ASP.NET 4.0 in Practice

by Daniele Bochicchio, Stefano Mostarda, Marco De Sanctis

Summary
ASP.NET 4.0 in Practice contains over 100 real world techniques distilled from the experience of a team of MVPs. Using a practical problem-solution-discussion format, the book will guide you through the most common scenarios you will face in a typical ASP.NET application, and provide solutions and suggestions to take your applications to another level. About the TechnologyASP.NET is an established technology to build web applications using Microsoft products. It drives a number of enterprise-level web sites around the world, but it can be scaled for projects of any size. The new version 4.0 is an evolutionary step: you will find a lot of new features that you will be able to leverage to build better web applications with minimal effort. About the BookASP.NET is a massive framework that requires a large amount of know-how from developers. Fortunately, this book distills over 100 practical ASP.NET techniques from the experience of a team of MVPs, and puts them right at your fingertips.
The techniques are tested and selected for their usefulness, and they are all presented in a simple problem-solution-discussion format. You'll discover methods for key new subjects like data integration with Entity Framework and ASP.NET MVC. Along the way, you'll also find ways to make your applications fast and secure. Who Should Read ItThis book is written for developers familiar with the basics of ASP.NET, looking to become more productive with it. What's Inside
The Identity Map pattern in EF 4 Use Master Pages to define a common UI Adaptive Rendering Save user login data securely ......and much more ========================================​======= Table of Contents

PART 1 ASP.NET FUNDAMENTALS Getting acquainted with ASP.NET 4.0 Data access reloaded: Entity Framework

Integrating Entity Framework and ASP.NET PART 2 ASP.NET WEB FORMS Building the user interface with ASP.NET Web Forms

Data binding in ASP.NET Web Forms

Custom controls

Taking control of markup PART 3 ASP.NET MVC Introducing ASP.NET MVC

Customizing and extending ASP.NET MVC PART 4 SECURITY ASP.NET security

ASP.NET authentication and authorization PART 5 ADVANCED TOPICS Ajax and RIAs with ASP.NET 4.0

State

Caching in ASP.NET Extreme ASP.NET 4.0

Performance and optimizations

504 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2011

About the author

Short version
Daniele is a web ninja trying to hack as many HTML5 and ASP.NET applications as he can. While not saving the world from malformed tags, he likes to develop mobile and cloud-based applications, too.

Bells and whistles
Daniele Bochicchio is the co-founder of 5DLabs.it, a consulting agency specialized in ASP.NET, HTML5, Windows Phone, Windows 8 & .NET Framework, based in Italy.

He is the network manager of ASPItalia.com Network, the largest Italian .NET Framework community, and very passionate about web, mobile and community.

He is a well known professional speaker and author, and you can reach him at the main developer-focused events worldwide.