      3. Using Forms Authentication
      4. The Membership and Role Management API
      5. Quick Tour of Claims-Based Identity
      6. Security-Related Controls
      7. Summary

5. The Client Side

   1. Chapter 20 Ajax Programming

      1. The Ajax Infrastructure
      2. Partial Rendering in ASP.NET
      3. Considerations Regarding Partial Rendering
      4. REST and Ajax
      5. Summary

   2. Chapter 21 jQuery Programming

      1. Power to the Client
      2. Working with jQuery
      3. Summary