Pro ASP.NET Web Forms Techniques, 2/e (Paperback)

This book examines the possibilities for developing user interfaces that are driven by ASP.NET. It discusses and explores a range of techniques and approaches predominantly for creating Web sites and Web pages that are intuitive and easy to use, attractive and full-featured, interactive where appropriate, based (loosely) on real-world scenarios, and able to fulfill a predefined set of design requirements.

The example pages are, for the most part, elements of an overall application that form the basis for the kind of Web site/application that is becoming one of the basic ingredients of the World Wide Web today. You will build a site that allows the user to choose, customize, and purchase a new car or truck from the world-famous Xrox Car Company.

This book focuses on the steps of requirements-analysis and design (though not in extreme detail), followed by planning and mapping out the site. While this seems like the natural way to get started, it’s often skimped on or even omitted, thereby allowing a site to develop in a haphazard and unpredictable way. While this is not always categorically wrong, it does make site development and maintenance that much more difficult. Even the most simplistic starting plan can reduce development and maintenance time, as well as avoiding many common frustrations that result from the “no plan” approach

Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started
Chapter 2 Browser Compatibility with ASP.NET Server Controls
Chapter 3 Laying the Foundations
Chapter 4 The Home Page
Chapter 5 Banners, Footers, and Email
Chapter 6 The Ancillary Pages
Chapter 7 Creating Graphs and Charts
Chapter 8 Interactive Web Forms
Chapter 9 The Interactive Model Details
Chapter 10 Car Prices and Quotations
Chapter 11 The Login and Register Page
Chapter 12 Quotations and Orders