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FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Chapter 1 Getting Started with WebMatrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 2 Designing Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 3 Designing Websites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chapter 4 Programming Your Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Chapter 5 Adding User Interactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Chapter 6 AJAX and jQuery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Chapter 7 Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Chapter 8 Working with Files and Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Chapter 9 Debugging and Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Chapter 10 Introduction to Data and Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Chapter 11 A Deeper Dive Into Data Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Chapter 12 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Chapter 13 Optimizing Your Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Chapter 14 Deploying Your Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Appendix Exercise Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

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Mike Brind

Imar Spaanjaars

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About the Authors

Mike Brind spent the first 20 years of his working life in a series of successful sales and marketing

roles, towards the end of which he was introduced to HTML and databases. A dormant inner geek

took over and Mike became very much more interested in developing websites than selling advertis￾ing space on them.

As well as on books such as those in the Wrox Beginner series, Mike became reliant on the enormous

amount of free help provided by online communities while he learned his new craft. Mike is now

one of the all-time leading contributors to the official ASP.NET forums at http://forums.asp.net

and is also a moderator there.

As a result of his contributions to the ASP.NET community via the forums, and through his

technical article site at www.mikesdotnetting.com, Mike received the Microsoft Most Valuable

Professional (MVP) Award for ASP.NET in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Beginning ASP.NET Web

Pages with WebMatrix is Mike’s first book.

Mike is currently the Operations Director for ITEC Systems, a company that produces specialist

software for recruitment agencies all around the world.

Mike lives in Rochester in the UK with his wife of over 25 years, Anna. Together they have two

daughters and a grandson.

Imar Spaanjaars graduated in Leisure Management at the Leisure Management School in the

Netherlands, but he quickly changed his career path into the Internet world.

After working in the Internet business at various web agencies for thirteen years, he started up

his own company called De Vier Koeden (http://devierkoeden.com), a small Internet agency

specializing in consultancy and development of Internet and intranet applications with Microsoft

technologies such as ASP.NET 4. He’s also the technical director of Dynamicweb Netherlands and

Dynamicweb North America, two branches of the popular Danish CMS and eCommerce system

Dynamicweb.

Imar has written books on ASP.NET and Macromedia Dreamweaver, all published under the Wrox

brand. He is also one of the top contributors to the Wrox Community Forum at p2p.wrox.com,

where he shares his knowledge with fellow programmers.

Since 2008, Imar has been rewarded with Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for

his contributions to the ASP.NET community.

Imar lives in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with his girlfriend, Fleur. You can contact him through his

personal web site at http://imar.spaanjaars.com or by email at [email protected].

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About the Technical Editor

Michael Apostol graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.S. in Economics. He started

his career working for Microsoft Corporation in Market Development. Michael has worked in both

software development and information technology as an I.T. manager, programmer, and consul￾tant for numerous companies in the Western United States in addition to a few trips to Europe as a

software instructor. Presently, he is employed as a contractor writing SQL Server TSQL code for a

company in Hawaii. He has thoroughly enjoyed his work as a technical editor with his last project

being: Beginning Microsoft ASP.NET 4.0 by Imar Spaanjaars (2010, Wiley Publishing, Inc.). In his free

time, Michael tries to get as much time possible with his adopted seven year old Ethiopian son, Geremu,

and spouse, Melissa, outside in the sunshine.

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Paul Reese

Project Editor

Rosanne Koneval

Technical Editor

Michael Apostol

Production Editor

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Copy Editor

Kezia Endsley

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Freelancer Editorial Manager

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Marketing Manager

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Business Manager

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Production Manager

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Publisher

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Project Coordinator, Cover

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Indexer

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Cover Designer

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Cover Image

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Credits

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Acknowledgments

I would like to start by thanking Imar Spaanjaars, my co-author and fellow MVP, for recommend￾ing me to Wrox for this project. I am also grateful for the advice and support he has provided as the

book became reality. I would also like to thank Paul Reese for listening to Imar and taking a chance

on me.

I would also like to thank Michael J. Apostol for his contribution as Technical Editor and for Kezia

Endsley for tirelessly translating my English into English. I am particularly appreciative of the efforts

of Rosanne Koneval for her patience and diplomacy in guiding this particular author newbie through

the process of getting a book done.

Finally, I would like to thank my wife of over 25 years, Anna, for her support and understanding

throughout the project. I lost count of how many times she asked “have you finished the book yet?”

But at last, I can answer “Yes!”

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