Beginning DotNetNuke 4.0 Website Creation in VB 2005 with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express

Introduction.- The Basics.- Express + DNN = A Powerful Combination.- Classic Development (Don't go there).- Installing the Environment.- Visual Web Developer.- The First Program.- DotNetNuke Basics.- Creating a Portal.- Adding to the Portal.- Considerations.- External Applications.- Running the Application.- Next Steps.- Conclusion.

Nick Symmonds works for the IntegratedSystem Solutions division of Ingersoll-Rand, developing and integrating security software. He started out his professional life as an electronics technician. While getting his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Hartford, he started to gravitate toward programming. Nick has spent quite a few years programming in assembly, C, C++, and Visual Basic. Recently, he has latched onto .NET like a lamprey and loves digging into the .NET core. Nick has written several articles on programming and has four books currently out: Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET (Apress, 2002); GDI+ Programming in C# and VB .NET (Apress, 2002); Data Entry and Validation with C# and VB .NET Windows Forms (Apress, 2003); and Beginning DotNetNuke 4.0 Website Creation in C# 2005 with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express (Apress, 2006).

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From the reviews:



"This book is an introduction to Visual Studio (VS) 2005, Visual Web Developer (VWD), and DotNetNuke (DNN). ... The table of contents is well done. The index is adequate ... . The material is well presented. ... I recommend this book to those who want to use DNN ... ." (C. A. Wolfe, Computing Reviews, Vol. 50 (1), January, 2009)