Build your ASP.NET 4.5.1 skills with real-world instruction

In this comprehensive guide to getting started with ASP.NET 4.5.1, best-selling author Imar Spaanjaars provides a firm foundation for coders new to ASP.NET and key insights for those not yet familiar with the important updates in the 4.5.1 release. Readers learn how to build full-featured ASP.NET websites using Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web, Microsoft’s free development tool for ASP.NET web applications. Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1 guides you through the process of creating a fully functional, database-driven website, from creation of the most basic site structure all the way down to the successful deployment of the website to a production environment.

Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1: in C# and VB: 

• Explains how to get started with ASP.NET 4.5.1, including an introduction to Microsoft’s Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web
• Features helpful examples for designing websites with CSS and HTML and how to overcome common formatting problems
• Shares techniques for managing server controls in ASP.NET, including standard controls, HTML controls, and data controls
• Provides real-world tips for creating consistent page layouts throughout your websites
• Covers practical functionality issues like validating user input, sending e-mail from your website, and processing data at the server
• Details what the ASP.NET state engine is and why it is important
• Shows how to access and modify data in a SQL Server database
• Includes coverage of jQuery, LINQ, and the Entity Framework
• Explores measures to take for optimal security

Imar Spaanjaars, a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP and an ASPInsider, is the CTO of Dynamicweb North America. He is a bestselling author for Wrox and one of the top contributors to the Wrox Community Forum at p2p.wrox.com, with more than 15,000 answers to programmer questions.