Getting Started With ASP.NET

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Getting StartedWith ASP.NET

• A small introduction

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Preconditions

• You should basically know what HTML is and how it
  works
• Knowing about some other scripting language like
  PHP is not necessary, but would help
• Same for the languages used by the Dotnet
  Framework (C and Visual Basic)
• Basic database knowledge helps you create data
  driven applications in no time!

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What is ASP.Net?

• ASP Active Server Pages
• ASP.NET is a program that runs inside IIS
  (Internet Information Server)
• An ASP.NET file is almost the same as a standard
  html file, it can contain HTML, XML and scripts
• A script is always executed on the server.

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ASP.NET Excercises (1)

• Create a new website.
• Please use a label and a button control.
• Change the button text to click me
• Change the labels text to Click on the button
• When the button has been clicked, the labels
  text should change to The button has been
  clicked.

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ASP.NET Excercises (2)

• Add a text field to the page.
• Add a second page to the project.
• When the button is clicked, the second page
  should open and display the text which was
  entered in the text box of the first page.

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ASP.NET Excercises (3)

• Create a new page.
• The page needs a headline (label control), a
  dropdown control, a button and another label for
  the result.
• Load 3 entries into the listbox.
• When the button is pressed, the result label
  should show the entry chosen from the listbox.

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Where Can You Start?

• http//www.asp.net official resources and
  videos
• Starter Kits on MSDN
• Lots of material on the web
• Books and training DVDs
• Try the examples from this video yourself

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Have Fun!