Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 [Paperback]

Chris Hart (Author), John Kauffman (Author), David Sussman (Author), Chris Ullman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0764588508 | ISBN-13: 978-0764588501

• This updated bestseller gets readers involved immediately with task-oriented examples that can help them build their own sites
• Each chapter is designed to complete a part of the sample Web site, introducing technology topics as required
• Makes extensive use of Microsoft’s new visual ASP.NET development tool, showing readers how to save time and write less code to achieve more results faster

• The book provides examples in Visual Basic - the easiest language for beginning ASP.NET developers to learn

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...right up there with the best...a well written, comprehensive and useful beginners guide to ASP.NET 2.0...." (www.devcity.net, July 2006)

From the Back Cover

Beginning ASP.NET 2.0

ASP.NET 2.0 is an amazing technology that allows you to develop web sites and applications with very little hassle, and its power and depth enable it to host even the most complex applications available. This invaluable beginners' guide shows you how to program web applications in ASP.NET 2.0 and see dynamic results with minimal effort.

Using working examples and detailed explanations, this popular author team eases you into the world of ASP.NET development and gradually introduces you to all sorts of interesting ASP.NET tricks and tools. You'll quickly see how ASP.NET 2.0 is designed to ensure a significant reduction in the amount of code you have to write—and, in turn, make your life easier.

What you will learn from this book

• Why Visual Web Developer is an ideal environment for building feature-rich ASP.NET 2.0 applications
• How to secure web sites, providing login functionality and role-based access to content
• Useful techniques for safely updating data, using ASP.NET 2.0's built-in data handling capabilities
• How centralized site design can be easily achieved
• How to add e-commerce functionality to a site
• Methods for enhancing an application's performance

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone new to web programming who is looking to program dynamic, feature-rich web applications in ASP.NET 2.0. It will also be ideal for programmers looking to upgrade their ASP 3 knowledge to ASP.NET, or programmers from non-Microsoft web disciplines who need to learn ASP.NET 2.0.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 792 pages
• Publisher: Wrox (November 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764588508
• ISBN-13: 978-0764588501
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #699,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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50 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tutorial Format Showing How to Build a Site, December 6, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 (Paperback)

With the 2.0 release it seems that ASP.NET has become ready for prime time. I found the earlier versions so verbose and so demanding that everything be done exactly right that I decided to wait for the next release and it's here. The addition of Visual Web Developer (part of Visual Studio 2005) has rounded out the picture. The use of an IDE like this gives a lot of assistance in speeding up the writing of code. It's a lot better than just using something like Notepad.

This book was written with an intent to appeal to people who want to program web applications that can store/display data into/from a database. It will help if you have at least some concept of basic web design with HTML.


This book is in tutorial form. It creates a web site for Wrox United (a mythical football team -- if it's mythical I wonder why not Quiddich). The book claims that you can go see the site at [...] but when I went there the domain name was parked waiting for data. The book takes a tutiorial approach to getting the site up (Maybe they're still working through the tutorial.).

You're going to spend a lot of time learning ASP.NET, I'd recommend you also getting the Wrox book Professional ASP.NET 2.0 in addition to this one. The two books have an entirely different set of authors, and even when they are talking about the same subject, they use different words. Sometimes just reading different words helps you to understand better. The Professional book is more complete and is in reference format.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very cursory coverage of ASP .NET, September 20, 2006

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Nadim Jubran - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 (Paperback)

As a an ASP developer and an IT Professional, I wanted to get up to speed on ASP .NET 2.0, so I picked up a copy of this book.

I would not recommend it to others, as it is not very well written.
Also, the examples are very GUI-oriented without deviating too much from Wizards and such. If you're more interested in being able to write ASP .NET 2.0 code by hand, and fully understanding how it all works this book is not very helpful.

I also picked up a copy of Professional Asp.Net 2.0 (also from WROX) which, although more advanced, is easier to read and understand.

This book (beginning ASP .NET) is only useful if you want a quick tour of what ASP .NET 2.0 Can do, and not even a full tour at that.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Harder than it should be., February 14, 2006

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steve sandford (Lawson, N.S.W Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 (Paperback)

Although the book is well set out and easy to read you are constantly troubled by the errors in both the code and the dialog. Fortunatly a lot of the errors can be corrected
via the Wrox web site. I found it useful to download the working code for the book and compare it with the text to correct many errors. Should a reader really need to do this? Unlike a previous reviewer I had no trouble viewing the example WroxUnited site.