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Introduction
Chapter 1: Why .NET Business Problems Addressed by .NET Performance and Scalability The Benefits of .NET Acceptance of Open Standards Web Services Visual Studio .NET Development Features and Enhancements Visual Studio .NET Designers Common Language Runtime .NET Languages Intermediate Language Server-to-Server Communication Summary Chapter 2: Evolution of Tier Development Evolution of Tier Development Centralized Management Distributed Computing Performance Scalability Business Rules User Experience Two-Tier Development Two-Tier Code Management Performance Data Access Business Rules Three-Tier Development User Services Business Services Data Services Code Management Scalability Business Rules N-Tier Development Dividing Business Services Facades Class Main Business Class Data Access Class Data-Specific Business Rules Business Processes Constraints GUIDs Using a CHECK Constraint Triggers The Downside What to Do? Application State Maintaining Application State in the Database Maintaining Application State in the Client The ASP .NET Solution Final Thoughts on Session State Web Services Web Services Tier Model Why Web Services? Making Data Available Reducing Development Enhancing the User Experience Candidates for Web Services Summary Chapter 3: Visual Studio .NET Walkthrough Installing Visual Studio .NET Installation Walkthrough Customizing the Visual Studio .NET IDE The Start Page Visual Studio .NET Macros Add-ins Add-in Wizard The Visual Studio .NET Development Environment Preferred Access Connection Solution Explorer Dynamic Help Searching Help Task List Command Window Tool Box Window Server Explorer Document Window Properties Window Object Browser Customization Options Environment Source Control Text Editor Database Tools Debugging Projects Visual Basic .NET Creating a Visual Basic .NET Application Adding "Hello World" Code Building the Project Running the "Hello World" Application C# Creating a C-Sharp "Hello World" Application Building, Running, and Debugging C# Code ASP.NET Creating the "Hello World" ASP .NET project Creating the "Hello World" ASP.NET Page Viewing the "Hello World" Page XML Examining a Simple XML Document Web Services Creating a Simple Web Service Running the Sum_WebService Application Testing the Web Service ADO.NET Scalability XML Persistence Creating a Simple ADO.NET Project .NET Assemblies Compatibility Building Blocks Full Name Example Component Summary Chapter 4: The .NET Framework The Common Language Runtime Managed Code Microsoft Intermediate Language Just-In-Time Compilers Assembly The Manifest Assembly Versioning Global Assembly Cache Application Domains Common Type System Runtime Host Namespace .NET Class Framework Summary Chapter 5: Visual Studio .NET Tools The Event Log Accessing the Event Log Event Types Event Log Types Managing Event Logs Filtering the log viewer Logging Application Events Debugging Locals Window Autos Window Watch Window QuickWatch Dialog Box Call Stack Window Command Window Breakpoints Package and Deployment Visual Studio .NET Wizards The Cab Project The Deployment Wizard The Merge Module Project Summary Chapter 6: Designers, Database and Monitoring Tools The Windows Form Designer Web Form Designer The Component Designer The XML Designer Schema View Data View Source View The User Control Designer Visual Database Tools Database Projects Database Designer Query Designer Script Editor Stored Procedures Database Objects Index objects Constraints: The Implementation of Business Rules Visual Studio Analyzer Visual Studio Analyzer Architecture Crystal Reports Enterprise Templates Summary Chapter 7: A Visual Basic .NET Crash Course What's New in Visual Basic .NET? Option Explicit Option Strict Option Compare Option Base Boxing ReDim StringBuilder Structures Variable Scope Regions Windows Forms Project Structure ErrorProvider Implementing Namespaces Structured Exception Handling Exception Handling Rules Basic Rules Exception Handling Examples Try... Catch The Finally Clause The Exit Try Statement Multiple Catch Statements Getting Exception Information Exception Class Properties and Methods