Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 (Windows.Net) [Paperback]

Matthew MacDonald (Author), Mario Szpuszta (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1590598938 | ISBN-13: 978-1590598931 | Edition: 2

ASP.NET 3.5 is Microsoft’s revolutionary ASP.NET technology. It is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 raises the bar for high–quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft’s dynamic web solution.

Seasoned .NET professionals Matthew MacDonald and Mario Szpuszta explain how you can get the most from this groundbreaking technology. They cover ASP.NET 3.5 as a whole, illustrating both the brand–new features and the functionality carried over from previous versions of ASP. This book will give you the knowledge you need to code real ASP.NET 3.5 applications in the best possible style.

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About the Author

Matthew MacDonald is an author, educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He is a regular writer for developer journals such as Inside Visual Basic, ASPToday, and Hardcore Visual Studio .NET, and he's the author of several books about programming with .NET, including User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, The Book of VB .NET, and .NET Distributed Applications. In a dimly- remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics. Send e-mail with praise, condemnation, and everything in between, to [e-mail].

Mario Szpuszta is working in the Developer and Platform Group of Microsoft, Austria. Before he started working for Microsoft, Mario was involved in several projects based on COM+ and DCOM with Visual Basic and Visual C++ as well as projects based on Java and J2SE. With beta 2 of the .NET Framework, he started developing Web applications with ASP.NET. As developer evangelist for Microsoft Austria, he is doing workshops, trainings, and proof-of-concept projects together with independent software vendors in Austria based on .NET, Web Services, and Office 2003 technologies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1498 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 2 edition (November 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590598938
• ISBN-13: 978-1590598931
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommend this book for any one who wants to learn core asp.net as well as Linq, Silverlight and IIS 7 for getting a kick start, November 21, 2007

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Rajesh Kanaparti (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 (Windows.Net) (Paperback)

Pro ASP.net 3.5: This book is a must to have book for anyone who is starting/ switching their careers to developing web applications using asp.net technologies. The authors Matthew MacDonald and Mario Szpuszta, has done a very good job of covering all sections that are useful for beginners as well as middle level developers.

For example, if you are seeing Visual Studio for the first time in your life, they dedicated a whole chapter on how to use visual studio. The reason I brought up this point is they kept the beginners in mind and they didn't leave any assumptions that the reader already know how to use Visual Studio.

At the same time for those middle level developers who wants to dive into newly released hot technologies like Ajax, LINQ and Silverlight you won't be disappointed. They have dedicated individual chapters for each of those topics. As I have been developing asp.net application from last several years, I opened this book to see what I can read about Linq and Silverlight. I enjoyed those chapters as they give you an introduction and a good kick start. I am surprised that the authors also dedicated a whole chapter for website deployment (Chapter 18) where the architectures of IIS 5.0, 6.0 and then 7.0 is explained. That is awesome that they have discussed installation of IIS 7.0 and explained the architecture as well as the new Configuration model of IIS 7.0. Everything is explained with the help of screen shots.

Of course I took for granted for all those core concepts of asp.net like developing Http Handlers, Http Modules, Customer Server controls, Custom Membership and profile providers, Security. They are all covered and are very well explained in individual chapters.

Given the broadness of the subject, the authors done a great job of covering all areas in depth methodically that way you won't be lost.

I enjoyed this book so much that I would definitely recommend this book to any .Net Web Developer and this book is going to take some space on my desk.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have Book, December 31, 2007

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This review is from: Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 (Windows.Net) (Paperback)

This book is an excellent resource for learning ASP.NET 3.5. It also serves as a great reference.

It is a comprehensive book that covers all of .NET 3.5, not just the new features in .NET 3.5, but all the features that have been there over the last several releases.

Mathew includes chapters on Linq, ASP.NET AJAX, and Silverlight. If you only want to learn about the new features in .NET 3.5, buy separate books on ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight. Mathew does a great job of putting Linq into it proper place within a common ASP.NET 3.5 Architecture. So far he has done this best job of this I have seen in a book.

One reviewer on Amazon pointed out that the book has a lot of material from previous versions. That is to be expected since all the previous versions are included in the technology. Like I said above, this book covers everything.

Mathew does a great job relating everything to real world scenarios. He also provides very usable code samples.

If you are developing in ASP.NET 3.5, this is a must have book.

24 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the best for a Professional, December 30, 2007

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T. Amusa "HelpfulMove.co.uk" (Chatham) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 (Windows.Net) (Paperback)

Truly not the best book for me only two chapters are from asp.net 3.0, the rest are copied over from asp.net 2.0 by the same author. I was disappointed because I have read these chapters before . If you're new to c# this may be the best book for you but for a professional c# developer not the best.