ASP.NET (C#) Programming - Re-learn

Useful Links

www.asp.net = Official asp.net page

Book 3: Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# from Novice to Professional, By Matthew MacDonald
- I think this one is the best book to get ASP.NET C# skills to a certain level

Book 2: ASP.NET, By Danny Ryan and Tommy Ryan
- good as a beginner's first ASP.NET C# book, step by step examples

Book 1: Programming ASP.NET, By Dan Hurwitz, Jesse Liberty, Publisher: O'Reilly, Pub Date: October 2005
- only use it when you have ASP.NET C# backgound knowledge, NOT the first book to start with.

.NET Framework 2.0

• .NET Framework sits on top of the operating system, which can be any recently released version of Windows, including Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003.
• Compilers for five official languages (C#, Visual Basic, Managed C++, J#, and the Jscript scripting language).
• Related class libraries, collectively known as the Framework Class Library (FCL)
• The Common Language Runtime (CLR), the object-oriented engine.

MS SQL2005 Server Express - important steps

• Steps to change to "Mixed Authentication mode"
• How to configure MS SQL Server 2005 to accept remote connections

some examples to add

• passing value between pages by querystring