This updated bestseller gets readers involved immediately with task-oriented examples that can help them build their own sites
Each chapter is designed to complete a part of the sample Web site, introducing technology topics as required
Makes extensive use of Microsoft’s new visual ASP.NET development tool, showing readers how to save time and write less code to achieve more results faster
The book provides examples in Visual Basic - the easiest language for beginning ASP.NET developers to learn
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Are they serious!
I cant believe this book ever made it to the presses. This book is so disorganized and chaotic. The exercises and examples are very difficult to understand and comprehend what the authors are trying to get us to achieve. Some examples that should have been written in VB were written in Javascript. I do not recommend this book to anyone unless you need to prop up the leg of your coffee table or a booster for your young child. I am very disappointed and frustrated. I hope the other Wrox titles out ... Read More
Rating: - Disaster
If you enjoy spending ages correlating a colossal errata with its respective book, then this book is for you.
If you enjoy following instruction to the letter to find the project crash, then this book is for you.
If you enjoy code-generating wizards as distinct from writing code, then this book is for you.
It was not for me.
Rating: - Not for beginners - confusing to read
I bought this book because it had the word "Beginning" in the title, but I'm having trouble getting past Chapter 2 because the book is so confusing. The authors need to do a better job clarifying how they set up the sample sites. For example, instructions are left out explaining that you have to unzip and copy chapter 2 to the folder that contains your web site, then open Chapter 2 as a separate web site from Chapter 1. You have to figure it for yourself. I was stuck thinking I was suppose to add ... Read More
Rating: - Very cursory coverage of ASP .NET
As a an ASP developer and an IT Professional, I wanted to get up to speed on ASP .NET 2.0, so I picked up a copy of this book.
I would not recommend it to others, as it is not very well written.
Also, the examples are very GUI-oriented without deviating too much from Wizards and such. If you're more interested in being able to write ASP .NET 2.0 code by hand, and fully understanding how it all works this book is not very helpful.
I also picked up a copy of Professional ... Read More
Rating: - Well... It helped for a couple days
This is only a tutorial book. If you are looking for something that you can use as reference look elsewhere. The projects are somewhat disorganized and it leaves you jumping back and forth. If you are a true beginner this will bring you up to speed with the ASP.NET architecture but that's it. It seems like they wasted at least 150 pages on simple controls that could have been covered in less than 1/2. I was able to go through half of the book in 4 days and quickly decided a more in depth book was needed. ... Read More
- Are they serious!
- Disaster
- Well... It helped for a couple days
