Section 7.1 ASP.NET in VB Fundamentals

Learning Objectives

After you have completed this section, you should be able to

• explain some important concepts and terminologies relating to ASP.NET.
• download and install necessary software packages for developing ASP.NET-based Web applications.
• install and configure the downloads to work for you.
• develop web applications using ASP.NET.
• use databases in your ASP.NET- enabled web applications.

Activities

• Carefully read the learning objectives.
• Download and install Microsoft's Visual Studio Community from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/ on your computer.
• Find answers to the study questions below.
• Watch the presentation for the section;
• Read Chapter 23, Web App Development with ASP.NET in Visual Basic.
• See the documents at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd566231.aspx
• See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/2x7h1hfk(v=vs.80).aspx
• See the videos at http://www.asp.net/learn/videos/
• More videos at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-forms/videos/aspnet-35/

Study Questions

1. What does ASP stand for?
2. What is ASP.NET?
3. What software packages do you need in order to develop ASP.NET-based web applications?
4. Where do you get those software packages?
5. How do you make the downloaded packages?
6. On your web server, where should you put your ASP.NET-based web documents for the Internet community to view?
7. In your Visual Studio Express for Web, how do you create an empty website?
8. What is the three-tier architecture for web applications?
9. In your Visual Studio Express for Web, how do you create and change the layout of a web application?
10. What are web forms and web controls?
11. What web controls can you use in Visual Studio Express for Web?
12. What roles do code-behind files play?
13. How is a code-behind file related to an ASPX file?
14. How do you tell, in an .apsx file, what code-behind file is needed and in what programming language it is written?
15. What are some important components of an ASPX file?
16. Or, what are some important tags, directives, and attributes?
17. How do you build an ASP.NET web application using Visual Web developer?
18. What does the AdRotator web control enable you to do?
19. How do you connect data to an AdRotator web control?
20. In ASP.NET, how do you validate input in a web form?
21. How is session tracking done in ASP.NET?
22. How do you use cookies in ASP.NET?
23. How do you connect to a database in an ASP.NET web application? What are the usual steps?
24. How do you interact with a database in an ASP.NET web application?
25. How do you manage your ASP.NET web applications?
26. How do you create a new ASP.NET web application/website?

Review

Do the self-review exercises for Chapter 23.

Summary

Read the Chapter 23 summary.