This tutorial teaches the basics ASP.NET programming. ASP >NET is a microsoft based web application framework that can be used to build dynamic web sites, web applications and XML web services. It is part of Microsoft's .NET platform and is the successor to Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology.

In This Guide:

01 - Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0

This chapter provided the basic concepts and overview of the ASP .Net framework

02 - Using Visual Web Developer Express 2005

This chapter provides a guide on how the Visual Web Developer (VWD) Express 2005 is used.

03 - Working with Master Pages

This chapter provides the steps and guidelines in adding and working with master pages in VWD Express

04 - Creating Content Pages

This chapter provides the steps and guidelines in creating and adding content in VWD Express

05 - Site Navigation

This chapter provides steps and guidelines on creating a site navigation system for your website

06 - ASP.NET 2.0 Server Controls

This chapter explores the elements of ASP .NET server controls

07 - Writing code and handling events

We have so far developed our site without writing much code. In the last chapter, we have seen that some code is needed for handling various controls on our page. In this chapter, we are going to learn more about coding.

08 - Coping with Errors

In this chapter, we are going to learn how to deal with errors in our application.

09 - Working with Data

In this chapter we study how data is incorporated in our programming through databases

10 - Membership and Role

In this chapter we will learn the basics of programming websites that require user membership and registration

11 - Deploying the site

This chapter provides a guide on how to put our website online

Appendix A

Before we can start working with ASP.NET 2.0, we need to download and install the .NET 2.0 Framework. This section shows you how to download and install the Framework. The process is very simple, we need to download and install two executable files.

Appendix B

Installing the Express editions

Appendix C

Basics and overview of HTML coding