- Author: Microsoft
- Format: Lesson Package (includes PowerPoint Slide Decks, demonstration code, and videos)
- Price: free
Merlin the Microsoft agent will guide you through this 7-chapter introduction to ASP .NET which starts with the fundamentals and works your way through to creating full dynamic website samples.
Required software (free):
Chapters include:
- HTML Review
- Differences between HTML and XML
- Why XML is important
- The interpreter
- Static vs. Dynamic Pages
- Implications of the server process
- Dynamic pages
- The Tool Demo
- What is a server control?
- Adding and working with a server control (demo)
- Code behind vs. inline code
- A formal definition for ASP.NET
- State Management in ASP.NET: Demo
- Auto Postback
- A little history
- ASP.NET capabilities
- Validation controls sample
- Visual Web Developer Express Starter Kits
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/bb308783.aspx
- Author: various authors
- Format: archived PDF & online HTML (one for each chapter)
- Price: free
This is a full 36 chapter book on Visual Basic.net, created from sample chapters of other books available on the web.
It is aimed at the beginner or intermediate programmer.
Chapters include:
- VB 2.0 + Visual Studio Express – 2 Chapters
- ASP 2.0 – 4 Chapters
- Common Language Infrastructure – 2 Chapters
- Visual Basic .NET, The .NET Framework and Visual Studio – 13 Chapters
- Windows Forms Programming – 6 Chapters
- GDI+ – 1 Chapter
- Database – 5 Chapters
- Web / Asp – 3 Chapters
http://www.publicjoe.f9.co.uk/vbnet/samples/ebook.html
- Author: various authors
- Format: archived PDF & online HTML (one for each chapter)
- Price: free
This is a full 91 chapter book on C#, created from sample chapters of other books available on the web.
It is aimed at the beginner or intermediate programmer.
Chapters include:
- C# 2.0 + Visual Studio Express – 13 Chapters
- ASP 2.0 – 3 Chapters
- Games Programming – 2 Chapters
- Common Language Infrastructure – 2 Chapters
- C#, The .NET Framework and Visual Studio – 37 Chapters
- Windows Forms Programming – 16 Chapters
- GDI+ – 6 Chapters
- Database – 2 Chapters
- XML – 2 Chapters
- Web / Asp – 8 Chapters
http://www.publicjoe.co.uk/csharp/samples/ebook.html
- Author: Gregory Brill
- Format: archived PDF, MS Reader (.lit)
- Price: free
CodeNotes for .NET shows developers how to apply .NET to industrial-strength enterprise solutions. Topics include utilizing Assemblies for deployment and versioning, integrated support for XML/SOAP, creating robust Web applications and services with ASP.NET, and managing enterprise databases with ADO.NET. Managed development and native code interoperability are also explored. Topics include instructive samples in C#, VB.NET and C++.
Chapters include:
- An Introduction to the .NET Framework
- Installation
- Assemblies and MetaData
- .NET Language Features
- Migrating Native Code to .NET
- ADO.NET
- Windows Forms
- ASP.NET
- Web Services
http://www.codenotes.com/downloads/downloadsNETbookAction.aspx
- Author: Jason Beres
- Format: online HTML
- Price: free
Sam’s Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET in 21 Days will help developers that are new to application development and experienced developers understand how to use the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET to rapidly develop any type of computer application.
This book will guide the developer through using the VS .NET IDE, the Visual Basic .NET and C# language, and the supporting tools available from Microsoft to create Windows and Web-based applications.
Chapters include:
- Week 1: At a Glance
- Day 1. Introduction to the Microsoft .NET Framework
- Day 2. Introduction to Visual Studio .NET
- Day 3. Writing Windows Forms Applications
- Day 4. Deploying Windows Forms Applications
- Day 5. Writing ASP.NET Applications
- Day 6. Deploying ASP.NET Applications
- Day 7. Exceptions, Debugging, and Tracing
- Week 1. In Review
- Week 2: At a Glance
- Day 8. Core Language Concepts in Visual Basic .NET and C#
- Day 9. Using Namespaces in .NET
- Day 10. Accessing Data with ADO.NET
- Day 11. Understanding Visual Database Tools
- Day 12. Accessing XML in .NET
- Day 13. XML Web Services in .NET
- Day 14. Components and .NET
- Week 2. In Review
- Week 3: At a Glance
- Day 15. Writing International Applications
- Day 16. Using Macros in Visual Studio .NET
- Day 17. Automating Visual Studio .NET
- Day 18. Using Crystal Reports
- Day 19. Understanding Microsoft Application Center Test
- Day 20. Using Visual SourceSafe
- Day 21. Object Role Modeling with Visio
- Week 3. In Review
http://www.samspublishing.com/library/library.asp?b=Net_2003_21days
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