Microsoft ASP.NET Programming with Microsoft Visual C#(TM) .NET Deluxe Learning Edition (Pro-Developer) [Paperback]

Microsoft Corporation (Author), G. Andrew Duthie (Author), Douglas J. Reilly (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735618151 | ISBN-13: 978-0735618152 | Publication Date: November 30, 2002

25-Word Description

Teach yourself how to build Web applications and services with ASP.NET and Visual C# .NET -- featuring expert instruction and a full version of the development software, straight from the source.

75-Word Description

Teach yourself how to build Web applications and services for Microsoft .NET -- with tools and instruction, straight from the source! In a single, economical package, this DELUXE LEARNING EDITION delivers Microsoft's popular "Step by Step" tutorial for Microsoft ASP.NET along with fully supported, standard-edition software for the Microsoft Visual C# .NET development system. Featuring instruction and examples focused for C# programming, the "Step by Step" book enables you to work at your own pace -- and apply your learning to real Visual C# .NET software, not a simulation. It's everything you need to build the skills and knowledge for developing .NET-ready Web applications and Web services, right now.

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About the Author

G. Andrew Duthie is an experienced ASP.NET developer. He is a frequent speaker at ASP.NET conferences, and is the author of a number of books on ASP.NET and Visual Interdev.

Product Details

• Paperback: 700 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (November 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735618151
• ISBN-13: 978-0735618152
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.5 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,711,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad Assumptions, January 24, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft ASP.NET Programming with Microsoft Visual C#(TM) .NET Deluxe Learning Edition (Pro-Developer) (Paperback)

I'm reviewing just the book here, not the book plus software; right now there is no entry for the book by itself.

As someone who is already familiar with programming and C#, I had hoped that this book would get me going on ASP.NET. Unfortunately, the author makes the opposite assumptions. So he casually mentions that you should have IIS running, but includes a whole chapter on C# constructs (just in case I didn't know what a "while" statement is). The same pattern is followed throughout the book: loads of trivial junk that I needed to slog through, because they conceal some crucial information. It took me 15 minutes just to put a label on a web form when it was in FlowLayout. The author did explain that you need to DOUBLE click to accomplish this, but the information was buried under a discussion of how to use the VS IDE (including what a Save icon looks like!) - something I've been doing for years.

Perhaps if you know all about ASP and know nothing about C#, then this is the book for you. Perhaps. Otherwise, it's not even worth a look.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor Editing; Dead links - very disappointing, December 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft ASP.NET Programming with Microsoft Visual C#(TM) .NET Deluxe Learning Edition (Pro-Developer) (Paperback)

I was amazed that they released this book with this many errors. An idiot could have done a quick proof of the book before printing and would have found loads of errors. Why is there no errata section on the mspress web site? Are they embarassed to list dozens (hundreds perhaps) of errors? I would certainly return it if it had a money back guarantee. I guess the authors think that professional programmers have plenty of time to waste trying to figure out their mistakes. If Microsoft is going to put their name on a book like this, they should at least hire a team to make sure the book doesn't have glaring errors!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible!, July 28, 2003

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This review is from: Microsoft ASP.NET Programming with Microsoft Visual C#(TM) .NET Deluxe Learning Edition (Pro-Developer) (Paperback)

This book leaves much to be desired. Although most code samples work in this book, almost all of them needed code syntax fixes. It is very apparent that this book was originally written with VB.NET in mind. There are entire sections that are not applicable to C#. Semi-colons are missing frequently. Unbalanced curly braces appear in the code. In chapter 3, the code didn't translate well when the authors copied and pasted it in. All of the quotation marks show up as question marks. (Sounds like MS Word's smart quotes...) Lastly, some screenshots mislead the reader. One example will not work unless you vary from the screenshot.

From what I can tell, MS was so bent on getting an ASP.NET programming book like this out that they spent very little fixing small errors like these. Get a WROX or O'Reilly book instead.