Building a Web 2.0 Portal with ASP.NET 3.5

Preface;
Who This Book Is for;
How This Book Is Organized;
What You Need to Use this Book;
Conventions Used in This Book;
Using Code Examples;
Safari® Books Online;
How to Contact Us;
Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: Introducing Web Portals and Dropthings.OmarALZabir.com;
1.1 Defining a Web Portal;
1.2 Defining a Web 2.0 Portal;
1.3 Using a Web Portal;
1.4 Navigating Dropthings;
1.5 Using ASP.NET AJAX;
1.6 Using C# 3.0 and .NET 3.5;
1.7 Summary;
Chapter 2: Architecting the Web Portal and Widgets;
2.1 Object Model;
2.2 Using a Widget Framework;
2.3 Adding Widgets;
2.4 Maximizing the First-Visit Experience;
2.5 Rendering a Second-Visit Experience;
2.6 Improving ASP.NET AJAX Performance;
2.7 Adding Authentication and Authorization;
2.8 Preventing Denial-of-Service Attacks;
2.9 Summary;
Chapter 3: Building the Web Layer Using ASP.NET AJAX;
3.1 Implementing the Start Page of a Web Portal;
3.2 Building a Custom Drag-and-Drop Extender for a Multicolumn Drop Zone;
3.3 Implementing WidgetContainer;
3.4 Building Widgets;
3.5 Page Switching: Simulating a Nonpostback Experience;
3.6 Using the Profile Object Inside a Web Service;
3.7 Implementing Authentication and Authorization;
3.8 Implementing Logout;
3.9 Summary;
Chapter 4: Building the Data and Business Layers Using .NET 3.5;
4.1 Introducing LINQ to SQL;
4.2 Building the Data Access Layer Using LINQ to SQL;
4.3 Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation;
4.4 Building the Business Layer Using WF;
4.5 Implementing the DashboardFacade;
4.6 Summary;
Chapter 5: Building Client-Side Widgets;
5.1 Delaying Server-Side Widget Loading;
5.2 Content Proxy;
5.3 Building a Client-Side RSS Widget;
5.4 Building a Client-Side Flickr Widget;
5.5 Summary;
Chapter 6: Optimizing ASP.NET AJAX;
6.1 Combining Multiple Ajax Calls into One Call;
6.2 Timing and Ordering Ajax Calls to the Server;
6.3 Using HTTP GET Calls Instead of HTTP POST;
6.4 Working with the this Function;
6.5 Summary;
Chapter 7: Creating Asynchronous, Transactional, Cache-Friendly Web Services;
7.1 Scalability Challenges with Web Services;
7.2 Asynchronous Web Methods;
7.3 Modifying the ASP.NET AJAX Framework to Handle Web Service Calls;
7.4 Developing Your Own Web Service Handler;
7.5 Making an Asynchronous and Cache-Friendly Proxy;
7.6 Scaling and Securing the Content Proxy;
7.7 Summary;
Chapter 8: Improving Server-Side Performance and Scalability;
8.1 Instrumenting Your Code to Identify Performance Problems;
8.2 Optimizing the HTTP Pipeline;
8.3 Optimizing ASP.NET 2.0/3.5 Before Going Live;
8.4 Optimizing Queries in the ASP.NET Membership Tables;
8.5 Optimizing the ASP.NET 2.0/3.5 Profile Provider Before You Go Live;
8.6 ASP.NET Production Challenges;
8.7 Redirecting Traffic from an Old Web Site to a New One;
8.8 Summary;
Chapter 9: Improving Client-Side Performance;
9.1 Understanding Web Caching;
9.2 Content Delivery Networks;
9.3 Optimizing Internet Explorer JavaScript Performance;
9.4 Reducing the Web Service Call Payload;
9.5 Loading the UI on Demand;
9.6 Using Read-Ahead Caching for Ajax Calls;
9.7 Hiding HTML Inside <textarea>;
9.8 Summary;
Chapter 10: Solving Common Deployment, Hosting, and Production Challenges;
10.1 Deploying Your Web Site in a Web Farm;
10.2 Thirteen Production Disasters That Could Happen at Anytime;
10.3 Choosing the Right Hosting Provider;
10.4 Choosing a Web Site Monitoring Tool;
10.5 Configuring Proper Performance Counters;
10.6 Summary;
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