Building ASP. NET Server Controls

This tutorial and reference will benefit you, the dedicated ASP.NET developer. If you understand the gains of object-oriented development, and want to apply those principles to ASP.NET and server control development, then this book will be your guide! In fact, this book is the most up-to-date text available on the market. Hot, new topics of discussion include mobile server control development (for supporting mobile phone web application development), and how to utilize the latest versions of Visual Studio .NET 2003 and the .NET Framework 1.1. * Up to date for the latest release version of .NET * Written by two Microsoft employees who have been using the technology for both internal and external use since it was in alpha stage. * Describes the ASP.NET server control architecture in Visual Studio .NET 2003 covering state management, events, rendering, cross-platform support, control lifecycle, localization and deployment. * Provides background on User Controls as compared with server controls, discussing the benefits and strengths of each. * Discusses the various methods available to create server controls including inheritance, composition, and from scratch. Discusses when to use Control as a base class as compared to WebControl highlighting the tradeoffs. * Demonstrates how to integrate client-side development technologies such as DHTML and JavaScript with server control technology to create powerful interactive controls. * Covers ASP.NET mobile server control development including an in depth discussion of browser capabilities and device adapters when targeting the various mobile devices available. * Covers how to enrich the design-time experience when building custom server controls including custom designers, custom property editors, as well as other design-time enhancements. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii User Interface Reuse....Pages 1-15 Server Control Basics....Pages 17-66 Developing Custom Server Controls....Pages 67-110 State Management....Pages 111-149 Event-Based Programming....Pages 151-221 Control Styles....Pages 223-280 Templates and Data Binding....Pages 281-370 Integrating Client-Side Script....Pages 371-443 Validation Controls....Pages 445-492 Mobile Controls....Pages 493-547 Customizing and Implementing Mobile Controls....Pages 549-604 Design-Time Support....Pages 605-677 Building a Complex Control....Pages 679-767 Packaging and Deployment....Pages 769-828 Back Matter....Pages 829-854