Rating:  - Drink Coffee, Coffee, Coffee, lots of them!
I give this book full set of stars because of the tremendous effort made by the author to simplify the process.
My only problem with this book is.
It is too slow as to the way it explains the subjects.
The author directs you to download the example files but then totally crawls when it comes to "using the project files."
The book in packed with information but it should have been written for the "SLOWSKIES" you know, the turtles in the Comcast commercials.
The book just crawls and crawls and crawls but overall if you have really strong coffee and patients, you might get through.
Marc
Rating: - Stunning - Where Do I Begin?
Over the years I have read over 50 programming books. This easily ranks as one of the best. I am now on page 193 - and have made underlinings or notes on almost every page. First of all, it might be relevant to know that my background is classic ASP - but it's been a few years since I worked with it. Overall, the book flows beautifully and logically. Not only does the overall structure make sense, but the actual detail explanations are crystal clear. This book takes the reader on a logical course to understand all the key aspects of creating ASP.NET web sites (including key details of the Visual Web Developer interface). I am continually amazed at the flow, and the clear explanations of all relevant details. Additionally, I have posted a number of questions on the wrox forum website (look for the one that deals specifically with this book) and Imar - the author - quickly and thoroughly answered all my questions. My thanks to Imar for this work of outstanding quality - a truly helpful addition to the ASP community.
Rating: - Incredibly helpful book and author
This is the best programming book I have read thus far and I am reading 4 right now! I have found the author himself to be extremely helpful at p2p.wrox.com and quick to answer my few hang-ups during my reading. Note that the only negative reviews at the time of this writing are from readers who have not gotten [much] farther than the first chapter, but the book is 18 chapters long! There are indeed a few spelling and other textual errors but that is to be expected in some degree of almost any book, and none of them have impacted the technical aspect or effectiveness of this book.
If you want to get a good grasp on the asp.net framework, buy this book... and read it!
Rating: - Excellent tool
I have been programming in VB.NET and C# for several years and have just recently needed to write a program in ASP. I bought this book figuring it would get me started and i could look up the more complicated stuff online. I was able to read the book in 2 days and feel like I have a solid grasp of what I am doing. Everything is explained well, the examples are great, always written in both languages, and the results are easily seen (some books have examples where the results aren't seen for several chapters). I am actually excited to write the program now and have been looking for other projects that I can do in ASP.NET.
Rating: - for the beginner web developer
I have done no sort of programming before- no C, Java, Visual Basic etc...nothing, nada.
And this book still taught me how to do excellent web pages.
If a complete beginner like me can use this book successfully so can anyone else.
This is one of the best instructional books I have ever used, period, regardless of subject, Spaanjaars can both write and teach.
Throughout my six years at university I have constantly been reminded of how rare this combination of skill is.
The exercises are not accumulated together at the end of each chapter, instead they appear throughout each chapter.
You can decide for yourself whether you want to go with VB or C#, or both, all the coding is explained as you go.
Would you benefits from knowing HTML, C# or VB prior to this book? Certainly, you would probably learn quicker, but it is not a prerequisite.
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