ASP.NET 4.5 remains Microsoft's preferred technology for creating dynamic websites, providing developers with unrivalled power and flexibility. This comprehensive book will teach you everything you need to know in order to create well architected ASP.NET websites. Beginning with core core concepts such as the structure of the .NET Framework and how ASP.NET is founded upon it the book progresses steadily through key professional skills. You'll be shown how to query databases in detail, consider the myriad applications of XML, and step through all the considerations you need to be aware of when securing your site from intruders. Finally, you'll consider advanced topics such as using ASP.NET with MVC 4, ASP.NET AJAX, HTML5 and Silverlight. By the time you have read this book you will have learned all the skills you need to use ASP.NET 4.5 with confidence. What you'll learn Understand why ASP.NET 4.5 is so special, what its fundamental principles are, the basics of Visual Studio, how ASP.NET controls are created and how they fit into ASP.NET pages, ultimately creating full applications. Become familiar with ASP.NET MVC 4, one of the biggest additions to ASP.NET 4, and understand how to use it and integrate it within your existing ASP.NET applications. Discover the intricacies of ADO.NET and the Entity Framework and how to perform data binding to many sources, from databases to file streams and XML. Learn the various forms of security available and how to best apply them. Once considered the Achilles' heel of all Windows web applications, security has vastly improved and is now a cornerstone of ASP.NET. Examine in detail advanced user interface techniques, including user controls, customer server controls, client-side JavaScript, GDI+, and Silverlight. Understand how to work with web services, an important skill in an increasingly connected world. Use ASP.NET AJAX, HTML and JavaScript, with an emphasis on contemporary web development techniques. Who this book is for This book is aimed at developers with a basic understanding on the .NET Framework who want to learn how to use it in a professional environment. Migrating readers without this foundation would be well served by readingBeginning ASP.NET 4.5 in C#, also by Apress, before tackling this book.