Example Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Abstraction Encapsulation Polymorphism Inheritance Properties Methods Declaration Options Object Instantiation Early and Late Binding Components Simple OOP Examples Adding Abstraction Adding Encapsulation Adding Polymorphism or Interface-based Inheritance Working with Inheritance Summary Chapter 8: ASP.NET ASP Versus ASP.NET Compiled Code HTML and Server Controls Postback Application State (_ViewState) SmartNavigation ASP.NET Address Book Walkthrough System Requirements Visual Studio .NET IIS Server SQL Server 2000 Building the Address Book Database Creating the Database Creating the Table Creating a New ASP.NET Application Laying out the Page Behavior Functions Page_Load Page.IsPostBack Adding Data to the DataGrid Jazzing up our DataGrid Summary Chapter 9: Promoting Application Scalability ADO.NET: An Introduction Implementing ADO.NET Connection Object Setting OleDbConnection Properties Building a Connection Object SQLConnection Command Object Building a Pass Through Query Command Objects Button CommandType.Text CommandType.TableDirect: CommandType.StoredProcedure Command object Execution Methods ExecuteNonQuery ExecuteReader ExecuteScalar ExecuteXmlReader DataReader Object DataReader Object Example Initializing the DataReader Object Populate ComboBox Example DataReader Performance Tips Second Look at the AddressBook Example DataAdapter Object DataAdapter Object Initialization DataAdapter Object Example DataAdapter Fill Method Resolving Changes DataSet Object Quick Look at the AddressBook DataSet Object Example Building a DataSet Table from Excel Building a DataSet Table from SQL Server Building the Relationship Extracting XML Stored Procedures Upgrading to Stored Procedures Running Stored Procedure Scripts ab_GetAddressBookInfo_ssp ab_GetContactDetailInfo_ssp ab_InsertContact_isp ab_UpdateContact_usp ab_DeleteContact_dsp Creating the New SP_GetAddressBookInfo Function Creating the New SP_GetContactDetailInfo function Creating the New SP_InsertContact Function Creating the New SP_UpdateContact Function: Creating the New SP_DeleteContact Function Replacing Function Calls PopulateAddressBook GetContactDetail InsertRecord UpdateRecord DeleteRecord Running the AddressBook Application Using Stored Procedures and XML Insert and Update ab_InsertContactXML_isp... Updating the AddressBook Functions... XML Batch Insert Example... Summary Chapter 10: Web Services Web Service Technologies XML XML Schema XSLT HTTP WSDL UDDI Eliminating Batch Processing Paradigms Ability to Charge for Web Services Web Service Hubs Creating a Simple Web Service Compiling the Web Service Viewing the WSDL Testing the Web Service Debugging our Web Service Consuming the Web Service Adding a Web Reference to Access the Service Debugging a Web Service from the Client Summary Chapter 11: COM Interop Assembly Development COM Interoperability Building the Assembly Building the COM Component Consuming classic COM with .NET Exposing Assemblies to classic COM sn.exe (Strong Name Tool) tlbexp.exe (Type Library Exporter) regasm.exe (Assembly Registration Tool) galutil.exe (Global Assembly Cache Tool) Consuming .NET with classic COM Summary Chapter 12: Enterprise Services What is COM+? A Brief History of COM+ Creating a COM+ Application Building Serviced Components The WeddingList application The Windows Form Adding Application Behavior Creating the Database Adding Test Data Creating the Supporting Stored Procedures The Middle-Tier Components The dal_DataAccess component The dal_WeddingList class The bll_WeddingList class Adding the WeddingList Objects to the GAC (Global Assembly Cache) Option 1: Using the .NET Framework Configuration Tool Option 2: Using the gacutil.exe utility Attaching the Client to the Assembly Adding Functionality to the Client Retrieving Detailed Information... Why Use XML? Code Review Enterprise Development... Creating the COM+ Application and Registering our Assembly... Modifying the Client Object Pooling... Just-In-Time Activation (JITA) Enterprise Services Check List Creating a Façade Layer with Web Services Where Do You Go from Here? |
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