Publisher: Course Technology; 1 edition July 23, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0619063211
ISBN-13: 978-0619063214
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
Product Description
This is the next generation of Active Server Pages! Revolutionizing the way Web applications are developed, ASP.NET is built on Microsoft's .NET framework. This exciting new book seamlessly guides the reader from beginning Web applications, to object-oriented programming, to using advanced Web form server controls.
Customer Reviews & Comments This book was obviously geared more towards web designers than hard code techies. The author assumes that you have a good grasp of HTML and focuses primarily on introducing the reader to server side programming concepts and getting comfortable with the Visual Studio interface. As the previous reviewer noted, the teaching style is similar to the Visual Quickstart series where you learn by typing. The good points: - Complex topics like web services and the ADO.NET framework are explained in a manner that an experienced developer like me who is unfamiliar with server side programming can easily understand. - The case studies and sample projects are also pretty good tools to get you acclimated with the features of Visual Studio .NET The bad points: - Too many typos - Too much emphasis is placed on using the GUI to build your application - Coverage on some topics (e.g Visual Basic and C#, custom validators and control events) are basically non-existent - Not enough focus on code behind the page Conclusion: A good book to get started with but by no means a hardcore reference book. I started with this book and supplemented my knowledge with Scott Mitchell's ASP.NET Web Controls and Jesse Liberty's Programming ASP.NET Final grade 2.75 - 3 stars
