C#.net Web Developer's Guide (With CD-ROM)

815 Pages·2001·6.17 MB·English

by  Saurabh Nandu

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Contributors
Todd Carrico (MCDBA,MCSE) is a Senior Database Engineer for
Match.com.Match.com is a singles portal for the digital age.In addition to its
primary Web site,Match.com provides back-end services to AOL,MSN,and
many other Web sites in its affiliate program.Todd specializes in design and
development of high-performance,high-availability data architectures primarily
on the Microsoft technology.His background includes designing,developing,
consulting,and project management for companies such as Fujitsu,Accenture,
International Paper,and GroceryWorks.com.In addition to his contribution to
C# .NET Web Developer’s Guide,Todd has also contributed chapters to other
books in the Syngress .NET Series including the ASP .NET Web Developer’s
Guide,and the VB .NET Developer’s Guide.Todd resides in Sachse,TX,with his
wife and two children.
Mark Tutt is a Senior Software Engineer with MICROS Systems.MICROS
provides complete information management solutions for the hospitality
industry,including software,hardware,enterprise systems integration,consulting,
and support.Mark is the principle designer of a number of software packages,
including Guest Service Solution,a customer relationship management system
for the MICROS Restaurant Enterprise Series platform.In addition to his
product development duties,Mark is a key contributor to the design and devel-
opment of system integration software and customer-specific product exten-
sions that allow MICROS clients to fully integrate MICROS products into
their overall technology plans.Mark currently resides in Baltimore,Maryland
with his wife Malinda and their twin sons,Fred and Jackson.
Jason Werry (MCSD) runs a consulting firm,Synergy Data Solutions,in
Australia.He currently provides strategic and technical consulting to his clients
and specializes in Windows-based enterprise systems development.Jason has an
extensive background using Microsoft technologies and is currently developing
state-of-the-art,Web-based applications on the .NET platform.His clients have
ranged from a Taiwanese multimedia company to various government depart-
ments and local startups.A natural born programmer,Jason started coding
Z80 processors in Assembly at age 13.Since then he has used most popular
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programming languages and presently enjoys working with SQL Server,MTS,
IIS,Visual Basic,and C#.Jason holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics/
Computer Science from The University of Queensland.He dedicates his
writing to his loving wife,LiHsing.
Patrick Coelho (MCP) is an Instructor at The University of Washington
Extension,North Seattle Community College,Puget Sound Center,and Seattle
Vocational Institute,where he teaches courses in Web Development (DHTML,
ASP,XML,XSLT,C#,and ASP .NET).Patrick is a Co-Founder of
DotThatCom.com,a company that provides consulting,online development
resources,and internships for students.He is currently working on a .NET
solution with contributing author David Jorgensen and nLogix.Patrick holds a
Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Washington,Bothell.
Patrick lives in Puyallup,WA with his wife Angela.
David Jorgensen (MCP) is an Instructor at North Seattle Community
College,University of Washington extension campus,and Puget Sound Centers.
He is also developing courses for Seattle Vocational Institute,which teaches
.NET and Web development to the underprivileged in the Seattle area.David
also provides internship opportunities through his company DotThatCom.com,
which does online sample classes and chapters of books.David holds a bach-
elor’s degree in Computer Science from St.Martin’s College and resides in
Puyallup,WA with his wife Lisa and their two sons Scott and Jacob.
Greg Hack is a Senior Software Engineer with Allscripts Healthcare Solutions.
Greg has over 15 years experience developing software on platforms ranging
from the mainframe to the desktop using a wide variety of languages and tech-
nologies.Recent work includes a Web-based application that allows patients to
view their medical records and a Pocket PC application that delivers clinical
information to physicians at the point of care.
Axel Goldbach is a Senior Consultant with modulo3 GmbH,a consulting
company based in Germany and specializing in project management consulting
throughout Europe.modulo3 is a process implementation specialist for the
major networking frameworks,including eXtreme Programming,MSF and
V Modell.Axel currently provides senior-level strategic and technical consulting
to all modulo3 clients in Germany and Central Europe.His duties include anal-
ysis and development of multi-tiered applications in heterogeneous environments.
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Axel also works as a technical scout and trainer for modulo3.His training spe-
cialties include programming languages,networking,and academic fields such as
development methodology,parser- and interpreter-technology,theory of com-
plexity,and provable correct software.
Joseph Albahari is a freelance consultant and developer with over 10 years
experience in designing networked systems.He has led a string of successful
projects,from custom application frameworks for start-up companies,to high-
performance OLAP and data warehousing systems for telecommunications
giants.His knowledge in object-oriented user interface design has been called
