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Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1: in C# and VB Paperback – Illustrated, 14 March 2014

by Imar Spaanjaars (Author)
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Build your ASP.NET 4.5.1 skills with real-world instruction

In this comprehensive guide to getting started with ASP.NET 4.5.1, best-selling author Imar Spaanjaars provides a firm foundation for coders new to ASP.NET and key insights for those not yet familiar with the important updates in the 4.5.1 release. Readers learn how to build full-featured ASP.NET websites using Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web, Microsoft’s free development tool for ASP.NET web applications. Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1 guides you through the process of creating a fully functional, database-driven website, from creation of the most basic site structure all the way down to the successful deployment of the website to a production environment.

Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1: in C# and VB: 

  • Explains how to get started with ASP.NET 4.5.1, including an introduction to Microsoft’s Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web
  • Features helpful examples for designing websites with CSS and HTML and how to overcome common formatting problems
  • Shares techniques for managing server controls in ASP.NET, including standard controls, HTML controls, and data controls
  • Provides real-world tips for creating consistent page layouts throughout your websites
  • Covers practical functionality issues like validating user input, sending e-mail from your website, and processing data at the server
  • Details what the ASP.NET state engine is and why it is important
  • Shows how to access and modify data in a SQL Server database
  • Includes coverage of jQuery, LINQ, and the Entity Framework
  • Explores measures to take for optimal security
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  3. Edition
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  4. Publisher
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  5. Publication date
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  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    18.8 x 4.83 x 23.37 cm
  8. Print length
    864 pages
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Imar Spaanjaars, a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP and an ASPInsider, is the CTO of Dynamicweb North America. He is a bestselling author for Wrox and one of the top contributors to the Wrox Community Forum at p2p.wrox.com, with more than 15,000 answers to programmer questions.

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Build your ASP.NET 4.5.1 skills with real-world instruction

In this comprehensive guide to getting started with ASP.NET 4.5.1, best-selling author Imar Spaanjaars provides a firm foundation for coders new to ASP.NET and key insights for those not yet familiar with the important updates in the 4.5.1 release. Readers will learn how to build full-featured ASP.NET websites using Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web, Microsoft’s free development tool for ASP.NET web applications. Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1 guides you through the process of creating a fully functional, database-driven website, from creation of the most basic site structure all the way down to the successful deployment of the website to a production environment.

Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1: in C# and VB:

  • Explains how to get started with ASP.NET 4.5.1, including an introduction to Microsoft’s Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web
  • Features helpful examples for designing websites with CSS and HTML and how to overcome common formatting problems
  • Shares techniques for managing server controls in ASP.NET, including standard controls, HTML controls, and data controls
  • Demonstrates real-world tips for creating consistent page layouts throughout your websites
  • Covers practical functionality issues like validating user input, sending e-mail from your website, and processing data at the server
  • Explains what the ASP.NET state engine is and why it is important
  • Shows how to access and modify data in a SQL Server database
  • Includes coverage of jQuery, LINQ, and the entity framework
  • Explores measures to take for optimal security

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that guides you through all the techniques involved.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 111884677X
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wrox; 1st edition (14 March 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 864 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781118846773
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1118846773
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.8 x 4.83 x 23.37 cm
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Imar Spaanjaars graduated in Leisure Management at the Leisure Management School in the Netherlands, but quickly changed his career path into the Internet world.

After working in the Internet business at various web agencies for many years, he now runs his own company called De Vier Koeden (https://devierkoeden.com), a small Internet agency specializing in consultancy and development of Internet and intranet applications with Microsoft technologies such as ASP.NET Core.

Imar has written books on WebMatrix, ASP.NET and Macromedia Dreamweaver, all published under the Wrox brand.

From 2008 to 2015, Imar has been rewarded with Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for his contributions to the ASP.NET community.

