What you will learn from this book

* How to create a better user experience by adding more dynamic UIs

* Steps for accessing ASP.NET profile and authentication services

* Ways to simplify programming tasks using the Microsoft AJAX Library

* Strategies for testing web applications to achieve optimal performance

* Methods for developing custom AJAX controls

For Dummies | 2006 | 910 pages | ISBN-10: 0471785989 | PDF | 9.80 MB


* Eight minibooks cover ASP.NET basics, Web controls, using HTML and ASP, C#, Visual Basic, database programming, using the .NET Framework, and advanced ASP.NET 2 (including themes, custom server controls, and Web parts)
* The ideal resource for Web programming newcomers as well as the 1.5 million existing ASP developers who want a complete ready-reference that covers the new ASP.NET 2 updates
* More than double the size of ASP.NET 2 For Dummies (0-7645-7907-X), the latest edition of the bestselling ASP beginner book that boasts combined sales of more than 100,000 copies across all editions
* Written by veteran Dummies author Doug Lowe, who is renowned for his ability to explain complex topics in plain English

Jacob J. Sanford | Wrox | ISBN: 0470124482 | Sept. 2007 | 474 pages | PDF | 8.8 MB

“ Themes are a way to allow programmers to establish "skinnable" websites that can be programmatically adjusted for various purposes. A webmaster may decide that there should be a certain look and feel for site administrators while registered users see a different look and the remaining users see still a different view when they visit the site. This could include, among other things, completely different controls, graphics, and/or color schemes for each group. Users may want to set up a theme specifically targeted to meet the needs of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that removes all images and background colohttp://thahuong.org/diendan/mods/bbcode_box/images/code1.gif
Coders and leaves the pages in stark contrast for that particular user group. Or maybe the developer just wants to let people choose the way they experience the site each time they visit.
Themes are very powerful and this book aims to highlight the potential of ASP.NET 2.0 Themes as well as their relationship to master pages and CSS in web applications today and illustrate many of the facets that can and should be included in theme development. While not specifically a designer's book, an overview of good web design and even a cheater's guide to PhotoShop will be included with the intent of taking the average ASP.NET Programmer and given them the knowledge to be "Renaissance Men and Women" of web design.

Specific topics covered in the book include:

* Browser, bandwidth, and accessibility considerations
* Use of color, fonts, multimedia
* CSS classes, elements, and Visual Studio CSS tools
* Master pages, child pages, and inheritance
* Consistent navigation and Site Maps
* Theme files, skin files, and applying themes
* A mobile theme example
* Basic PhotoShop tricks for Web Developers

Apress; 1 edition | ISBN: 1590594460 | 344 pages | December 27, 2004 | PDF | 4 Mb

ASP.NET 1.1 Solutions Toolkit is a collection of reusable ASP.NET components, all of which serve two purposes. First, the components may be used as they are (or with minor modifications) to add exciting features to your own ASP.NET web sites. Second, each component's design and implementation is discussed, and youll discover tips and tricks applicable for developing your own controls.

SitePoint | ISBN 098028581X | September 18, 2007 | 500 Pages | PDF | 8.8MB

An ASP.NET 2.0 book that just helps you get things done!
This book contains a collection of 101 best practice, object oriented solutions that you can easily adapt to your own projects.

Coverage includes:
# Working with text, numbers, dates & times
# Accessing data with ADO.NET
# Form validation under multiple scenerios
# Page, Session and application state tips
# Access control in web applications
# Producing standards compliant output
# Enhancing applications with AJAX
# Working with Email
# Handling errors and debugging
# Performance tips and pitfalls

Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR | Pages: 384 | 2007-10-15 | ISBN: 0131350641 | PDF | 4 MB

“I very much enjoyed how this book covers the full Ajax application lifecycle and not only coding techniques. Anyone who is looking to become a professional front-end developer will appreciate the architectural insight and best practices delivered by this book.” — Andi Gutmans, Co-Founder & Co-Chief Technology Officer of Zend Technologies

Mission-Critical Ajax: Maximizing Scalability, Performance, Security, Reliability, and Maintainability

Advanced Ajax: Architecture and Best Practices is the definitive guide to building business-critical, production-quality Web applications with Ajax. Shawn M. Lauriat systematically addresses the design, architecture, and development issues associated with Ajax, offering proven patterns and robust code examples available in no other book. You’ll find best practices for addressing the full spectrum of issues enterprise Ajax developers face: scalability, performance, security, reliability, flexibility, maintainability, and reusability.

Writing for experienced Web developers, Lauriat delivers fresh ideas and elegant solutions: meaty technical content, presented with exceptional clarity. Among the many topics he covers in unprecedented depth: cleanly implementing JavaScript custom events to reduce coupling and to enhance flexibility; overcoming Ajax’s traditional accessibility limitations; reducing network latency through compression and other techniques; and much more. Coverage includes

* Planning Ajax interfaces for simplicity, clarity, and intuitiveness
* Creating scalable, maintainable architectures for client-side JavaScript
* Using the latest tools to profile, validate, and debug client-side code
* Architecting the server side for security and functionality, while restricting loaded data, objects, and actions to current requests
* Protecting against the most widespread and significant Ajax security risks
* Optimizing every component of an Ajax application, from server-side scripts to database interactions
* Introducing cutting-edge Ajax: game development, Ajax with canvas, and Ajax for enterprise applications

About the Web Site

This book’s companion Web site (http://advancedajax.frozen-o.com) doesn’t just provide all the code: It shows code examples in action, as building blocks of a real Web application interface.