Microsoft Webcasts - Intro to ASP.NET

This set of webcasts was presented by Fritz Onion, a cofounder of Pluralsight, LLC.

• Intro to ASP.NET, ASP.NET Fundamentals in c#
  A comprehensive tour of Web application development in ASP.NET! Developers new to ASP.NET will want to attend this webcast designed to familiarize you with essential features in Visual Studio® .NET including Web forms, data binding, validation, and rich controls. We will also briefly demonstrate Web application development with the Web Matrix development tool. In the second half of the session, you will learn about the fundamental architectural concepts of ASP.NET, including page compilation, assembly loading, and code behind. The discussion will wrap up with a look at the Page class and its role in processing HTTP requests.
• Intro to ASP.Net, Web Forms in c#
  This webcast focuses on Web forms and server-side controls in ASP.NET. This is perhaps the biggest shift from classic ASP - instead of writing directly to the response stream, you now interact with server-side controls that render themselves. We will examine in detail how server-side controls are created, how their state is retained, and how events are propagated. Learn about state management with server side controls, including details of view state and how to build multi-page user interfaces. Finally, we look at user controls in ASP.NET and how to componentize your pages.
• Intro to ASP.Net, ADO.NET and Data Binding in c#
  This session begins by comparing and contrasting the connected, streaming model of data access in ADO.NET with the disconnected model. We then look at the new ASP.NET model for data binding which is convenient to use in conjunction with the ADO.NET DataSet and DataReader classes. While data can be bound to many controls, there are several that are designed specifically to simplify data presentation, including DataGrid, Repeater, and DataList. Equipped with a thorough understanding of these tools, we will complete the construction of our sample application and briefly review each portion.
• Intro to ASP.Net, Configuration and Deployment in c#
  In this last session of the series, we will offer a detailed examination of configuration in ASP.NET, including XML formatting, hierarchical application of configuration files, and common configuration settings. Various deployment options you have at your disposal for ASP.NET applications will be outlined and demonstrated, along with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each. During the presentation, we will illustrate these concepts by performing a sample application deployment using each of the techniques described.