Advance .Net Technology, 2Nd Edition

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The Advance .NET Technology book provides you an easy-to-follow set of code and design standards that address the basic needs of .NET programmers. The book is unique, as its content has touched every aspect of the .NET technology. The book provides many examples in an easy-to-understand language along with exercises at the end of each chapter. This book covers basic as well as advanced concepts of .NET, such as fundamentals of .NET Framework, OOPS concepts of .NET compliant languages, including VB.NET and C#,ASP.NET, WPF, WCF, WF, Silverlight, and AJAX controls. About The Author Chirag A. Patel is a post-graduate in Computer Science & Engineering, with a 9+ years of experience in teaching. He is an Asst. Prof in Computer Engineering Department, at L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad. He has also worked as coordinator of C2C (Carrier to College) program organized jointly by BISAG (Bhaskaracharya Institute For Space Applications and Geo-Informatics), TCS and Microsoft. Many students from L.D. College of Engineering participated in total six batches and completed their certification. His area of interest is Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technology. During his P.G. dissertation he developed one algorithm to do Load Balancing using Live Virtual Machine Migration. He has presented 3 International and 2 National research papers in the area of Cloud Computing. Along with that he has also presented many seminars on JAVA and .NET technologies at various engineering institutes. The proficient teams at Kogent Learning Solutions Inc. and Dreamtech Press have seized the market of engineering textbooks, bringing excellent content in engineering and technical education to the fore. The teams at Kogent Learning Solutions, Inc. and Dreamtech Press are committed to providing excellence in quality of content by judiciously analyzing the needs of its readers and ensuring dedication of its authors and editors in catering to these needs. Table of Contents Introduction to .NET NET Framework CLR MSIL CLS The Common Language Implementation Metadata and Intermediate Language Assemblies Managed Execution Namespaces Garbage Collection Versioning and Side-by-Side Execution The End to DLL Hell COM Interop VB.NET Data Types and Language Features Language Features of VB.NET String Manipulation The .NET Type System Data Structures and Language Highlights Classes and Inheritance Namespaces Exploring Base Class Library Advanced Concepts in VB.NET Structured Error Handling Files and IO Threads Collections Compability of VB.NET with VB6 Oriented Programming with VB.NET Creating Classes in VB.NET Constructors Overloading Inheritance Controlling Scope and Visibility Dispose and Finalization Debugging and Error Handling Introduction to Windows Forms Benefits of Windows Forms The Windows Forms Model .NET Events Creating Windows Forms Windows Forms Properties and Events Dialogs ToolTips Windows Forms and Controls Windows Form Controls Resizing Menus Visual Inheritance Creating Base Forms Apply Inheritance techniques to Forms Programming Derived Forms MDI Form Custom Control Creation Using ActiveX Controls Printing Handling Multiple Events GDI+ Introduction to ADO.NET Benefits of ADO.NET ADO.NET Compared to Classic ADO ADO .NET Objects and Namespaces Managed Providers Disconnected Data Access Connected Data Access Data Binding DataSets and XML Typed DataSets Console Applications When to use Console Applications Generating Console Output Processing Console Input C#.NET Namespaces Constructors and Destructors Function Overloading and Inheritance Modifiers Properties and Indexers Attributes Reflection API Unsafe Code Events and Delegates ASP.NET Difference between ASP and ASP.NET Directory Structure of ASP.NET Web Applciation Life Cycle of an ASP.NET Web Page Working with ASP.NET Web Pages Exploring the Concept of Code-Behind Page Model Explaining View State Working with Postback Working with Controls Working with Validation Controls Using Rich Server Controls Working in User Control in ASP.NET Configuration Overview Using the Web Site Administration Tool Programming Configuration Files Encrypting Configuration Sections Accessing Data Using ADO.NET Connecting to Data Executing Commands Working with Data Managing State Preserving State in Web Applications Page-Level State Using Cookies to Preserve State ASP.NET Session State Storing Objects in Session State Configuring Session State Setting Up an Out-of-Process State Server Storing Session State in SQL Server Using Cookieless Session IDs Application State Master Pages and Themes Master Pages Working with Content Place Holder and Nested Master Page ASP.NET Themes: Working with CSS and Skin Files Creating a Consistent Website Using the Data Bound Controls and Repeater Controls Overview of List-Bound Controls Creating a Repeater Control Creating a DataList Control Creating and Consuming Web The Motivation for XML Web Services Designing XML Web Services Creating an XML Web Service with Visual Studio Creating Web Service Consumers Discovering Web Services Using UDDI Advance .NET Concepts Introducing WPF Introducing WCF Introducing WF Exploring Silverlight Introducing AJAX Controls Appendix A: Collections Index What's on the CD-ROM