Introduction to ASP.NET 2 and Visual Web Developer

• Introduction to the tools and concepts of ASP.NET 2
• Overview of SQL Express and data source management

Building Web Sites

• Creating a Web Site
• Adding Web Pages
• Add a Page Load Event Handler
• Working With HTML

Data Bound Controls

• Adding a GridView Control
• Examining a SQL Data Source
• Binding Data Bound Controls
• Examining the HTML

Object Data Binding

• Adding a Data Layer Class
• Configuring the Object Data Source
• Binding the Object Data Source to the GridView
• Adding Update Functionality to create, update and delete data

Master Pages

• Overview of Master Pages and Content regions
• Creating a Master Page
• Setting Up a Menu Control and building a sitemap file
• Adding a New Page that uses the Master Page
• Converting an Existing Web Page to use the Master Page

Page Output and SQL Dependency Caching

• Overview of SQL efficiency considerations
• Using Page Output Caching
• Using SQL Express Dependency Caching

Authentication and Authorization

• Setting Up the Login User Interface
• Using the Web Site Administration Tool to create roles and users
• Running Your Secure Site

Web Parts

• Preparing to Add Web Parts so users can personalise their pages
• Adding Controls To Web Zones
• Adding Editor Zones and Catalog Zones

ASP.NET 2 Coding

• Understanding the construction of ASP.NET 2 websites
• Overview of XML
• Overview of Objects, Properties/Members, Methods and Events
• Benefits of abstract code writing strategies