Certified ASP.NET Programmer

Introducing to ASP.Net & .Net Framework 3.5

• Microsoft’s .NET 3.5 Framework
• ASP.NET 3.5
• ASP.NET Features
• JavaScript and Client-Side Code
• ASP.NET AJAX
• Dynamic HTML
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• MVC
• ADO.NET
• SQL Server
• Internet Information Services

Language Basics

• Case Sensitivity
• Commenting
• Statement Termination
• Blocks
• Variables & Data Types
• Variable Operations
• Conditional Logic
• The if Statement
• The switch Statement
• Loops
• The for Loop
• The foreach loopThe while loop

Creating an Asp.net Website

• Visual Studio IDE
• Adding an ASP.NET control
• Previewing a page in the browser
• Adding controls to the VWDE Toolbox

Creating MyMoviesCollection Web Project

• What is SQL?
• Using a SQL Server Express Database
• Adding a database to the project
• Adding a table to the database
• Generating a Data-Driven Web Page
• Using the database to build a Web page
• Previewing and reviewing the database-generated page

Managing Data and Other CRUD

• CRUD
• Working with Smart Tags and Designers
• Enhancing the GridView Control
• Sorting, editing, and deleting with the GridView
• Formatting the date display
• Introducing the FormView Control
• Adding a FormView control to the page
• Changing the FormView control’s templates
• Using the FormView control to insert a row
• Analyzing problems with the date input
• Validating the date input
• Fixing the Page Title
• Improving Performance with the AJAX Update Panel

Handling User Input and Events

• Accepting Data in a TextBox Control
• Creating a regular text box
• Accepting passwords (somewhat) securely
• Capturing text with MultiLine mode
• Allowing creativity with rich text
• Pushing for Choices with the RadioButton Control
• Collecting RadioButtonList Controls
• Adding list items with a Collection editor
• Capturing the survey choice
• Checking CheckBox and CheckBoxList Controls
• For Each and the collection
• Using the DropDownList Control
• Understanding Namespaces
• Displaying the color name and showing the color
• Understanding ASP.NET Forms

Fetch and Present Data with SqlDataSource

• Connecting to SQL Server Express
• Finding a copy of the Northwind database
• Adding the Northwind database to your application
• Connecting to the database
• Using the SqlDataSource Control
• The Command attributes in the markup
• Consuming Data with the DetailsView Control
• Using Parameters in Queries
• Returning the country names with no repeats
• Filling a drop-down list with data from a SqlDataSource
• Changing the parameter source
• Obtaining a parameter from a Session variable
• Passing a parameter on a query string
• Creating a Master/Detail Page
• Designing the page layout
• Fetching data for the master
• Fetching data for the details
• Configuring the GridView and DetailsView controls

Design ListView and Other Templated Controls

• Understanding Templated Controls
• Repeating yourself with the Repeater
• Rolling Your Own with the ListView Control
• Generating the DataContext
• Configuring the LinqDataSource
• Setting up the ListView
• Displaying data with ItemTemplate
• Editing records with EditItemTemplate
• Adding records with InsertItemTemplate
• Advising users there’s no data with EmptyDataTemplate
• Using the ItemSeparatorTemplate
• Making a horizontal list with flow
• Using the DataPager with a ListView

Enhancing Pages with AJAX Control Toolkit

• Introducing the AJAX Control Toolkit
• Automatically Completing Data As the User Types
• Creating the data lookup Web service
• Creating the data lookup page
• Enhancing a text box with the TextBoxWatermarkExtender
• Adding style to a watermark
• Guiding Input with a Masked Text Box
• Creating a masked input
• Using masks and custom characters
• Choosing Dates with a Calendar
• Positioning Content to Stay on Top
• Creating a floating style
• Adding Panel controls to makes
• Adding the AlwaysVisibleControlExtender on a page

Site Security Using Authentication and Membership

• Understanding Authentication
• Preparing a Site for Membership
• Creating the Membership Database
• Configuring forms authentication
• Creating and enabling a role
• Implementing Registration and Login
• Creating the Registration page with CreateUserWizard
• Creating the Login page
• Creating the Password Recovery page
• Configuring the SMTP (Mail) settings
• Creating a Change Password page
• Providing a Login/Logout link
• Adding an Administration Area
• Adding the Admin folder and a page
• Building the Membership List page
• Applying Roles and Security
• Understanding access rules
• Adding an administrator
• Confirming the role-based security
• Securing individual pages

Handling Exceptions

• Understanding Exceptions and Their Messages
• Global Error Handling
• Catching and E-Mailing Exceptions
• Using Try...Catch in Risky Situations
• Executing a Statement, Finally
• Some Common Error Messages and Where to Look
• System.NullReferenceException
• Are you missing an assembly reference?
• Button1_Click’ is not a member of ‘ASP.default2_aspx’

Application Deployment

• Use the Copy Web Site Tool
• Connecting via FTP
• Connecting by using the FrontPage extensions
• Connecting via the file system
• Transferring files in the Copy Web tool
• Use the SQL Publishing Wizard
• Creating a database script
• Creating a remote database from a script
• Copy a SQL Express Database
• Fix the @#$%*& SQL Connection
• Choose an ASP.NET-Friendly Host
• Gather Troubleshooting Info
• Precompile If You’re Code Shy
• Encrypt Connection Information
• Some tips which helps you in building your application