The most comprehensive book on Microsoft's ASP.NET 4.5 platform, ASP.NET 4.5 Unleashed covers all facets of ASP.NET development and has been fully updated for Visual Studio 2013. It offers both an outstanding tutorial on core features and a "deep dive" for long-term reference. Former Microsoft ASP.NET program manager Stephen Walther and leading enterprise developer Nate Dudek begin by introducing ASP.NET Framework's essential controls, and show how to create common site-wide layouts and styles. Next, they cover all aspects of accessing, presenting, organizing, and editing data. You'll find thorough and practical sections on providing effective site navigation, securing sites and applications, and much more. This edition's extensive new coverage includes: * Building ASP.NET Web API applications * Building ASP.N ET applications for mobile devices * Making the most of new asynchronous programming techniques * Building real-time multi-user applications with SignalR * Protecting sites from hacks and attacks * Using strongly-typed data controls and model binding * Leveraging JavaScript frameworks and modern techniques to build world-class AJAX solutions Following the same approach that has made previous editions of this book a best-seller, Walther and Dudek present hundreds of realistic, up-to-date, downloadable code examples that reflect their unsurpassed experience with the entire ASP.NET platform.

Table of Contents

Part I. Building ASP.NET Pages 1. Overview of the ASP.NET Framework 2. Using the Standard Controls 3. Using the Validation Controls 4. Using the Rich Controls Part II. Designing ASP.NET Pages 5. Designing Websites with Master Pages 6. Designing Websites with Themes 7. Creating Custom Controls with User Controls Part III. Performing Data Access 8. Overview of Data Access 9. Using the SqlDataSource Control 10. Using List Controls 11. Using the GridView Control 12. Using the DetailsView and FormView Controls 13. Using the Repeater and DataList Controls 14. Using the ListView and DataPager Controls 15. Using the Chart Control 16. Using the QueryExtender Control 17. Using Strongly Typed Data Controls and Model Binding Part IV. Building Components 18. Building Components 19. Using the ObjectDataSource Control 20. Building Data Access Components with ADO.NET 21. Data Access with LINQ to SQL 22. Data Access with WCF Data Services Part V. Site Navigation 23. Using the Navigation Controls 24. Using Site Maps 25. Advanced Navigation 26. Using the ASP.NET URL Routing Engine Part VI. Security 27. Using the Login Control 28. Using ASP.NET Membership 29. Protecting Your Site from Hacks and Attacks Part VII. Building ASP.NET Web Applications 30. Maintaining Application State 31. Caching Application Pages and Data 32. Localizing Applications for Multiple Languages 33. Working with the HTTP Runtime 34. Using Asynchronous Programming 35. Building Dynamic Data Applications 36. Building ASP.NET MVC Applications 37. Building ASP.NET Web API Applications 38. Building ASP.NET Applications for Mobile Devices 39. Configuring Applications 40. Deploying ASP.NET Web Applications Part VIII. AJAX and Advanced JavaScript in your ASP.NET Applications 41. Using Server-Side ASP.NET AJAX 43. Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit 44. Using Client-Side JavaScript Frameworks with ASP.NET 45. Building Real-Time Multi-User Applications with SignalR