Customer Reviews

Developing ASP Components

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If you are one of the many programmers who have recently moved to ASP -- you will greatly appreciate this book. This was the first book I read that fully explores how to leverage the technology you already know well (VB, C++, or Java -- with examples throughout) and leverage that to write powerful ASP Components (DLLs) that can do most of the work you need including data access and HTML generation. Theres a textbook examination of COM for those who like that sort of thing, but you can jump right in to the parts on MTS and separate sections on the development tool of your choice. Well worth studying.

This is a good book on ASP components and gives a good introduction. It covers developing ASP components with VB,java and VC++. Only thing is lot of information(like if you mainly use VB, you won't be reading the stuff on VC,Java) may not be required and you can get lot of similar information from other COM books(like Distributed components - Ted Pattison).So maybe you won't want to buy a book on just ASP components and rather spend the money buying a book that covers COM in more detail.

I read this book and in a matter of a week I was up and running ASP components and interacting with MTS. This book will teach you not only how to program your components in VB but also VC++ and VJ++. The book also teachs you how to setup your components in MTS and what exactly each option means in the MTS component setup. If you can only buy one book about ASP and COM this is the book. This is also a good book for VB programmers looking for an introduction to web developing.

I have Professional ASP (Wrox) and was looking for a book to go in depth into the theory, design and implementation of COM objects for ASP.

This is the book I went with and I'm very satisfied with the way this book is written and the material it covers. The author does an excellent job at explaining things like:

* The advantages a VC++ COM developer may have over a VB COM developer.

* The ScriptingContext and the ObjectContext objects that can you instance, why one is right for any development using Transact Server and why.

* Equal coverage of COM development using VB, VC++ and Java.

Only four stars because I would have liked a few more illustrations and a CD-ROM or at least some source code I could download would have been nice.

Do not get this book if you are a beginner to VB/ASP, you need to get some fundimentals down before you go here.

This is a good book for beginners wanting to know how to write ASP components with VB. IT also has sections on C++ and JAva which I did not even look at...But the theroy is solid behind it. Good book on components that are hard to find

This is a very good book which introduces the non-beginner to COM. The book is divided into 4 parts. The first part is introduction that includes background, environment info, a very good explanation of threads, and some stuff on MTS. The last three parts cover the implementation of components with VB, Visual C++ and Java (Visual J++).

This book has really good practical examples such as the test to illustrate how a single-threaded component works, in chapter 4. Also, the author has a very clear writing style which makes the book easy to read.

I would recommend this book to any ASP programmer who wants to start writing COM objects.

If you are an ASP programmer who knows nothing about COM, this is THE book for you! Even though I could not make the C++ component work with VC++, the VB section is AWESOME! Everything is soooo easy, even ADO and MTS. Without useless info, it goes straight to the point! I am lucky that I bought this book first. I just got "beginning components for ASP" by wrox and I am glad I at least know something about COM. If anyone can suggest a PURE BEGINNING COM with C++ book, please let me know.

I bought this book hoping to understand the relational concept of COM and MTS using ASP. I got much more. This book not only covers the topic in three programming languages, but it explains it in detail that is clear and thought provoking. Shelley's professional yet warm approach to ASP, COM, and MTS has enabled me to use these tools in everyday apps. Do not be fooled by the slim appearance of this book. It is power packed with comprehensive and useful information.

Thanks Shelley!

I could read most of this book at the beach and still feel like I'm getting a solid understanding of COM. Only up to page 84 but have done that quicker than expected for a tech book. Lots of background information that I probably won't use all that often but its good to know I can go back to this book for that if necessary. Skipping ahead... looks like the book is going to help me out exactly where I need it to COM-SQL. Thus far, great book, examples are fantastic, glad I got it.

Well written, succinct and the subject material is brilliantly covered. This book is not only an excellent primer on the subject of ASP Components, its also a model on how ALL computer Self-Teach books should be written. It has no extraneous fluff that comes with 99% of computer books on the bookshop shelves. It has just the right balance of theory and code. And the theory is a pleasure to read, and the examples are great. Hats off to O'Reilly for producing this extremely timely book. And to Shelley Powers for really coming up with the goods with this book. Excellent!!!