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Did you volunteer to create a Web site for the softball team? Is ittime to take your small business to the next level and let yourcustomers shop online? Well, you can relax! ASP.NET 3.5 makescreating a dynamic site faster and cleaner than ever before, andASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies makes it easier.First, you'll get an introduction to all the tools andterminology you need to understand ASP.NET. If you've usedearlier versions of ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer, you canprobably skip that part and jump right into what's new in3.5. You'll make friends with LINQ and SQL, create sites in VisualWeb Developer 2008 Express, and much more. Before you know ityou'll discover how to:* Integrate data, track shopping cart contents, and whisk awaybugs* Create user interfaces with easy navigation* Use the ListView control for sophisticated formatting* Write LINQ queries* Add a table to a database* Create an event handler* Take advantage of the drag 'n' drop feature that lets you writeless code* Put all the features to work to develop dynamic WebapplicationsThe softball team is going to love that Web site, and yourcustomers might enjoy shopping on your site so much thatyou'll have to expand your business to fill all the orders!We can't promise that, of course, but we're pretty surethat ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies will make creating Web siteseasier and a lot more fun.

Introduction 1Part I: Getting to Know ASP.NET andVisual Web Developer 7Chapter 1: Understanding Microsoft's Web Technologies9Chapter 2: Getting Up and Running 21Chapter 3: Creating a Useful ASP.NET Site 37Chapter 4: Managing Data and Other CRUD 47Chapter 5: Handling User Input and Events 61Part II: Immersing Yourself in Data 75Chapter 6: Fetching and Presenting Data with SqlDataSource77Chapter 7: LINQ as a Data Language 99Chapter 8: Using LINQ to SQL and the LinqDataSource 121Chapter 9: Creating and Consuming Diverse Data 143Part III: Enhancing the Interface andUser Experience 163Chapter 10: Common Elements: Style Sheets, Master Pages, andSkins 165Chapter 11: Adding Navigation with TreeView, MenuBreadcrumb, and SiteMap .179Chapter 12: Web Standards, Page Layout, and Usability193Chapter 13: Designing the ListView and Other Templated Controls.207Chapter 14: Dynamic Effects, Images, and Rollovers 223Chapter 15: Enhancing Pages with the AJAX Control Toolkit239Chapter 16: Creating and Displaying Rich Content 255Part IV: Tracking Users, Controlling Accessand Implementing Security 271Chapter 17: Site Security Using Authentication and Membership273Chapter 18: Creating a Shopping Cart with Profiles 291Chapter 19: Validation in Depth 315COPYRIGHTED MATERIALPart V: Getting the Bugs Out andHandling Runtime Errors 331Chapter 20: Debugging and Tracing Pages 333Chapter 21: Avoiding Crashes by Handling Exceptions 349Chapter 22: Ten Tips on Deploying Your Web Application 365Chapter 23: Ten Tips to Success with ASP.NET 379Index 385