Lesson 1: Tracing

ASP.NET Trace

Page-Level Tracing

Application-Level Tracing

Instrumenting with Trace Listeners

The WebPageTraceListener

Health Monitoring with Web Events

Working with the TraceFinished Event

Sending Web Event Data to the SQL Server

Using the SqlWebEventProvider

Providers, Rules, and Event Mappings

Viewing Event Data

Lesson 2: Creating New Controls

Two Kinds of User-Defined Controls

Creating a User Control

A More Complex User Control

Investigating the User Control

Providing States Data

User Control Properties

User Control Events

Testing the User Control

Why Not Stop Here?

Creating a Custom Control

Investigating the StateDropDownList Control

Rendering the Control

Control Properties

Managing Property Behavior Using Attributes

Working with Postback Data

Specifying a Toolbox Icon

Finishing Touches

What’s Next?

Lesson 3: Improving Performance with Output Caching

The Importance of Caching

Improvements over Classic ASP

Types of Caching in ASP.NET

Declarative Page Output Caching

Caching Static Pages

Code Behind the Caching Example Pages

Caching Multiple Versions of a Page

Caching Page Fragments

Using VaryByControl

Caching Multiple Versions of a Control on a Page

Post-Cache Substitution

Calling a Method to Insert HTML

Using a Substitution Control

Caching Configuration

Output Cache Profiles

Global Configuration Settings

Lesson 4: Advanced Caching Techniques

ASP.NET Caching Review

Declarative Output Caching

Overview of Advanced Caching Features

Testing Caching in Visual Studio 2008

Programmatic Page Caching

The Caching Object Model

Caching Static Pages Programmatically

Caching Data

Using Cache.Add and Cache.Insert

Controlling Expiration

Caching Data with Dependencies

Expiring a Cached Item when Data Changes

Polling for Changes to a Table

Polling for Changes to Query Results

Using SQL Server 2005 Query Notifications for

Caching

Lesson 5: AJAX

Introduction to AJAX

Web Form Processing

The Two Faces of ASP.NET AJAX

AJAX and Visual Studio

Comparison of Full-Page Postbacks and AJAX

Server-Side AJAX

AJAX Server-Side Controls

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

AccordianPane Control

AlwaysVisibleExtender Control

FilteredTextBoxExtender Control

ListSearchExtender Control

MaskedEdit Extender and Validator Controls

PagingBulletedListExtender Control

TextBoxWatermarkExtender Control

PasswordStrength Control

Client-Side AJAX

Calling a Web Service from a Browser

Calling a Server-Side Page Method

Lesson 6: Using the DataList and Repeater Controls

Overview of List-Bound Controls

Using the Repeater Control

Binding the Repeater Control to Data

The CategoryDetail Page

Creating a DataList Control

Formatting the DataList

Binding Data to the DataList

Displaying Bound Data

Selecting a Row

Refreshing the Display

Editing Data with the DataList

Lesson 7: Creating and Consuming Web Services

The Motivation for XML Web Services

Web Service Technologies

Creating a Web Service with Visual Studio

Defining Web Methods

Testing the Web Service

Designing XML Web Services

Providing Services

Marshalling Data

Creating Web Service Consumers

Web References

Understanding the Additions to the Project

Calling a Web Service

Windows Communication Foundation

Defining a WCF Service

Defining a WCF Service Consumer

Lesson 8: Using the ListView and DataPager Controls

Introduction to the ListView Control

Exploring the ASP.NET ListView

Create a ListView

ListView Control Templates

Handling the “No Data” Situation

Grouping Items

Modifying Data in the ListView Control

Convert a Static Page to Use a ListView

Static Version of the Page

Add a ListViewControl to Display Content

Add a LINQ Data Source

Enable Data Editing

Sort Data in a ListView

Adding Paging with the DataPager Control

Exploring ListView Paging

Implement More Flexible Paging

Lesson 9: Reading and Writing XML Using the XML DOM

Getting Started

Introducing the XML Document Object Model

Reading XML Data

Load XML Data

Work with a Node’s Children

Iterate Through All Nodes

Retrieve Element Nodes

Retrieve Just Text Nodes

Working with Nodes

Retrieve Nodes Matching a Criterion

Searching with XML Namespaces

Retrieve a Reference to a Particular Node

Navigate to Related Nodes

Retrieve Attributes of a Node

Creating and Modifying XML

Create XML Programmatically

Add or Delete Elements

Remove All Nodes and Attributes

Add or Delete Attributes

Modify the Value of an Element

Modify the Value of an Attribute

Dealing with Errors

Determine if XML Isn’t Well Formed

Handle XML Loading Errors

Lesson 10: ASP.NET Profile Features

Introducing Profiles

Profile’s Strongly Typed Access

Storing Profile Data

Considering Profiles

Configuring Profiles

Setting Up Web.config

Using Custom Types

Using SQL Server for Profile Storage

Modifying Provider Behavior

Investigating the Sample Site

Working with Anonymous Profiles

Enabling Anonymous Profiles

Identifying Anonymous Users

Enabling Specific Properties for Anonymous Users

Migrating Anonymous Users

Creating a Custom Profile Provider

Examining the Custom Profile Provider

Comparing Profiles and Session State

Lesson 11: Empowering User with Web Parts

The Evolution of Web Parts

Web Parts in Action

Personalization in Browse Mode

Design and Edit Modes

Catalog Mode

Connect Mode

Custom Properties and Menus

Web Part Server Controls

WebPartManager

ProxyWebpartManager

WebPartZone

CatalogZone

EditorZone

ConnectionsZone

Coding Web Parts

Controlling a Page’s Display Mode

Controlling Personalization Scope

Resetting Personalization Data

Coding Connections

User Controls as Web Parts

Custom Controls as Web Parts

Lesson 12: ASP.NET Extensions

ASP.NET Extensions

Web Deployment Projects

ASP.NET AJAX History Feature

Use AJAX History

ASP.NET Dynamic Data

Create a Dynamic Data Web Site

Explore the Structure of a Dynamic Web Site

Routing

Change Data Display

Change Page Templates for Some Tables