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Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# and VB
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by Cristian Darie and Zak Ruvalcaba
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Discount: 34 %
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Paperback: 712 pages
Publisher: SitePoint; 2 edition October 31, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0975240285
ISBN-13: 978-0975240281
Product Dimensions:
8.8 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
AJAX and PHP book, and his forthcoming http://www.cristiandarie.ro. Zak Ruvalcaba holds a Master of Science in Instructional Technology from the National University in San Diego. He has developed Web applications for such companies as Gateway, HP, Toshiba, and IBM. Previous books by Zak Ruvalcaba include The 10 Minute Guide to Dreamweaver 4 (Que Publishing) and Dreamweaver MX Unleashed (Sams Publishing).
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# & VB.NET (Build Your Own) (Paperback)
This is the first Sitepoint book I have read and the second on ASP.NET. The book requires that you have either Windows 2000, XP or 2003 installed and requires .NET Framework Redistributable (1.1 is the version the book is written for but most examples should work in v1.0), .NET Framework SDK, IIS (Or Cassini) Web Server, a modern web browser (e.g. IE v5.5+) and an editor. (Anything from notepad to Visual Studio will be sufficient). Access (JET), MSDE and SQL Server are the databases used in the examples. Instructions are included in the book on how to install and configure IIS and how to install MSDE and Access and how to attach the example database. No previous knowledge of ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, IIS nor databases is required. However you will need to be familiar with HTML before reading the book. The format of each chapter is a brief, single paragraph introduction, then straight into the subject matter with a brief summary at the end. Throughout the chapters there is a liberal sprinkling of figures and tables and extensive code examples, nearly all of which are in both C# and VB.NET. During the course of the book a complete intranet application is developed which includes a helpdesk, employee store, newsletter archive, employee directory, address book and admin tools. Pros Extensive code samples A complete intranet application is developed within the book. Superb range of subject matter. Liberal use of figures and tables. Excellent layout. A good tool for learning both C# & VB.NET. Cons Topics covered in each chapter are not listed at the beginning of each chapter. If you are just a VB.NET or C# programmer the duplication of code examples in both VB.NET & C# may prove to be annoying and a waste of space. Conclusion My own opinion is that this is not the book for a casual hobbyist but aimed more towards at least a semi-professional developer. You will get more than a basic grounding in ASP.NET but will have to put in a fair bit of effort to extract everything the book has to offer. But what a lot it has to offer. The range of material covered is excellent. Of the many highlights the chapters on Datagrids & DataLists and Datasets were particularly impressive. The author's enthusiasm for ASP.NET shines throughout the book and his narrative style kept many of the duller topics interesting. The pace of the book is never pedestrian and sometimes quite frantic but always leaving you wanting even more. At the end of the book you should feel confident to develop your own ASP.NET web sites in either C# or VB.NET. This book is another welcome addition to my bookshelf.
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