Using Web Parts, ASP.NET developers can create portals with the same advanced features found in sites such as Live.com and Google ig.

ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action demystifies portal design, development, maintenance, and deployment. In over 400 code-packed pages, ASP.NET expert Darren Neimke shares his deep understanding of the controls and services that make up the portal framework.

This book will help you to code like a guru but think like a user. For example, you’ll discover how to use Web Parts to reduce four-step actions to a single click with a strategically-placed edit button. Learn to balance features and usability to make your portals both look good and work well.

ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action gives you the tools you need to move your ideas off the whiteboard and bring them to life. Find out how to provide the personalization options your users want while preserving the look and feel of your portals with solid designs and custom chrome. Create usable information dashboards and tackle tough interoperability questions with confidence.

All the information in this book is performance-tested. Author Darren Neimke walks you through Web Parts concepts including static and dynamic connections, WebPartManager, SQLPersonalizationProvider, and the hot new ASP.NET Atlas framework.

Whether you’re creating custom solutions or adding Web Parts to SharePoint 2007, exploring Atlas or dabbling in gadgets, ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action will get you started and guide you as you build successful portals using ASP.NET Web Parts.

For large-scale web application development, Visual Studio 2005 is the most capable product around. This book shows team members and leaders how to use its power in several key dimensions. You’ll master dozens of built-in features for creating a large, high-performance website based on ASP.NET 2.0. You’ll work seamlessly with dynamic data, both reading from and writing to databases. And throughout, you’ll learn how Visual Studio 2005 supports a more efficient group process in terms of design, development, and deployment. And everything is brought together with the enterprise-scale example, “ABC Incorporated,” that runs throughout the book. This is a book no web developer, and no web-dependent organization, should be without.

Coverage Includes

• Reaping the benefits of master pages and themes
• Generating site maps and other navigational aids automatically
• Building a shopping cart application for your website
• Adding search functionality to your website
• Creating a flexible user environment using Webpart technology
• Increasing application performance using client-side and server-side scripting technologies
• Giving users the ability to change the website’s theme to meet specific needs
• Using components and controls to add special effects and user customization
• Improving team efficiency using modern development and design techniques
• Monitoring and responding to usage statistics
• Combining technologies to get the best possible results from large applications
• Making your site accessible to everyone

Master Standards-Based Web Development Techniques New to Visual Studio 2005

Discover How Visual Studio 2005 Solves Team Development Issues, Such as Source Code Control and Application Design

Simplify Database Application Development without Compromising Security or Reliability

Microsoft’s Internet Information Server 6 is an Internet server program that works with the Windows Server 2003 operating system. IIS is Microsoft’s answer in the Internet server market to Apache, the open source and #1 Internet server in use. In the US 9.7 million servers run IIS (28 percent of the market) powering 5.3 million .com domains. Delivered as a fee add-on for the Windows 2003 Server, IIS 6 is a major upgrade from version 5 with increased security, better .NET programming integration, and stronger abilities to work with non-Microsoft languages and servers. Companies using IIS Server as part of their backend systems include: Krispy Kreme, AT&T, Home Shopping Network, Rolling Stone.com, plus many others.

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