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1 The EXPERT s VOIce in.net Beginning Web Development, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX From Novice to Professional Learn how to build web applications using ASP.NET AJAX, WPF, WCF, and WF, as well as Silverlight. Laurence Moroney

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3 Beginning Web Development, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX From Novice to Professional Laurence Moroney

4 Beginning Web Development, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX: From Novice to Professional Copyright 2008 by Laurence Moroney All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. ISBN-13 (pbk): ISBN-10 (pbk): ISBN-13 (electronic): ISBN-10 (electronic): Printed and bound in the United States of America Trademarked names may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Lead Editor: Kevin Goff Technical Reviewers: Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati, Bob Lair Editorial Board: Clay Andres, Steve Anglin, Ewan Buckingham, Tony Campbell, Gary Cornell, Jonathan Gennick, Kevin Goff, Matthew Moodie, Joseph Ottinger, Jeffrey Pepper, Frank Pohlmann, Ben Renow-Clarke, Dominic Shakeshaft, Matt Wade, Tom Welsh Project Manager: Richard Dal Porto Copy Editor: Damon Larson Associate Production Director: Kari Brooks-Copony Production Editor: Ellie Fountain Compositor: Dina Quan Proofreader: April Eddy Indexer: Brenda Miller Artist: Kinetic Publishing Services, LLC Cover Designer: Kurt Krames Manufacturing Director: Tom Debolski Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 233 Spring Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY Phone SPRINGER, fax , orders-ny@springer-sbm.com, or visit For information on translations, please contact Apress directly at 2855 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 600, Berkeley, CA Phone , fax , info@apress.com, or visit Apress and friends of ED books may be purchased in bulk for academic, corporate, or promotional use. ebook versions and licenses are also available for most titles. For more information, reference our Special Bulk Sales ebook Licensing web page at The information in this book is distributed on an as is basis, without warranty. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this work, neither the author(s) nor Apress shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this work. The source code for this book is available to readers at

5 I d like to dedicate this book to my family: my wife, Rebecca, and my wonderful children, Claudia and Christopher. I d also like to dedicate it to the one who has made all this possible. John 3:16

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7 Contents at a Glance About the Author xv About the Technical Reviewer xvii Introduction xix PART 1 Building Web Applications CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Web Development CHAPTER 2 Basics of Web Development with ASP.NET CHAPTER 3 Web Forms with ASP.NET CHAPTER 4 Data Binding with ASP.NET CHAPTER 5 ASP.NET Web Services CHAPTER 6 Deploying Your Web Site PART 2 Next Generation Technologies for Web Development CHAPTER 7.NET 3.0: Windows Communication Foundation CHAPTER 8.NET 3.0: Windows Presentation Foundation CHAPTER 9.NET 3.0: Windows Workflow Foundation CHAPTER 10.NET 3.0: Programming with CardSpace CHAPTER 11 Ajax Applications and Empowering the Web User Experience CHAPTER 12 AJAX Extensions for ASP.NET CHAPTER 13 Ajax Scripts and Services CHAPTER 14 JavaScript Programming with ASP.NET AJAX CHAPTER 15 Enhancing the Web Experience with Silverlight CHAPTER 16 Programming Silverlight with XAML and JavaScript INDEX v

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9 Contents About the Author xv About the Technical Reviewer xvii Introduction xix PART 1 Building Web Applications CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Web Development The Internet and the Birth of the Web Going Beyond the Static Web The Arrival of ASP.NET Summary CHAPTER 2 Basics of Web Development with ASP.NET Using Visual Studio Creating the Application Exploring the IDE Visual Studio and Solutions The Code and Design Windows Architecture of ASP.NET The ASP.NET Worker Process and State Management Using the Web Configuration File Summary CHAPTER 3 Web Forms with ASP.NET Understanding Page Processing Looking at Web Forms HTML Forms An HTML Forms Example in ASP.NET Using a Server Control to Provide Feedback vii

10 viii CONTENTS Using ASP.NET Events and Automatic Postbacks View State Processing Web Forms Page Framework Initialization Application Code Initialization Performing Validation Performing Event Handling Performing Data Binding Server Tidies Up Objects Pages and Controls Accessing the Page Head Creating Controls at Runtime The Page Object The Request Object The Response Object Summary CHAPTER 4 Data Binding with ASP.NET What Is ADO.NET? Using ADO.NET SQL Server 2005 Express Downloading and Installing SQL Server 2005 Express Starting the Install Using SQL Server Management Studio Express Installing the AdventureWorks Database Using ADO.NET to Build Data-Driven Applications The Connection Class and Connection Strings Using Commands Data Binding with Server Controls Using the SQLDataSource Control Using the GridView Control Using the DataList Control Summary

