ASP.NET Using Visual Basic .NET 2003

• Use ASP.NET server controls to generate HTML and to execute event procedures.
• Validate user input with the ASP.NET validation controls.
• Retrieve and manipulate data using ADO.NET.
• Use the DataList, Repeater, and DataGrid controls to create attractively formatted, interactive, data-bound lists and tables.
• Create and consume XML Web Services.

• A Review of Classic ASP
• ASP.NET Web Applications
• Rendering HTML with Server Controls
• Using ASP.NET to Deliver XML Web Services

Working with Web Forms Controls

• Introduction to Web Forms Controls
• Simple Input Controls
• HyperLinks and Button Controls
• List Controls

Validating User Input

• Overview of ASP.NET Validation Controls
• Using the Simple Validators
• Using the Complex Validators
• Summarizing Results with the ValidationSummary Control

Using Rich Server Controls

• Introduction to Rich Controls
• The Calendar Control
• The AdRotator Control
• The XML Control

Accessing Data with ADO.NET

• Overview of ADO.NET
• Connecting to Data
• Executing Commands
• Working with Data
• Choosing an ADO.NET Provider

Using the DataList and Repeater Controls

• Overview of List-Bound Controls
• Creating a Repeater Control
• Creating a DataList Control

Working with the DataGrid Control

• Introduction to the DataGrid
• Setting Up the DataGrid
• Using Advanced DataGrid Features
• Adding Advanced Features

Managing Data with ADO.NET DataSets

• The Role of DataSets in ADO.NET
• Using DataSets in ASP.NET
• Saving DataSets in Session State
• Using DataTable Constraints and DataSet DataRelations
• Using DataSets with DataAdapters to Modify Data
• The Transactional Model in DataSets

Creating XML Web Services

• The Motivation for XML Web Services
• Creating an XML Web Service with Visual Studio .NET
• Designing XML Web Services

Consuming XML Web Services

• Creating Web Services Clients
• HTTP Clients
• Creating .NET Consumers
• Web Services and Legacy Clients
• Discovering Web Services Using UDDI

• Create ASP.NET custom and user controls to speed development time.
• Take advantage of ASP.NET’s versatile output caching to increase performance.
• Add scalability and reliability by setting up and out-of-process session state server.
• Make asynchronous calls to XML Web Services.
• Create a Web Setup project in Visual Studio to build a deployment package that takes advantage of Windows Installer.

• Preserving State in Web Applications
• Page-Level State
• Using Cookies to Preserve State
• ASP.NET Session State
• Storing Objects in Session State
• Configuring Session State
• Setting Up and Out-of-Process State Server
• Storing Session State in SQL Server
• Using Cookieless Session IDs
• Application State

• Two Kinds of User-Defined Controls
• Creating a User Control
• A More Complex User Control
• Creating a Custom Control
• Investigating the StateDropDownList Control

ASP.NET Caching and Performance Tuning

• Performance in ASP.NET
• Caching in ASP.NET
• Declarative Page Output Caching
• Programmatic Page Caching
• Caching Page Fragments
• Caching Data
• Monitoring Performance
• Additional Performance Tips

• Tracing in ASP.NET
• Debugging ASP.NET Applications
• Debugging Multiple Languages

• Digging Deeper into Consuming Web Services
• Using XML Shaping
• Using Web Services to Provide Common Output
• Transferring Binary Information Using XML Web Services

• Deploying ASP.NET Applications
• Configuring an ASP.NET Application

• A Big Problem, and a Solution
• Introducing MMIT
• Investigating the Mobile Web Controls

• Security Foundations
• ASP.NET Security Concepts 
• Implementing Windows Authentication
• Form-Based Security
• Passport Authentication
• Securing Web Services

• DataSets and XML
• Typed DataSets
• Optimistic Concurrency