Beginning Visual Web Programming in C#

With this book you'll learn the fundamentals of the web environment and how Visual Studio .NET makes it accessible to C# programmers. You'll build a working website that demonstrates all the elements of a C# web application. We'll take a step-by-step approach to each example as we explore the essential technologies and how VS.NET helps us to integrate them into a highly interactive, attractive web application. What you will learn in this book: - How to create dynamic web pages with ASP.NET web forms and web server controls- How to display and manipulate data using ADO.NET and Visual Studio .NET components- How to persist state in different ways, within the "stateless" web environment- How to create XML files and XML schema, and how to use them for data transfer- How to integrate your web applications with others, through web services- How to make your application more secure, via the security features in ASP.NET and IIS - How to eliminate bugs and unexpected failures, through effective debugging and exception-handling techniques- How to improve the performance of your application and prepare it for release