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Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005, Special Edition

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Most of the info are copy and past from the microsoft MSDN library and other freely available websites. There are original materials, but for me, I did not feel that I have learned much from it.
Try another book or better try some online references, tutorials and libraries. If you want my copy and i would be more than happy to send it for free to you { you pay shipping :) }

Seriously folks, I don't usually gush about ASP.NET books but this one really is the best. In no other book have I seen better applicable examples and code than this one.

I don't know how else to say it or emphasize it. If you get a chance go to a bookstore and pull the major ASP.NET 2.0 tombs off the shelf and then compare how they deal with a given topic. For example, try custom profile providers and see where that takes you. Then look at a web services topic like SoapEnvelopes or token authentication.

Again and again in areas that I care about this book stands head and shoulders above its competition. Now of course I'm not suggesting it treats every topic equally perfectly. Not at all. But it sure tries to do a good job. Lastly it once again illustrates Wagner's Rule - "Great tech books are written by up to three authors. The best ones by one or two authors.". You absolutely owe it to yourself to take a look at this book. Matthew MacDonald has hit a home run (and I have no idea how he possibly can write that many books)

Good job guys I hope it becomes a best seller.

This ASP.NET tomb covers just about everything in the 2.0 release, and covers it well and in depth. The thing that I really like about it is that the examples and sample code are very targeted to things that you'd really want to do with a dynamic web site. For example, it gives you good suggestions and useful code for setting up a data access layer to talk to your database. It does have "Pro" in the title and indeed it is mainly targeted for experienced developers. There is a CD included that sounds good, but I haven't gotten to it yet...

I liked it. It had some good explanations of data structures. I wish it had a little more on Atlas but the release time might have influenced that.

Excellent technical content, very thorough and in-depth coverage, but definitely not for beginners. I am a veteran software engineer, well-acquainted with Microsoft technologies and have architected and developed distributed systems and services for many years, but still found the going a little tough in spots, particularly in unfamiliar areas where a little more background information would have been helpful. The writer obviously knows his subject well, but has a hard time explaining complicated details because he makes too many assumptions about the level of expertise of his audience.