Beginning ASP.NET 4 in C# 2010

About the Author .................................................................................................. xxv
About the Technical Reviewer ............................................................................. xxvi
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................. xxvii
Introduction ....................................................................................................... xxviii
Part 1: Introducing .NET ...........................................................................................1
■ Chapter 1: The .NET Framework ..........................................................................3
The Evolution of Web Development .................................................................................3
HTML and HTML Forms ..........................................................................................................................3
Server-Side Programming......................................................................................................................6
Client-Side Programming .......................................................................................................................7
The .NET Framework .......................................................................................................9
C#, VB, and the .NET Languages ..........................................................................................................11
The Common Language Runtime .........................................................................................................13
The .NET Class Library..........................................................................................................................14
Visual Studio.........................................................................................................................................15
The Last Word................................................................................................................16
■ Chapter 2: The C# Language ..............................................................................17
The .NET Languages ......................................................................................................17
C# Language Basics ......................................................................................................18
Case Sensitivity ....................................................................................................................................18
Commenting .........................................................................................................................................18
Statement Termination....................................................................................................................