Although this book is about , you can’t fully appreciate this new technology unless you understand how Web development has evolved over the last few years. In this first chapter, I’ll provide you with a brief history of the various ways in which Web applications have traditionally been developed. I’ll start with HTML and then go quickly through the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), the Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI), and Active Server Pages (ASP). | Designing Microsoft Applications by Douglas J. Reilly ISBN 0735613486 Microsoft Press 2002 402 pages Move beyond simple ASP scripting --and learn how to build sophisticated Web applicatons with . Companion Web Site Table of Contents Designing Microsoft Applications Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction to Development Chapter 2 - Managed Code and the Common Language Runtime Chapter 3 - The .NET Framework Objects and Languages Chapter 4 - Development 101 Chapter 5 - Web Forms Chapter 6 - Creating Components Chapter 7 - Balancing Server and Client Functionality Chapter 8 - Time to Get the Data Chapter 9 - Data and Forms Chapter 10 - XML Web Services Appendix A - Configuring Applications in IIS Appendix B - What You Need to Know About HTML to Use This Book Index List of Figures List of Tables List of Listings List of Sidebars Designing Microsoft Applications Douglas J. Reilly PUBLISHED BY Microsoft Press A Division of Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond Washington 98052-6399 Copyright 2002 by Douglas J. Reilly All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reilly Douglas J. Designing Microsoft Applications Douglas J. Reilly. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-7356-1348-6 1. Internet programming. 2. Active server pages. 3. Web servers. I. Title. .R45 2001 76 dc21 2001051310 Printed and bound in the United States of America. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 QWE 6 5 4 3 2 1 Distributed in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Microsoft Press books are available through booksellers and distributors worldwide. For further information about international editions contact your local Microsoft Corporation office or contact .
