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A guide to building Rich Internet Applications with Ext.NET using ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC

Overview

• Build rich internet applications using the power of Ext.NET controls
• Learn how Ext.NET leverages Sencha’s popular Ext JS JavaScript framework to provide a full client-server web development experience
• Full of examples and tips, with clear step-by-step instructions

In Detail

To build a rich internet application, you need to integrate a powerful client side JavaScript framework with a server side framework. Ext.NET achieves this by integrating Sencha’s Ext JS framework with the power of ASP.NET. The result – a sophisticated framework offering a vast array of controls, layout, and powerful AJAX and server bindings, which can be used to build rich, highly usable web applications.

"Ext.NET Web Application Development" shows you how to build rich applications using Ext.NET. Examples guide you through Ext.NET’s various components using both ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC examples. You will also see how Ext.NET handles data binding and server integration. You will also learn how to create reusable components and put them together in great looking applications.

This book guides you through the various Ext.NET components and capabilities to enable you to create highly usable Ext.NET components and web applications.

You will learn about various UI components and numerous layout options through examples. You will see how the AJAX architecture enables you to create powerful data-oriented applications easily. This book will also teach you how to create reusable custom components to suit your needs.

"Ext.NET Web Application Development" shows you how to create rich and usable applications using Ext.NET through numerous examples.

What you will learn from this book

• Understand how Ext.NET and Ext JS fit together to help create applications with seamless server side integration
• Learn how to organize controls and layouts to create highly interactive UIs with the richness of desktop-like applications
• Understand the different AJAX options available to interact with the server and choose the techniques that suit your needs
• Know the various options to represent and model data, locally or remotely, and reuse them where needed
• Learn how to build sophisticated grids, trees, and other AJAX-based components that interact with the server efficiently
• Gain confidence in extending components and creating plugins for reusability and maintainability
• Create user-friendly forms with rich and custom client and server side validation
• Learn how to troubleshoot your applications

Approach

This is a step-by-step tutorial packed with examples and tips to learn Ext.NET from scratch.

Who this book is written for

This book is written for .NET Web Application Developers who are familiar with ASP.NET looking to build .NET based Rich Internet Applications. Whether you are new to Ext JS or you are looking to use your existing Ext JS skills in a .NET environment, this book will be useful for you.

A complete guide to tracking visitors on your websites, e-commerce shopping carts, and apps using Piwik Web Analytics

• Track customers on your websites and apps and improve conversion rates right away
• Customize your tracking for every application and situation
• Embed Piwik's tracking capabilities in other applications

In Detail

Without web analytics, you are blind on the internet. In order to improve conversions and revenue on your web- site, you need to know what is going on. Piwik gives you this data and unlike Google Analytics, gives you total control over its usage. Unlike Google analytics where the data can be read by Google, Piwik maintains complete confidentiality of your website data. By harnessing the power of your tracked data, you can raise the conversion rates on your website to new heights.

"Piwik Web Analytics Essentials" will show you how to install Piwik Open Source Analytics and have you tracking your website’s visitors within an hour after you pick up the book! After that, you will learn how to track custom events and programmatically trigger tracking events. The book continues with ecommerce tracking and advanced Piwik API usage.

This book will take you from installing Piwik on your web server to writing custom tracking code for your apps.

You will learn goal and event tracking techniques and how to add them to your standard tracking to fine tune your analytics results. Nothing is untrackable using Piwik: ecommerce shopping carts, web apps, phone apps, and more can make use of Piwik tracking capabilities.

"Piwik Web Analytics Essentials" will walk you through every step with detailed screenshots and plenty of example code.

What will you learn from this book

• Install Piwik on a web server
• Add Piwik tracking to websites
• Customize Piwik JavaScript tracking code
• Track goals and marketing campaigns
• Track events using Piwik
• Track ecommerce sales, lost sales, and conversion rates
• Integrate Piwik with your application
• Customize Piwik to provide your own web analytics service to clients or customers

Approach

Packed with code and the necessary screenshots, this is a step-by-step comprehensive tutorial which will help you learn about Piwik quickly and easily.

Who this book is written for

This book is for everyone ranging from a reader who is new to web analytics to a seasoned coding expert wanting to switch to Piwik from another analytics tool. If you are a newbie, you will learn to install Piwik, install tracking, and customize the JavaScript for their custom needs, as well as why they need to track their visitors. If you are an advanced reader, you will learn to mix JavaScript with PHP, Flash, and other languages in order to write plugins for custom software.