Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005 EAN: 9780596513979 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0596513976 Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 520 Publication Date: September 27, 2007 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Sales Rank: 260164 Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Product DescriptionWith this book, web developers can build engaging and interactive sites and applications using Microsoft's latest web development tools -- ASP.NET 2.0 and the new ASP.NET AJAX framework. You learn to create applications that have all the great tricks you see on popular commercial web sites, such as order forms and the ability to interact with a database. And you can build pages that display information interactively without a page refresh. This straightforward tutorial explains how.
Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX helps you master the concepts and techniques of Microsoft's tools with plenty of annotated examples, review quizzes, web construction exercises and chapter summaries, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. With it, you'll learn to:
Master the fundamental skills of ASP.NET 2.0 to build professional quality web applications
Integrate new Ajax tools and CSS with ASP.NET 2.0 for flashier and more interactive sites
Build applications with minimal coding using Visual Studio or its free counterpart, Visual Web Developer
Connect your site with a database so that users can retrieve, interact and save data
Debug your application, deal with unexpected problems, and protect your site from malicious users
Use the community-maintained ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit to extend the controls that come with ASP.NET AJAX
Use personalization tools to give your site a customized look for each user
Ideal for beginning web developers, or those who are new to ASP.NET, this book gets you involved with your own learning through hands-on lessons that are clear and to the point. You get the chance to try out new techniques on the spot. Want to join the world of modern web development? This book will get you started.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Programmer
Easy to follow and understand. Tells you how to donwload free software and walks you through programming examples.
Rating: - Outstanding ASP.NET AJAX Learning Guide!!
'Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX: A Practical Hands-on Guide' is another gem of a book by heavy technology author Jesse Liberty et al.. If you know about recent web advances over the last couple of years you know about AJAX which has revolutionized the Web 2.0 world, allowing for real apps to be made on the web. The user doesn't have to wait wait wait any more, as they can make decision/choices and get the feedback that they are expecting right away. AJAX technology basically splits pages up into ... Read More
Rating: - Gentle but Complete Getting Started
ยง
I am impressed at how well-paced and explanatory this book is. Usually the big problems I see in coding books have very little to do with the quality of the code and very much to do with care (or its lack) in pacing and organization. The result here is a book that thinks through and accounts for the questions beginners will have.
The authors direct themselves to developers asking the question "What is the quickest way for me to build real Web applications with the least handcoding?" ... Read More
