Beginning ASP.Net Using C# [Paperback]

Rob Birdwell (Author), Ollie Cornes (Author), Chris Goode (Author), Ajoy Krishnamoorthy (Author), Juan T. Llibre (Author), Christopher L. Miller (Author), Neil Raybould (Author), David Sussman (Author), Chris Ullman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2001

ASP.NET is the latest incarnation of Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) - a powerful server-based technology, designed to create dynamic and interactive HTML pages for your Web site, or corporate intranet. ASP.NET also constitutes a core element in Microsoft's .NET vision, providing web-based access to an immensely powerful new development environment, .NET; in this respect alone, it's a great leap ahead of all previous versions of ASP.

This book will provide you with a step-by-step introduction to ASP.NET using C#, with plenty of worked examples that will help you to gain a deep understanding of what ASP.NET is all about, and how you can harness it to build powerful web applications.

Wrox has published two editions of Beginning ASP.NET, one presenting code samples in C#, the other in VB.NET, with sample downloads available in both languages.

This book covers:

Creating basic ASP.NET pages
Learning the basics of C#
Understanding the concepts of Object Oriented Programming
Working with Data and XML
The ASP.NET Server Controls
Creating User Controls and Components
Exploring the world of Web Services
Configuring your ASP.NET Applications
The future of VoiceXML technologies, including VoiceXML 2.0

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This book is aimed at relatively inexperienced web builders who are looking to enrich their sites with dynamically-generated content, and want to learn how to start building web applications using ASP.NET. Developers who have a little experience with previous versions of ASP (and are looking to move over to ASP.NET), may also find this book helpful in getting a simple grasp on what ASP.NET is, what it does, and how it can be used.

Experience of basic HTML is required, but previous experience of ASP is not essential. We'll be teaching the basics of C# in this book, so prior experience of C# is not required.

About the Author

Rob Birdwell works at Hewlett-Packard. His current interests include all facets of .NET technology and especially the C# language.

In 1999 Ollie Cornes co-founded a business-to-business Internet company and until recently was their Chief Technical Officer. Prior to that his various roles involved programming, technical authoring, network management, writing, leading development projects and consulting. He has worked with Demon Internet, Microsoft, Saab, Travelstore and Vodafone.

Chris Goode is a Technical Architect in the .NET team at Wrox, currently specializing in ASP.NET. She has a degree in Mechanical Engineering, but decided that the engineering world wasn't for her. She's now back firmly in the world of computers, finding that life at Wrox combines the fun stuff with the work stuff pretty well.

Ajoy Krishnamoorthy is a consultant with over 5 years of experience, working in Microsoft technologies such as ASP, VB, IIS, MTS and most recently .NET. He writes regularly for leading online publications. He is currently working for his Masters in Business Administration at Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University. He can be reached at [e-mail].

Juan T. Llibre is the Director of the Computer Sciences and Distance Education departments at Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He has been a consultant to the Caribbean Export Development Agency and the Dominican Republic's Central Bank and is currently the Technical Architect for the Caribbean Virtual University.

Christopher Miller is currently a business consultant with Crossoft Inc of Pittsburgh, PA, specializing in Intranet architecture and design. He's also president of the Pittsburgh ASP / .His current projects include an adaptive Intranet framework tool and other .NET-based Web Service applications.

Neil Raybould is working as a software developer and technical writer with Crossoft Incorporated, Pennsylvania. He has given several presentations on ASP and ASP.NET related topics in the Pittsburgh area. Neil holds a BS (Virginia Tech), an MBA (Duquesne University), and MCSD and MCDBA certifications.

David Sussman spent most of his professional life as a developer before realizing that writing was far more fun. He specializes in Internet and data access technologies, and spends much of his time delving into beta technologies. You can reach him at [e-mail].

Chris Ullman is a Computer Science graduate who came to Wrox five years ago, when 14.4 modems were the hottest Internet technology and Netscape Navigator 2.0 was a groundbreaking innovation. Since then he's applied his knowledge of HTML, server-side web technologies, Java and Visual Basic to developing, editing and authoring books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1000 pages
• Publisher: Wrox Press; 1st edition (November 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861006152
• ISBN-13: 978-1861006158
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,766,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a good book period., January 31, 2002

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D. Brown (Spring, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning ASP.Net Using C# (Paperback)

This is an incredible book. I would not recommend reading it if you already read the VB.NET version. The two books in my opinion were designed to be the same but let you choose which language you prefer. I know C and C++ and wanted a C# approach to ASP.NET not a VB.NET. I was delighted they gave me the option. Granted the book may spend extra time on programming in general but not to the point that I would fault the book.
I was able to get the example programs to work in the book; there is also an errata on the web site.
I would highly recommend this book for anyone who wants a C# perspective on ASP.NET. They also cover topics on XML, CSS, Relational databases and more. This is a good book period.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review Beg ASP.Net using C#, January 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Beginning ASP.Net Using C# (Paperback)

The books content on ASP.Net is excellent and provides the reader with a good foundation to start developing on the .Net platform. The range and depth are good for the beginning series that Wrox(The Red Book) puts out. The book progresses so that even a novice web programmer can learn the fundamentals of ASP.NET. However, I was unable to give the book 5 stars due to some lack in details in typos. Even with a few mistakes, (authors are human), the content of the examples is excellent. If you have any problems with an example it's always good to check or post new entries to the book errata section on Wrox's own site. Also, if you are trying to learn all about C# you would be better off purchasing a book that deals only with C#. This book's title gives you exactly what it says and then some.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too many mistakes misguided explanations., March 29, 2002

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D. Cramer (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning ASP.Net Using C# (Paperback)

WROX pushed this out way to fast. They didn't even bother to run it through a spell checker, much less try to run the example code. Mistakes like, "It's spellt..." and "..you can miss it out.." just are unforgivable from a major publisher. Don't they have proofreaders?

Then, there are the technical mistakes. A lot of the examples won't run without modification. And, beginning programmers (who the book is supposedly aimed at) wouldn't be able to fix the errors. Also, many of the examples are poor attempts to convey a concept. The authors talk often about a topic, then show an example that almost shows counterpoint to what they said.

Next flaw... The book is not "Beginning ASP Using C#". It's "Beginning C# Using ASP." Crucial ASP topics are left undiscussed. Like the difference between Page_Load and Page_Init. They point out an 'anomaly' in one example concerning the two methods, but don't explain that it's not an anomaly at all! There's a very good reason behind it, and the explanation is not terribly difficult.

Finally, the books explanation of fundamental OOP concepts is so confused and misguided that it makes me wonder if the authors have more than a passing familiarity with the topic. My guess is that they are former VB/ASP programmers who haven't ever had any experience in a real OO language. They don't seem to grasp the key concepts behind Inheritance, Polymorphism and Encapsulation and the certainly don't have a clue how to explain them. Forget more subtle concepts, such as the difference between strong and weak aggregation.

As one reader pointed out, this is the only book, currently, on the market doing ASP with a pure C# emphasis. But, it just has too many flaws. Steer clear.