Rating:  - Shows how it should be done
'Programming ASP.NET' should serve as a model for other computer-book authors. If only some of the committee-written Wrox books were this good! The writing is clear and the organization is consistent throughout; the examples are easily duplicated and promote further experimentation by the reader. As a programmer with some 15+ years experience, I can say that I'm always delighted to find a book that makes teaching myself so easy. Well, this book reads as if it were written by someone who knows how to teach. Some books leave the reader frustrated with a lot of loose ends, or complicate things that could be presented simply. This one doesn't. And as an added benefit, it contains absolutely no Microsoft hype.
Rating:  - Not worth the time
The book assumes you know everything. I have been coding ASP for almost 6 years and this book is totaly useless when trying to learn ASP .NET. I can't even find how to make a database call using the aspx.vb piece. He only uses the aspx part of ASP .NET. In addition he does not even go over some of the basics on recorsets. For example a standard way to detect you have a record set is if not rs.EOF and not rs.BOF then well in ASP .NET the EOF and BOF are gone and he does not even tell you how to figure out that you actually have a recordset from a stored procedure. The book is lacking in many areas including VB itself. About half way all the VB examples just vanish and everything is in C#. I highly recommend if you are a true ASP developer (most program in VBScript) then do not waste your time on this book. It is not even worthy of a referance because the table of contents doesn't really cover any of the basic stuff. As I said earlier the maker of this book assumes you know the world and rather than teach you he sounds like he is trying to tell you what you already know but the truth is you don't know it hehe!
Rating: - Everything you want in a primer on ASP.NET
This book is just what I was looking for in a primer. It has excellent coverage of all the basic topics, but goes on to cover more advanced topics as well. In addition, the example programs are short, clear, well written and on point.
I've never seen such excellent coverage of all the controls and web forms. The introduction to ADO.NET is excellent, the coverage of User controls and custom controls amazing, and their chapters on deployment and performance are first rate. The book also provides an excellent introduction to web services.
No book can be all things to all people, but this is an excellent primer for ASP programmers and for new ASP.NET programmers who want to work in either C# or VB.NET. While showing all the examples in both language does make the book slightly longer, it is well worth it; you get to see how the two languages relate and it makes the book much more interesting.
The authors are very careful to make sure that every topic is covered thoroughly and well, but they go beyond that to provide extensive support on their web site.
This is a book I can recommend without reservaitons. If you want to learn ASP.NET, this is the book for you.
Rating:  - Look elsewhere - little content - poor examples
Unlike Jesse Liberty's Programming C# book, this book does not measure up.
It leaves one wondering if he has ever written a real Asp.Net application.
This book is also very bloated . Everything is shown in VB and C# AND the whole program listing (even IDE generated stuff) is often shown multiple times (is he lazy or just trying to increase page count?)
Most examples are very contrived and none of them teach real-world scalable techniques.
Rating: - Excellent book
I found the book to be excellent, authors beside knowledge, know how to right a very well organized book, better than 3 already purchased so far, highlly recommended
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