A Beginner's Guide To ASP - Net Programming For Delphi Developers

A Beginner's Guide to ASP.
NET Programming
for Delphi developers
Free ASP.NET online programming course for Delphi for .NET beginner developers
By Zarko Gajic
Delphi Expert
About the Course:

This free online course is perfect for beginner Delphi for .NET developers as well as for
those who want a broad overview of the art of ASP.NET Web programming with Borland
Delphi.
Developers will learn how to design, develop and debug ASP.Net web application using
Borland Delphi for .Net. The chapters will cover the fundamental elements of creating Web
applications (working with Web Forms, Web Services and User Controls) using Delphi,
including the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and the Delphi for .Net language.
Developers will get up to speed quickly through real world, practical example. The entire
course is build arround the BDSWebExample ASP.NET web sample application that comes as
a demo project with the Delphi 8/2005 installation.
This course is aimed to those who are new to programming, come from some other
development environment (like MS Visual Basic, or Java) or are new to Delphi.
Prerequisites:
Readers should have at least a working knowledge of the Delphi language. No previous
(web) programming experience is required; being fluent in HTML and general Web
development terminology as well as JavaScript should help you be more productive with the
chapters.
Ah, yes. You'll need to have Delphi 8/2005 for .NET installed on your computer!
Recommended reading:
A Beginners Guide to Delphi programming.
Free online programming tutorial / course for beginner developers. Focus on Borland
Delphi.
Fast Forward to Delphi for .Net.
A series of articles that are designed with one goal in mind: to provide a quick and
dirty introduction to the world of .Net programming with Delphi.
Delphi for .Net general articles.
Articles and technical information that will help you start and master Delphi 8 for
.NET. Find out about IL, aspx, XML Web Services, msil, ...
Delphi in ASP.NET action:
The power of Delphi and ASP.NET

Want to build a dynamic, modular web portal using Delphi for .Net and ASP.NET? Go
for the proven solutions!
aspxDelphi.net PORTAL is a Delphi 8 ASP.NET application, and can be used to build
(module based) intranet or Internet portal application. aspxDelphi.net STORE is a
Delphi 8 ASP.NET application, and can be used to build Internet shop.
Supported databases are: MS SQL Server/ MSDE and Firebird/Interbase.
Warning!
Make sure you download the updated version of the code (the BDSWebExample demo
application). The new version has more meaningful names for Web pages, the code is
cleaned up from using "Free" (since there is no need to free objects in .Net - the garbage
collector does the job for you) and some "defects". The database has not changed.
Also, to follow up with the chapters it would be best if you save the project under
"C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\BDSWebExample"!
Chapters
The chapters of this course are being created and updated dynamically on this site. You can
find the latest chapter on the last page of this article.
Start with Chapter 1 : An introduction to ASP.NET programming with Delphi
The chapters of this course are being created and updated dynamically on this site. Chapters
(for now) include:
CHAPTER 1:
An introduction to ASP.NET programming with Delphi. Configuring the Cassini web server
What is ASP.NET from the perspective of a Delphi developer? How to set up the Cassini
sample web server.
Discuss about questions, comments, problems and solutions related to this chapter!
CHAPTER 2:
Setting up the BDSWebExample Delphi 8 (ASP.NET) demo application
Getting started with the Delphi 8 BDSWebExample: restoring the database, preparing the
virtual directory. Running BDSWebExample for the first time!
CHAPTER 3:
What makes an Delphi 8 ASP.NET application
Let's see what are the main parts of an asp.net application; what are all those .aspx, .ascx,
.dcuil, bdsproj, etc files.
CHAPTER 4:
Your first "Hello World" ASP.NET Delphi application
Let's see how to build a simple web application using Delphi for .Net.
CHAPTER 5:
Web Forms - building blocks of an ASP.NET application (Part 1)
Examining Web Form Pages - the central elements of development in ASP.NET. A point of
look from a Delphi developer perspective: What is a Web Form? Designing a Web Form,
The link between the aspx file and the code-behind file, ...
CHAPTER 6:
Implementing Dialog Boxes in ASP.NET web applications
Producing a simple message box (like ShowMessage; or even an InputBox) in an asp.net
application can be quite difficult - as you need to mess with DHTML, JavaScript and IE
object model. It would be much better if we could write only one line of code (as in
traditional desktop applications) to display a MessageBox ... let's see how.
CHAPTER 7:
Web Forms - building blocks of an ASP.NET application (Part 2)
Introducing Web Form properties, methods and events. Taking a look at the IsPostback
property and postback processing
CHAPTER 8:
An introduction to server-side HTML controls and HTML tags in ASP.NET applications
Taking a look at the use of standard HTML tags and elements and the use of server-side
HTML controls - from a perspective of a Delphi developer.
CHAPTER 9:
Uploading files to a web server with ASP.NET
Let's enable uploading of binary files from a client browser to the web server in ASP.NET
web applications. Delphi for .Net and ASP.NET provide an easy way to accept files from the
client using HTMLInputFile ("HTML File Upload" HTML server control) and HTTPPostedFile
classes.
CHAPTER 10:
Web Forms navigation in ASP.NET - Part 1
Exploring navigation techniques between Web Form pages: postbacks, direct navigation
(using the <a> tag) and code-based navigation (using Server.Transfer and
Response.Redirect).
(for now) include:
CHAPTER 11:
Web Forms navigation in ASP.NET - Part 2
Setting up the startup Web Form page for an ASP.NET application under IIS, deciding which
navigation technique to use in various scenarios.
CHAPTER 12:
An introduction to ASP.NET Web Server controls
Web Server controls are specifically designed to work with Web Forms pages. Find about
the basic concepts, benefits and limitations of using Web Server controls in ASP.NET.
CHAPTER 13:
Examining Control-Passing ASP.NET Web Controls: Button, ImageButton and LinkButton
There are several web controls that enable passing of control back to the Web Server. This
chapter explores web buttons - specific components that allow users to indicate that they
are finished with the Web Form (post the data) or want to perform a particular command
(on the server). Learn about ASP.NET's Button, LinkButton and ImageButton web controls.
CHAPTER 14:
Understanding the TextBox ASP.NET control
Taking a quick look at the TextBox ASP.NET web server control - the only control designed
for user input. TextBox has several faces: single-line text entry, password entry or multi-
line text entry.

