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Inside ASP.NET (Inside)
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by Scott Worley
Sales Rank: 1438148
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List Price: $49.99
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Paperback: 736 pages
Publisher: Sams November 8, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0735711356
ISBN-13: 978-0735711358
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
Product Description
Inside ASP.NET provides experienced software and web developers with accurate and concise information on the technologies and concepts introduced in Microsoft's new and revolutionary development platform, ASP.NET. Covering topics such as ADO.NET, Web Services, cache control, globalization, and Mobile Device Development, Inside ASP.NET offers the most comprehensive overview of ASP.NET available.
Written for the experienced user, this book is the only one you will need to transition your skill set from ASP to ASP.NET.Author Scott Worley supplies you with many source code examples individually relating to every concept introduced within this book. In addition, Worley also provides a full ASP.NET-based online task management application used as the final case-study project in this book.
Back Cover Copy
Written for the experienced user, this book is the only one you will need to transition your skill set from ASP to ASP.NET. Author Scott Worley supplies you with many source code examples individually relating to every concept introduced within this book. In addition, Worley also provides a full ASP.NET-based online task management application used as the final case-study project in this book.
Customer Reviews & Comments
Overall, this is a very fine book, and very deserving of its name. Being targeted at the experienced developer, its focus is not regurgitation of coding principles involved in building .NET-based applications, but rather takes an overall look at the operations and ways of manipulating, managing and presenting data for a better understanding of the .NET Framework as a whole. The ordering of the chapters is a bit unorthodox from the norm with what other .NET titles follow, but it is of value to the developer in being both a quick reference, and a practical guide. The logical flow of the book deviates from what many other titles go with. The chapters are explained well and are succinct, not verbose over-amplifications of what should be simple concepts. The reader can get what he wants and move on. I was able to read easily and quickly. Each major property, method, and parameter or major objects is listed in tabular format, which is great for future lookups when I need a bit of code. (The code is all in VB.NET, with C# to be included with the online documentation. ...) The chapters on MSMQ, ADSI, and state management support/integration were explained better and in more general detail than most books, in very simple to understand dialogue. In my experience, this is the section that throws most people off...or that they wind up skipping because no matter how good the ability of the author to analogize the concepts, they get lost in the complexity of it all. Worley did an excellent job describing why such features are of use to the developer, and although admittedly not diving into each technology in gross detail, but quickly enough to get a developer started. On the whole, I enjoyed the writing, had fun with the experience and was pleased with the outcome. The lack of proofreading leaves a bad taste in my mouth, but overall I'd say this was a success. I would recommend this book as an excellent addition to an ASP.NET developer's library. Hopefully the 2nd edition will patch and suture the bleeding left by the editorial mistakes. Some additional comments: Ø The book did a better job than most explaining the importance of .NET's configuration and state management features, using global.asax and web.config. Ø Properties and methods of major objects and namespaces within the .NET Framework are laid out in tabular format, making for an easy-to-read and very quick, searchable listing, not forcing the read to go sifting through pages of editorial rhetoric just to get a bit of syntax. Too many books lose sight of the fact that people want to know as many method and properties as they can, and the authors too quickly refer to the "consult the Microsoft documentation" excuse. Worley also compiled a very useful listing of Appendices Many books do not go to the length of listing all of the given properties and methods for an object, but this is a great job of providing this for the reader. Ø The physical dimensions and paper used for the book make it easy to hold and read (an important factor to me, typically lying the book on my stomach...I've nearly broken ribs with other publisher titles). The fact that the book is uses a softbound-yet-sturdy binding and cover makes this durable and rugged...this is a good thing in my mind, and something to capitalize on.
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Inside ASP.NET (Inside)
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