11 CONTENTS ix CHAPTER 5 ASP.NET Web Services Web Services Architecture Building a Web Service in Visual Studio The ASMX and Code-Behind Files Running Your Web Service Creating the Address Service Adding Data to a Web Service Using the DataSet in a Web Method Creating a Web Service Client Data Binding in a Web Service Summary CHAPTER 6 Deploying Your Web Site Internet Information Services Creating Web Sites and Applications with IIS Manager How IIS Handles URLs Side-by-Side Execution Manually Deploying Your ASP.NET Applications Configuring Your Data Connections Deploying Your Service Tier Deploying Your Client Tier Summary PART 2 Next Generation Technologies for Web Development CHAPTER 7.NET 3.0: Windows Communication Foundation WCF and Productivity WCF and Interoperability WS-Security WS-ReliableMessaging WS-Transactions

12 x CONTENTS WCF and Service Orientation Programming WCF Creating an Address Service in WCF Creating the Address Service Client Summary CHAPTER 8.NET 3.0: Windows Presentation Foundation XAML Using Expression Blend Creating UIs with Blend Using Layout Using Expression Blend to Build a Data Application Adding a Simple Timeline Animation Using the Blend Artifacts in Visual Studio Summary CHAPTER 9.NET 3.0: Windows Workflow Foundation Using WF Using Visual Studio to Build Workflows Adding Input Parameters to an Application Out-of-the-Box Activities Workflow and the Web Summary CHAPTER 10.NET 3.0: Programming with CardSpace Using CardSpace Adding a New Card to Your CardSpace Wallet Using Cards on the Web Creating a Web Site That Uses CardSpace Preparing Your Development Environment for CardSpace Creating Your Own CardSpace-Secured Web Summary

13 CONTENTS xi CHAPTER 11 Ajax Applications and Empowering the Web User Experience A Brief History of Ajax Coding with Ajax Communicating with the Web Server Simple Ajax and ASP.NET Example Improving the UI Using Ajax Using Ajax for Forward Caching Building the Image Server Accessing the Image Server from HTML Writing the Forward-Caching Ajax Client Summary CHAPTER 12 AJAX Extensions for ASP.NET ASP.NET AJAX Overview Editions of ASP.NET AJAX Getting Started with ASP.NET AJAX Migrating ASP.NET to AJAX Building a Simple Ajax Application with ASP.NET Using Ajax with Web Services Summary CHAPTER 13 Ajax Scripts and Services The ScriptManager Class Partial Page Rendering Managing Custom Scripts Using Web Services from Script Using Application Services from Script Using Profile Data Summary

14 xii CONTENTS CHAPTER 14 JavaScript Programming with ASP.NET AJAX Object-Oriented Extensions to JavaScript Using Classes in JavaScript Using Namespaces in JavaScript Creating and Using a Simple JavaScript Class Using Inheritance in JavaScript Using Interfaces in JavaScript Reflection in JavaScript Array Type Extensions to JavaScript Adding Items to an Array Adding a Range of Items to an Array Clearing an Array Cloning an Array Checking Array Contents Dequeuing an Array Looping Through an Array Finding a Specific Element in an Array Inserting an Item into an Array Removing an Item from an Array Boolean Type Extensions Date Type Extensions Formatting a Date Formatting a Date Using Locale Parsing a Value into a Date Error Type Extensions Number Type Extensions Formatting a Number Parsing a Number String Extensions String Matching String Trimming Summary

15 CONTENTS xiii CHAPTER 15 Enhancing the Web Experience with Silverlight Introducing Silverlight Silverlight Feature Highlights Current and Future Versions of Silverlight The Anatomy of a Silverlight Application Using Silverlight.js Using XAML Creating an Instance of the Silverlight Plug-In Writing Application Logic Putting It All Together in HTML Programming with the Silverlight Control The Silverlight Control Properties The Silverlight Control Events The Silverlight Control Methods Using the Downloader Object Summary CHAPTER 16 Programming Silverlight with XAML and JavaScript Layout in XAML Using Brushes in XAML The SolidColorBrush The LinearGradientBrush The RadialGradientBrush The ImageBrush The VideoBrush Using Strokes with Brushes Using Visual Elements in XAML Dimension and Position Properties Opacity Cursor Behavior Using Shapes in XAML The Ellipse The Rectangle The Line The Path

16 xiv CONTENTS XAML Controls The Image Control The Glyphs Control The TextBlock Control Transformations Storyboards and Animation Programming with JavaScript Editing Properties Using Common Methods Using MediaElement Methods Handling Events MediaElement Events Putting It All Together: Creating a Casual Game in Silverlight Designing the Game XAML Implementing the Code Summary INDEX

17 About the Author LAURENCE MORONEY is a senior technology evangelist at Microsoft. He specializes in Silverlight and promoting how Silverlight can be used in real-world systems to enhance the user experience. Author of many computer books and hundreds of articles, he s usually found tapping at his keyboard. Outside of his computer passions, he s big into all kinds of sports, and has been involved with professional men s and women s soccer. xv

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19 About the Technical Reviewer FABIO CLAUDIO FERRACCHIATI is a senior consultant and a senior analyst/developer using Microsoft technologies. He works for Brain Force ( at its Italian branch ( He is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer for.net, a Microsoft Certified Application Developer for.net, a Microsoft Certified Professional, and a prolific author and technical reviewer. Over the past ten years, he s written articles for Italian and international magazines and coauthored more than ten books on a variety of computer topics. You can read his LINQ blog at xvii

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