Product DescriptionDevelopers who want to create dynamic, data-driven web sites running on Microsoft web servers have long relied on Active Server Pages (ASP). ASP.NET is Microsoft's latest evolution of ASP. While ASP.NET has a lot in common with its predecessor, this new technology takes advantage of object-oriented programming to dramatically improve developer productivity and convenience. Using the .NET Framework and Microsoft's new object-oriented languages, ASP.NET brings the same rapid drag-and-drop productivity to web applications that the Visual Basic programming language brought to Windows applications. ASP.NET also introduces web services, which allow developers to expose the functionality of an application via HTTP and XML, so that clients on any platform can access it via the Internet. ASP.NET is not a simple upgrade of ASP. It s a quantum leap ahead. There are many benefits to using ASP.NET, and one major drawback: the time developers must devote to mastering this new Web application technology. The ASP.NET Cookbook provides a wealth of plug-and-play solutions to problems commonly encountered when developing ASP.NET web applications and services in the popular problem-solution-discussion Cookbook format. The coding solutions in ASP.NET Cookbook appeal to a wide range of developers, from the inexperienced to the expert. For every problem addressed in the book, there's a worked-out solution or recipe a short, focused piece of code that web developers can insert directly into their applications. Developers can save hours by using just a single one of over 100 recipes included in this invaluable cookbook. But the ASP.NET Cookbook provides far more than just a wide range of cut-and-paste code solutions. Each recipe is followed by a discussion including tips, tricks, and possible pitfalls--so developers can learn to adapt the problem-solving techniques to a myriad of similar situations. Each recipe provides an immediate solution to a pressing problem, while simultaneously allowing developers who prefer to a hands-on learning style with the experience they need to master ASP.NET. This ultimate ASP.NET code sourcebook will quickly earn the dog-eared corners and coffee rings that mark a web developer's most valued resource.
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Rating: - Good common sense flow
ASP.NET Cookbook
Authors: Michael A Kittel and Geoffrey T. Leblond
Published by O'Reilly Books ISBN 0596003781
Reviewed by Steven Mullins, HuNTUG member
This was a hot book for me, I really get the feeling after reading this book that I can comfortably start to write my own code and see some success instead of just errors and copying open source.
If you want to see some of the basics of what the book is actually doing you can go to the website and see ... Read More
Rating: - This is how to learn ASP.NET
When I picked up a copy of the ASP.NET Cookbook, I was expecting to find a couple of very simple "recipes" and a couple of more complex ones. What I found was a book that goes through everything you need to know to go from a beginning ASP.NET developer to a really advanced developer. I was very surprised with how complete and thorough this book is in helping developers become advanced ASP.NET developers.
This book assumes that you have some knowledge of ASP.NET. The first chapter takes ... Read More
Rating: - This book rocks. Great value.
Had the book only a day before it paid for itself. The code examples are excellent, and the authors are well aware of best practices. This is not a bunch of hack recipes, but recipes to build durable, production code.
Rating: - good coverage and code listings
Another in O'Reilly's ongoing series of cookbooks and hacks. Here, we are looking at ASP.NET. Probably still relatively new to a lot of you, which may explain why you are considering this book. Undoubtedly, you've heard of, and maybe tried using, the official texts put out by Microsoft Press. By definition, those are authoritative. But the sheer verbosity, while probably necessary in order to teach you the subject, can be offputting.
Suppose, though, you know the rudiments. Maybe via those ... Read More
Rating: - A very good book.
I haven't read all of the recepies. However, at the moment I am very happy with this book.
The chapter on input validation is really well done. It is easy to start with what the book offers and extend it to something else.
The chapters on error handling and tracing are also very good.
This book has clear examples and good code. I am happy with it.
- Good common sense flow
- This is how to learn ASP.NET
