Mastering ASP.NET with VB.NET [Illustrated] [Paperback]

A. Russell Jones (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 18, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0782128750 | ISBN-13: 978-0782128758

Take Web Application Programming to a Whole New Level

Microsoft's .NET Framework means enormous changes for Web programming. Using Visual Studio's ASP.NET and VB.NET, and a host of established and up-and-coming Internet technologies, you can build cleaner, more powerful Web applications, and you can do it more quickly than ever before. Mastering ASP.NET with VB.NET is packed with the vital information you need to get started and build the skills to develop the new generation of dynamic, easy-to-maintain web sites.

Coverage includes:
* Using HTML and CSS effectively
* Creating code-behind classes
* Making effective use of intrinsic objects
* Handling files
* Sending email
* Writing a Windows service
* Communicating with other Web Forms
* Communicating with databases
* Using XML namespace objects
* Performing transforms with XSLT and XHTML
* Creating user controls
* Creating custom controls
* Writing dynamic client-side code
* Using DHTML appropriately
* Creating Web Services
* Writing applications that use Web Services

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Take Web Application Programming to a Whole New Level

Microsoft’s .NET Framework means enormous changes for Web programming. Using Visual Studio's ASP.NET and VB.NET, and a host of established and up-and-coming Internet technologies, you can build cleaner, more powerful Web applications, and you can do it more quickly than ever before. Mastering ASP.NET with VB.NET is packed with the vital information you need to get started and build the skills to develop the new generation of dynamic, easy-to-maintain web sites.

Coverage includes:

• Using HTML and CSS effectively
• Creating code-behind classes
• Making effective use of intrinsic objects
• Handling files
• Sending email
• Writing a Windows service
• Communicating with other Web Forms
• Communicating with databases
• Using XML namespace objects
• Performing transforms with XSLT and XHTML
• Creating user controls
• Creating custom controls
• Writing dynamic client-side code
• Using DHTML appropriately
• Creating Web Services
• Writing applications that use Web Services

About the Author

A. Russell Jones, Ph.D., is the senior Web development editor for DevX.com. He's a former reptile keeper and professional musician who now composes computer applications and writes and edits technical articles and books. He is the author of Mastering Active Server Pages 3 and Visual Basic Developer's Guide to ASP and IIS, from Sybex.

Product Details

• Paperback: 960 pages
• Publisher: Sybex (February 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782128750
• ISBN-13: 978-0782128758
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,751,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but could be better, March 3, 2004

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"csharp-coder" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering ASP.NET with VB.NET (Paperback)

This book is a good start for those who do not know anything about ASP.NET or are moving to web development. If you have some experience in web development you may find yourself skipping some chapters.

However, it is evident that the technical editing was not done properly. Chapter 18 had VB.NET code with an extension of .cs, which means it should have been a C# code.

I have not read Mastering ASP.NET using VB.NET (by the same author and publisher), but I suspect that most of the material in the C# version was just ported from VB.NET version.

I would not agree on some of the statements made about which authentication method but it does cover what's available and the book does explain some of the basics.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average book - pay close attention while reading, August 13, 2003

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CHADNUG - www.chadnug.org (Chattanooga, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering ASP.NET with VB.NET (Paperback)

This is a beginner's book, not a reference. It is elaborate so it must be read with a good amount of concentration. If you don't read between the lines, you might miss some good points.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too much information with too little application, June 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Mastering ASP.NET with VB.NET (Paperback)

I have been an adult computer trainer for six years and was sadly disappointed in this book. I found it to cover too much information incompletely. I found no concrete application or practice exercises. Usually, a book like this would start by presenting the concept, move to simple and conceptual examples to demonstrate the how, and then advance to more complex and practical examples. Some areas of the book never move past the conceptual to the practical so I can't imagine a reader would know how to apply the knowledge. Some areas covered basic examples but didn't go deep enough. The authors need to take a few education classes before writing anything else that is so out there.