Sams Teach Yourself Web Development with ASP in 24 Hours [Paperback]

Christoph Wille (Author), Christian Koller (Author), Tom Archer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sams Teach Yourself...in 24 Hours | Publication Date: November 15, 1999

This package is the perfect starter kit for Web programmers and designers who want to add dynamic content to their sites utilizing Active Server Pages (ASP). Two books will be included to give the reader everything they need: Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages in 24 Hours and Sams Teach Yourself Visual InterDev in 24 Hours. The Sams Teach Yourself books contain lessons each consisting of activities for the reader as they learn the essentials of ASP and Visual InterDev. The reader will use ASP technology to create their own active Web pages and applications. By working with the fundamentals of ASP, they will be able to move on to more advanced topics, such as working with databases, accessing server variables, working with registry settings, security, manipulating cookies, working with ActiveX objects, and more.

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From the Back Cover

Sams Teach Yourself Web Development with ASP in21 Days, Complete Developer Edition, is the perfect starter kit if you're a Web programmer or designer and want to add dynamic content to your site utilizing Active Server Pages (ASP). Two books are included to give you everything you need: Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages in 24 Hours and Sams Teach Yourself Visual InterDev in 24 Hours. The Sams Teach Yourself books will help you learn the essentials of ASP and Visual InterDev. You can use ASP technology to create your own active Web pages and applications.

About the Author

Christoph Wille, a Microsoft MVP for ASP, is a programmer at Softwing Hahn KEG. He has developed a number of Web sites with advanced features such as ASP and integrate e-commerce. Christian Koller, a partner with Softwing Software, specializes in ASP database programming and in server-side programming using JavaScript. He is the developer of several dynamic Web sites using Active Server Pages and SQL Server. Tom Archer is a consultant specializing in distributed, event-driven, NT-based solutions. He is also an accomplished Webmaster and maintains the popular Visual C++/Visual Basic Web site, CodeGuru. In addition to that site, Tom has spun off an additional Web site that is dedicated to the emerging DNA technologies such as MTS, MSMQ and ASP as well as Web-based development technologies such as DHTML, Design-Time Controls (DTCs), XML and Enterprise JavaBeans.

Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Sams (November 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672317907
• ISBN-13: 978-0672317903
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.7 x 3.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,184,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good start, but leaves you wanting more, March 8, 2000

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Bank Of Clark County "websitedude" (Vancouver, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Web Development with ASP in 24 Hours (Paperback)

This book does a fine job of introducing ASP, and showing you how to accomplish specific tasks. I had no previous experience writing ASP, and within a few days I was creating form handlers, sending email, and even had created a simple database app. But after finishing, I felt as though I still didn't really KNOW asp. I had merely followed the books examples, and improvised. And while I was happy to be able to do some neat things so quickly, I felt like I needed more. So, if you're looking for a quick, easy intro to ASP, and you want to get busy right away doing some basic stuff, this book should serve you well. But you want to really learn the nuts and bolts of how ASP works, and be able to create involved code completely on your own, you may want to look elsewhere. Suggestion: Beginning ASP Databases by Kaufman has had excellent reviews. I'm in to it a bit already, and it appears to be much more thorough, but it does assume some previous knowledge. Happy coding!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book to start with., May 19, 2000

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David Segrove "DinA" (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Web Development with ASP in 24 Hours (Paperback)

I hate technical books like this but I was impressed after the first couple of chapters. In plain, simple English, you are walked through the architecture and set up of ASP and the environment in which to run it. The modules are well thought out and easy-to-follow. You don't get lost.

If you already have some ASP experience, then this book will probably be a little basic. for someone like me who needed to do some form-submissions using email and page counters, the book is ideal. I was up and running in a couple of hours (you can skip bits).

My only complaint is with troubleshooting. The writers tell you what results to expect which is good, but they don't tell you what to do if you don't get the results you expect. This is particularly the case with the database modules where I had some problems writing to a database and I had followed the instructions to the letter.

However, an overall good starter book and I recommend it thoroughly.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for a short-of-time type of guy!, November 27, 2000

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Kishore Masand (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Web Development with ASP in 24 Hours (Paperback)

This book concentrates on the common day-to-day issues that programmers face when writing ASP pages. If you are not an accomplished ASP programmer, and need to quickly learn the essentials and deliver a product in a short time, then this book will come in handy, especially at times when you get stuck on a specific problem while in the midst of writing the code. I have been through such situations and have had a good hit-rate coming out successful with this book by my side.