URL Rewrite for Developers
In this course you will learn the ins and outs of URL Rewrite and how to create your own powerful rules.
What you'll learn
This course teaches developers (and administrators) how to use URL Rewrite for URL and HTTP Header manipulation. You will learn the fundamentals of URL Rewrite, how to do whatever you dream with URLs, and how to work with powerful rules using Regular Expressions. This course will help you create rules for SEO purposes, site redesigns, creative reverse proxy tricks, merging two (or more) sites into a single site, using rewrite maps, and more. We will also look at when to use URL Rewrite vs. using rewriting within MVC or WebForms.
Table of contents
- Introduction 2m
- Regular Expressions vs. Wildcards 5m
- Tools 2m
- Literal Characters vs. Metacharacters 2m
- Metacharacter: \ 1m
- Metacharacters: ^ $ 3m
- Metacharacter: . 2m
- Metacharacters: * + 4m
- Metacharacter: | 2m
- Metacharacter: ? 1m
- Metacharacters: ( ) 1m
- Metacharacters: [ ] 8m
- Metacharacters: {n} 5m
- Back References 9m
- Review 1m
About the author
Scott Forsyth is a Microsoft MVP for IIS/ASP.NET and an ASPInsider with strengths in server administration using Windows Server, IIS, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Hyper-V and PowerShell. He has co-authored two technical books: Professional IIS 7 and Professional IIS 8 and is a regular speaker at code camps, user groups, and technical conferences. Scott is co-founder and chief systems architect of Vaasnet, a web services company that provides instant-on, preconfigured virtual machines that can easily ... more