Rating:  - Exceptional ASP.NET 2.0 Web Development Resouce
'Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# & VB' is another gem in the long list of precious books published by sitepoint. With their usual spot-on layout and outstanding writing, this 650+ page book is a must own for anyone that wants to learn and EXCEL at ASP.NET 2.0 development. Before I write more, let me list the chapter summary:
01. Introducing ASP.NET
02. ASP.NET Basics
03. VB and C# Basics
04. Developing ASP.NET web pages
05. Building web apps
06. Using validation controls
07. Database design and development
08. SQL
09. ADO.NET
10. Data Lists
11. Grid View and Details View
12. Advanced data access
13. Security and User Authentication
14. Files and Email
Anyone and I mean ANYONE that is new or using ASP.NET 2.0 can and WILL get something out of this book. Unless you are a master uber ASP.NET 2.0 web developer, this book will not only teach but it will improve your skillset from before you started using this text. ASP.NET basics, database connections, listviews, master pages, html controls, etc etc etc... it's all here and it's all G-O-O-D
The price for this book is an absolute steal and I can easily give another HPR for this book as I have many times in the past with the sitepoint line. Sitepoint books are like candy for web developers so if you see that orange, blue and white color scheme, it means one thing: QUALITY
***** HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION
Rating: - Excellent coverage of ASP.NET 2.0 for those new to .NET
An absolutely terrific book for those of us new to ASP.NET (either 1.1 or 2.0). The book covers ASP.NET 2.0 and uses all the freely available VS.NET-based tools from Microsoft like Visual Web Developer 2005 Express and SQL Server 2005 Express. I come from a J2EE/Tomcat/JBoss background but this book really opens up the .NET world for those of us who are not initiated in the ASP.NET way to build web applications. They spend the 1st 4 chapters using a plain text editor to show the basics of ASP.NET page creation and hooking up virtual directories for the project files. Chapter 5 and beyond dive into the use of Visual Web Developer 2005 Express and the creation of a fully working web site deployed onto IIS. I am only 1/3 of the way there but so far the writing style and coverage provide an excellent presentation of the material.
Rating: - One of the best ASP.NET books
I finished reading this book yesterday and I am very pleased with it. The author starts by explaining some programming basics for both languages (VB.NET and C#). Then he explains ASP controls (html controls and validation controls). During the rest of the book, he develops a web-based intranet and explains many features of ASP such as ADO.NET, DataGrid and DataList controls, DataSets,etc. There is a chapter where the author explains how we can build a shopping cart and connect it to paypal which I found very interesting. The code is very neat and easy to understand. I totally recommend this book to those who would like to learn ASP.NET as well those who want to expand their ASP.NET knowledge.
Rating:  - Best .Net Book
The best thing about this book is someone like me who is new to the .DOT NET was able to learn & the paralell comparison between the VB & C# code is excellent. The only disappointment is that with the text book I was expecting a CD with Adobe Reader version as well. Which I did not recieve.
Rating: - Sitepoint ASP.NET
A great learn-on-the-fly guide for server-side web development using Microsoft's popular web development technologies. A quick and easy read; will have you up-and-running ASP.NET websites on your own IIS web server (with a SQL Server backend!) in almost no time.
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