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

Beginning Web Development, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX: From Novice to Professional aims to give you the skills you need to start building web applications with Microsoft’s next–generation technology as quickly as possible. Whether you’re interested in ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, or the technologies that support them (WPF, WCF, WF, etc.), this book is the starting point that you need. It adopts a “zero to hero” approach that concentrates on achieving practical results you can use in real projects rather than presenting a deep academic treatment that can’t be immediately applied. The aim is to give you, the reader, the knowledge you need to achieve the results you want with the minimum of fuss. When you’ve read this book, you’ll have a solid understand of all the techniques that are available, when to use them, and their relative strengths and weaknesses.

Building Web Applications.- to Web Development.- Basics of Web Development with ASP.NET.- Web Forms with ASP.NET.- Data Binding with ASP.NET.- ASP.NET Web Services.- Deploying Your Web Site.- Next Generation Technologies for Web Development.- .NET 3.0: Windows Communication Foundation.- .NET 3.0: Windows Presentation Foundation.- .NET 3.0: Windows Workflow Foundation.- .NET 3.0: Programming with CardSpace.- Ajax Applications and Empowering the Web User Experience.- AJAX Extensions for ASP.NET.- Ajax Scripts and Services.- JavaScript Programming with ASP.NET AJAX.- Enhancing the Web Experience with Silverlight.- Programming Silverlight with XAML and JavaScript.

Laurence Moroney is the director of technology evangelism at Mainsoft, the cross-platform development company. He has over 10 years in software development and architecture, specializing in interoperability, security and performance in such diverse industries as casinos, jails, the U.S. Border Patrol, airports, professional soccer teams and financial services. He has written several books on computing, including some on Web Services Security, ASP.NET and Java/.NET interoperability, as well as dozens of articles on various technology issues. He lives in Sammamish, Washington with his wife, Rebecca, and children, Claudia and Christopher. His blog is at Philotic.com, where you can find lots of Atlas and other development resources.