CHAPTER 15:
Understanding Web Controls for Selecting Choices in Delphi ASP.NET Applications
ASP.NET selection controls allow users to select from a series of predefined values. This
chapter explores list-type controls: CheckBox, CheckBoxList, RadioButton, RadioButtonList,
DropDownList and ListBox from the perspective of a Delphi ASP.NET web developer.
CHAPTER 16:
Working with Container type ASP.NET controls in Delphi ASP.NET Applications
Introducing ASP.NET web server controls designed for visually grouping other controls
together on a Web Form: Panel, Placeholder and Table (along with TableRow and
TableCell).
CHAPTER 17:
Using Validators in Delphi ASP.NET applications
Introducing client-side and server-side data validation using Validation Controls:
RequiredFieldValidator, RangeValidator and ValidationSummary.
CHAPTER 18:
Understanding ViewState and Postback Processing in ASP.NET applications
Find out what events (and in what order) are generated when ASP.NET receives a request
for a Web Form. Learn about the ViewState - a technique ASP.NET uses to maintain page
state changes across postbacks.
CHAPTER 19:
An Introduction to Data Binding in Delphi ASP.NET Applications
Learn how to add information to a Web Form, by binding controls to a source of data.
Learn about data binding Web Controls for selecting choices (ListBox, DropDownList,
RadioButtonList, CheckBoxList, etc). Find out about IEnumerable and IList .NET interfaces.
CHAPTER 20:
Using Binding Expressions in Delphi ASP.NET Applications
Find out about data-binding individual properties of a web control. Learn how to data bind
"plain" HTML. Explore the magic of <%# BindingExpression %> in ASP.NET.
(for now) include:
CHAPTER 21:
An introduction to Data-Bound ASP.NET List Controls
First steps in using the Repeater ASP.NET web server control. Learn how to data bind
multi-record controls. Understanding the DataBinder class and the DataBinder.Eval
method.
CHAPTER 22:
Binding the DataList ASP.NET Control with Dynamic Templates
Learn how to programmatically implement the ITemplate interface to dynamically create
the ItemTemplate content for a DataList Web Server control.
CHAPTER 23:
Developing and Using Custom User Controls in ASP.NET
Very similar to Win32 Delphi's TFrame objects, an ASP.NET User Control is a container for
components; it can be nested within Web Forms or other User Controls. User controls
offer you an easy way to split and reuse common user interface functionality across the
pages of your ASP.NET Web application.
CHAPTER 24:
Adding Advanced User Controls to a Web Page Dynamically
User Controls allow a Delphi ASP.NET developer to wrap the common UI features of a web
applications into reusable components. In real world applications you'll want to be able to
dynamically load a user control and place it on the page. What Page event should you use
to LoadControl? Once on the page, how do you handle User Control events? Find the
answers in this chapter ...

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