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adalberto horie
5.0 out of 5 stars Otimo livro para iniciantes
Reviewed in Brazil on 18 September 2017
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Bem dirigido, bons exemplos e sequencia correta. Atende aos usuários iniciantes e também para intermediários. Permite que pessoa programe um site sem muito esforço
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Juan Gonzalez
5.0 out of 5 stars Complementando lo Anterior
Reviewed in Mexico on 30 May 2017
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Este Libro, para mi parecer, complementa lo aprendido en el de Beginning ASP.NET for Visual Studio 2015, y que además implementa mejoras, además del empleo de la aplicación de Visual Studio para Web, formidable.
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Kenneth B
5.0 out of 5 stars I do love this book...
Reviewed in the United States on 6 May 2017
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I've been floundering trying to make a web site that does what I need it to do. I am not a professional programmer although I've had some experience over the years in now archaic programs, like PL1, COBOL, dBaseIII, Borland Pascal. I couldn't keep up with the changes on an intermittent basis--when Borland introduced OOP I totally lost it. Now I'm trying to get some competency back in order to create a particular web site and I've purchased books on Javascript, HTML & CSS and PHP. But I found I needed to get into asp.net and this book has been an eye opener. I had previously installed Visual Studio without a clue how to use it. This book explains that, from the beginning, thoroughly, simply, and in great detail. After only a few chapters, I feel I am well on my way to being able to accomplish what I need to do. It is, for sure, for beginners, but that's where I'm at and it will help me to advance. It is totally direct and logical and does not assume anything. Thank you Mr. Spaanjaars.
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Adam Doogan-Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for learning ASP.NET
Reviewed in Canada on 7 November 2015
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Excellent book for first timers with C# and ASP.NET. I had no previous coding or web design before I started reading this book. It's pace makes it understandable for every person that picks it up. Can't recommend this enough if you plan on learning ASP.NET.
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R. J. Knight
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Start To Web Site Construction
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2015
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If, like me, you are entirely new to building web sites then this book is a good place to start. Somewhere on Amazon I believe I have already reviewed this title, together with the earlier version that is based on Microsoft's Visual Studio 2012, so, having been through both books and built the sample web site (Plant Wrox) using the 2012 and 2013 versions of Visual Studio that each book is, respectively, based on I can recommend either book but would also suggest you first purchase the book Imar Spaanjaars co-authored with Mike Brind, viz 'Beginning ASP.NET Web Pages with WebMatrix'.

Why? Well, building a site from scratch using Web Forms in Visual Studio is a complicated process and, though Imar Spaanjaars guides you expertly through every step, you will miss out on understanding what is truly going on, 'under the hood' so to speak, in many places because a lot of coding is already done for you. That you can 'drag and drop' items, use a 'properties grid',assorted 'wizards', 'smart tasks panels' and the like to write your code without actually writing any code means that you can end up being not quite sure how you arrived at the code that is , ultimately, rendered as the page people will see when they browse to your site. Also, that both this book and the previous version, use the 'code behind' format when building the sample site means that understanding how the C# or VB code used 'behind' is connected to your code in the main 'mark-up' section is not always easy to grasp.

This is not a problem with the 'Beginning ASP.NET Web Pages with WebMatrix' book because it builds a sample site using what is known as Razor (template) syntax where all your code is on one page and is primarily a mixture of HTML, razor syntax and C#. You write all the code yourself and so quickly grasp how what appears on your site's pages is a result solely of the code you have written. That you use HTML helps because, ultimately, that is what web site pages end up as when presented in a browser. If you purchase this book (' Beginning ASP.NET Web Pages with WebMatrix' ) along with 'Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1 in C# and VB', and build the Web Pages site, just view a page in your browser, right click and view the source. You'll see it isn't much different to the code on your site because they are both, primarily, HTML. On the other hand, view the source of a Web Forms page created, say, using the 'Planet Wrox' sample site of 'Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1', and you'll see how much more complicated it has been for the server to turn that code in to the HTML served up for browsers.

In conclusion, 'Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1 in C# and VB' is an excellent introduction to building a web site from scratch using Web Forms but if you really want to understand the basics of what is going on I'd recommend you combine it with 'Beginning ASP.NET Web Pages with WebMatrix'. I certainly found it easier using Web Pages to grasp the intricacies of working with data to and from a database, together with constructing log in, registration and user roles. Indeed, if you go down the route I went and build the Web Forms 'Planet Wrox' site of 'Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1 in C# and VB' first, then it will all make a lot more sense, and seem considerably easier and less cumbersome, if you then build the Web Pages 'Classifieds' site of 'Beginning ASP.NET Web Pages with WebMatrix'.

A final note: If you purchase this book, 'Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1 in C# and VB' that uses the 2013 version of Visual Studio Express for Web, it is worth downloading Microsoft's earlier version of Visual Studio Express for Web(2012 version) as, when you come to the bit where you are required to use the Web Site Administration Tool, it is more easily accessed here (open your site in it, click WEBSITE, choose ASP.NET Configuration-and there it is!) than it is for the 2013 version of Visual Studio Express for Web.
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