Active Server Pages In Plain English (In Plain English (IDG)) [Paperback]

Timothy Eden (Author), Patricia Hartman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764547453 | ISBN-13: 978-0764547454 | Publication Date: February 15, 2001 | Edition: 1

Two Books for the Price of One -- both an interactive reference & tutorial! Active Server Pages In Plain English gives you instant access to ASP through a detailed reference section of key ASP components and languages along with a dense tutorial that describes the programming essentials. Extensive cross-references with live page numbers make this is the perfect book to prop next to your computer while programming with ASP.

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From the Back Cover

Active Server Pages In Plain English Two Books in One! This one-of-a-kind guide delivers just what you need to make the most of Active Server Pages, whether you're new to Web programming or a veteran developer. The book opens with a unique reference section that lets you look things up by keyword, category, and objects and collections, among other terms. Need more answers? The second part delivers concise, example-filled tutorials that show you step-by-step how to work with ASP objects, the ActiveX Data Object, ActiveX objects, and more. Open the Book for Ready-Reference Help...
* ASP In Plain English
* ASP A to Z
* HTML by Category
* VBScript by Category
* SQL by Category
* ASP by Category
* ASP Core Reference
* HTML Reference
* VBScript Reference
* SQL Reference
...or Succinct, Step-by-Step Tutorials
* Getting started with ASP
* VBScript and Active Server Pages
* Objects used for ASP Applications
* Working with the Database: the ADO Object
* Creating Server-Side ActiveX COM Objects
* Visual Basic and Active Server Pages
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About the Author

Timothy Eden is a lead e-commerce developer for ExtremeStyle in Jacksonville, Florida. Timothy has over 10 years programming experience. In addition to programming in the world of Active Server Pages, Timothy has also written several articles on the Java language. Patricia Hartman, Ph.D., is a networking and Web design consultant and the author of Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6, among other books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 763 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764547453
• ISBN-13: 978-0764547454
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,000,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Meets a lot of requirements, June 20, 2001

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This review is from: Active Server Pages In Plain English (In Plain English (IDG)) (Paperback)

I originally was looking for a good ASP reference to replace my ancient VBScript book. I spent a few hours looking through about 30 possible books before I settled on this book, and I'm glad I did choose this one.

Like many of the intermediate-advanced level references, the reference portion is organized primarily by objects. You look up the object you want to learn about, it gives you pretty detailed info on each of the methods and properties. This is great, except that I'm really only just getting into using objects. No problem! Not only is there a keyword index, but the whole reference section is filled with helpful cross-references to help me find what I need simply and completely.

As mentioned above, this book is categorized in the intermediate-advanced level, but if you're a beginner, don't despair! The book, in addition to being a great reference, also contains some very useful tutorials. The first one is "Getting Started With Active Server Pages" and they build from there.

Among the other unusual features: an index in the reference of common tasks and projects a developer might find handy (and cross-references to the helpful sections); page numbers on all references; and HTML, VBScript, and SQL references included.

The combination of reference and tutorial make this book perfect for anyone who wants to be or already is a serious ASP developer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Has ALL syntax and reference of every command needed!!!, November 17, 2001

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David Schiessel (Corona, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Active Server Pages In Plain English (In Plain English (IDG)) (Paperback)

This book has already helped me with answering my quesrions of how to implement a database using ASP. Besides the mimor annoyances of typos here and there (should have edited better), this book is the one-stop resource for ASP Code

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for any level of developer, November 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Active Server Pages In Plain English (In Plain English (IDG)) (Paperback)

As stated in the other reviews, the book has it all. I am constantly finding myself flipping through the reference it contains. The index for the reference is categorized so efficiently it makes life much easier.

The sample code provided covers many commonly found areas of ASP development, and is self documenting. I am extremely satisfied with the content found within it and would recommend it to developers of any level of experience.