upon in the planning or production of many large and complex systems,where
well-balanced abstractions are of key importance.Joseph is also experienced in
SQL Server database administration,and has developed high-performance solu-
tions for clients with specialized requirements—such as a replication system
providing field level synchronization,or a high-throughput bulk-copying agent.
Joseph holds a Bachelor’s degree in computer science and physics.
Adrian Turtschi (MCSE,MCSD) is Lead Architect Solution Development
with Avanade (Germany),where he is responsible for the solution offering in
the mobile computing space.He has been working on the Microsoft .NET
platform since fall 2000,specializing in developing enterprise systems using Web
Services.He is particularly interested in using Web Services to bridge platform
and system boundaries.Prior to joining Avanade,Adrian worked for KPMG’s
Global Knowledge Exchange in Boston,where he helped design and develop
KPMG's global knowledge management and collaboration solution,used by its
100,000 professionals world-wide.Adrian has work experience in Switzerland,
the Netherlands,and the US.He has degrees in Mathematics and Computer
Science.He currently lives in Berlin,Germany.
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Technical Editor and Reviewer
Saurabh Nandu is the Founder of www.MasterCSharp.com which concen-
trates on teaching C# and .NET.He worked with HTML,JavaScript,Flash 5.0
before he started programming in Java.Saurabh has been impressed by the
power and flexibility of .NET.He is currently employed by YesSoftware Inc.
as Technical Evangelist.
Technical Editor’s Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my friend Nanu Jogi without whose direction I would
have never got into working on the .NET Platform.I would also like to thank
my family,especially my brother Pritesh,for their support.
Series Editor
Wei Meng Lee is Series Editor for Syngress Publishing’s .NET Developer
Series.He is currently lecturing at The Center for Computer Studies,Ngee
Ann Polytechnic,Singapore.Wei Meng is actively involved in Web development
work and conducts training for Web developers and Visual Basic programmers.
He has co-authored two books on WAP.He holds a Bachelor’s degree in
Information Systems and Computer Science from the National University of
Singapore.The first and second books of the .NET series,VB .NET Developer’s
Guide (ISBN:1-928994-48-2),and ASP .NET Developer’s Guide (ISBN:
1-928994-51-2) are currently available from Syngress Publishing.
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About the CD
This CD-ROM contains the code files that are used in each chapter of this book.The
code files for each chapter are located in a chXX directory (for example,the files for
Chapter 8 are in the ch08 directory).Any further directory structure depends on the pro-
jects that are presented within the chapter.
To work with the examples provided,you will need at least the Windows 2000 or
Windows XP Professional operating system with the latest service packs,IIS 5.x,and IE
6.0,since ASP.NET and Web Services (a part of ASP.NET) are not supported on earlier
operating systems such as Windows 9x/WindowsME/WindowsNT.Also needed is the
.NET SDK Beta2 (the latest public release available while writing this book) and the
Visual Studio.NET Beta2 IDE.
The C# .NET Web Developer’s Guide provides you with extensive examples that will
help solve the problems you might face while developing applications for the .NET
Platform rather than concentrating on the theory of C# and .NET programming.
Therefore code is the main feature of this book.
The chapters contain both code snippets and sample programs that illustrate the
principles discussed.Chapter 2 presents a series of sample programs that introduce con-
cepts in C# that are different from other object-oriented languages.Chapter 4 helps you
understand the basics of building Graphical User Interface (GUI)-rich Windows Forms
applications;the examples presented in this chapter are the launch pad for Windows
Forms applications used in other chapters.Similarly,code presented in Chapter 8 helps
you to interact with various databases using ADO.NET;again,this chapter acts as a foun-
dation for further chapters’database coverage.Chapter 9 will acquaint you with using
.NET Class Libraries to interact with XML and its related technologies.
Chapters 5,6,and 11 discuss technologies and Application Program Interfaces (APIs)
that help two applications to communicate and interact with each other. Chapter 5
focuses on enabling applications to communicate over the TCP and UDP protocols and
provides an overview of the techniques used to interact with Web pages programmatically.
Code examples in Chapter 6 and Chapter 11 concentrate on using Simple Object Access
Protocol (SOAP) and object serialization and deserialization.
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Chapter 7 examples examine message delivery in distributed applications using
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ).Chapter 10 takes a comprehensive look at
ASP.NET and helps you build various applications of increasing complexity and func-
tionality,starting with an XML Poll,progressing to a SQL-powered Message Board,and
ending with a Shopping Cart.
Lastly,to end on a lighter note,Chapter 12 takes you through building a Jokes Web
Service.The code in this chapter helps you build both the Jokes Web Service as well as
the Windows Forms Client for the service.
Look for this CD icon to obtain files used
in the book demonstrations.
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