ASP.NET in a Nutshell

How to Use This Book

This book consists of an introductory tutorial section, two reference sections, and an appendix. If you’re new to ASP.NET, you may want to read through the entire tutorial section from start to finish. This will give you a good exposure to all of the features of ASP.NET and experience writing ASP.NET code.

Once you’ve become comfortable with the concepts introduced in the tutorial section, the remaining reference sections will help you work through everyday ASP.NET development tasks.

The first reference section provides detailed information on the classes that replace classic ASP intrinsic objects, on the Page class, and on the elements found in the web.config file. Each chapter is divided into the following sections to help you locate the information you’re looking for quickly:

Introduction

This section introduces the class and describes its purpose and common uses.

Summary

This section lists the most commonly used properties, methods, collections, and events of the class. Members that are inherited from a base class or not typically used may be omitted.

Comments/Troubleshooting

This section provides information about gotchas to watch out for when using the class, as well as other important things to be aware of.

Properties

This section describes the properties for the class and provides examples of their use.

Collections

This section describes the collections for the class and provides examples of their use.

Methods

This section describes the methods for the class ...