Developer Secrets

Being a relatively new area, few developers have yet had the chance to really dive into the nitty gritty of ASP.NET. Thankfully, I have, and in this chapter I m going to share more developer secrets with you than anywhere else in this book. Let s look at the list.

User Interface

• Five-Step Checklist for the Validation Controls

• Displaying Web Warning Messages: Technique 1

• Displaying Web Warning Messages: Technique 2

• Unveiled: How to Create a Default Enter Button

• Wonders of the Little-Known SmartNavigation Property

• The Secret Behind User Controls

• Why the Panel Control Is Super Useful

• Moving List Items Up and Down, Easily

• Resizing in Web Applications

• Stopping Your User from Right-Clicking

• Creating Scrollable Micro Windows

• Why You Should Learn CSS

Code Techniques

• Three Steps to Changing your Page Title in Code

• How to Automatically Fill Out Email Fields

• Sending Mail in ASP.NET

• The Trick to Creating User-Friendly URLs

• Adding Real-Time HTML to Your Page

• The Secret to Uploading Files with Ease

• Storing Uploaded Files in Your Database

• Working with Uploaded Images

• Creating Images Dynamically

• Code for Generating Thumbnails on the Fly

• Five Steps to ASP.NET Authentication

• Forms Authentication, Without Web.config

• Authenticating Just Part of Your Site

• The Best Place to Store Your Settings

• Steal Fantastic Forum Code from Microsoft and Save Yourself Hours

• Integrating with PayPal s Instant Payment Notification

Optimization, Errors, and Other Tips

• Subfolders in Web Applications: Confused?

• Choosing a Directory Other Than c:\inetpub\ wwwroot \

• Creating Super-Fast ASP.NET Applications, with Caching

• Nine Steps to Successful Debugging

• Hiding Error Code from your Clients

• Forget 404: Customizing Your Page Not Found

• Server.Transfer vs. Response.Redirect

• Using .IsClientConnected for Long Processes

• Preventing Client Caching, with Meta Tags

• Uploading Files Larger Than 4MB

• What to Do When Session_End Doesn t Work

• Spying on Your Web Host: Checking Uptime in .NET

• Can It Cope? ”Stress Testing Your Web Apps

• The Two Methods of Moving Web Servers

• Where to Put Your Files with an ASP.NET Host

• Uh-oh: Installing IIS After Visual Studio .NET

Raring to go? Get ready to delve into the wonderful world of ASP.NET .