ASP.Net 2.0 Points of Interest

Over the holiday weekend I read through new Professional ASP.Net 2.0 from Wrox, and I really enjoyed it. I came to it as an experiencedasp.net guy who has paid close attention to 2.0 until now (and man, am I in love!). The book was informative for me and actually I was surprised at the thoroughness. I would recommend it to anyone just starting ASP.Net as well.

When I read books and find information I may want to refer to, I usually start an index of the book. My bookmark gets filled with notes and page numbers. Now I don’t want to steal the thunder of the book, but I thought it may be interesting to list out my points of interest from this book. And hopefully you’ll be tantilized to go figure out what each tip means. 🙂

• Page.RegisterStartupScript(,,,true) – adds script tags
• Page.RegisterClientScriptInclude()
• ICallbackEventHandler
• Literal.Mode
• WebControl.Focus()
• AutoCompleteType
• Button.OnClientClick()
• Button.PostBackUrl
• ListItem.Enabled
• Image.DescriptionUrl
• Panel.Scrollbars.Wrap
• BulletedList Control
• HiddenField server control
• FileUplad server control
• MultiView controls
• Wizard Control
• ImageMap Control
• RequiredValidator.InitialValue
• Validation Groups
• BaseValidator.SetFocusOnError()
• Label.FontSize
• Nested MasterPages
• ContainerSpecific MasterPages – specify per browser
• Themes per Application, Page and Control
• Theme vs. StyleSheetTheme
• Themes consists of .skin file, CSS and Images
• SkinID for multiple control templates in the skin file
• [Themeable] attribute for custom classes
• SiteMapDataSource
• GridView
• FormView
• TreeView
• Menu
• SiteMapPath Control
• URL Mapping
• Personalization
• Membership and Roles
• ControlState vs. ViewState

That’s it, your quick study guide to get up to speed.