Using Visual Interdev 6 [Paperback]

Michael Amundsen (Author), Susan Warren (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: Using ... (Que) | Publication Date: December 1998

The first part creates a foundation for the reader. The use of the development environment as well as the use of the Wizards, editors, and debuggers is covered. Active Server Pages--the primary result of Visual InterDev development--will then be covered in detail. A part of this book will be dedicated to database usage, since interaction with databases is a large part of hard-core Web applications. This will include coverage of data interaction, COM+, and ADO--Microsoft's direction for data access. Unlike many books, Using Visual InterDev does not try to be a compendium of all the questions any person may ever have, rather, the book focuses on teaching the reader to use Visual InterDev and on providing quick and easy access to answers and information on Visual InterDev basics.

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From the Back Cover

The first part creates a foundation for the reader. The use of the development environment as well as the use of the Wizards, editors, and debuggers is covered. Active Server Pages--the primary result of Visual InterDev development--will then be covered in detail. A part of this book will be dedicated to database usage, since interaction with databases is a large part of hard-core Web applications. This will include coverage of data interaction, COM+, and ADO--Microsoft's direction for data access. Unlike many books, Using Visual InterDev does not try to be a compendium of all the questions any person may ever have, rather, the book focuses on teaching the reader to use Visual InterDev and on providing quick and easy access to answers and information on Visual InterDev basics.

About the Author

Michael Amundsen – is the co-author of Sams Teach Yourself Database Programming with Visual Basic and the MAPI, SAPI, and TAPI Developer's Guide as well as a contributor to several other books. Amundsen is a regular contributor to such magazines as the Cobbs' Visual Basic Developer. He does software consulting and training around the World.

Product Details

• Paperback: 873 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1st edition (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789716402
• ISBN-13: 978-0789716408
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,046,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

An internationally known author and lecturer, Mike Amundsen travels throughout the United States and Europe consulting and speaking on a wide range of topics including distributed network architecture, Web application development, Cloud computing, and other subjects. His recent work focuses on the role hypermedia plays in creating and maintaining applications that can successsfully evolve over time.

He has more than a dozen books to his credit and recently contributed to the book "RESTful Web Services Cookbook" (by Subbu Allamaraju). He is currently working on a new book on designing and implementing Hypermedia APIs. When he is not working, Mike enjoys spending time with his family in Kentucky, USA.

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want to learn InterDev, VBScript, and ASP? This is THE book!, June 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Using Visual Interdev 6 (Paperback)

You simply cannot find a better introductory book than this one on Visual InterDev 6. Michael Amundsen gives an oustanding tutorial on the InterDev environment, then moves on to build a solid understanding of planning, designing, and implementing web applications.

This book will quickly and easily bring the beginning web developer up to speed on Visual InterDev 6, HTML forms, Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), Active Server Pages (ASP), and delivering database content to the web... everything you need for real-world server-side web development.

The author walks the reader through tons of step-by-step hands-on examples with crystal-clear explanations. And the organized format of the book makes it a great reference that I go back to again and again.

When I set out to learn ASP, I wanted to learn the only integrated development environment (IDE) that was built for ASP - Microsoft's Visual InterDev. Take it from me, a professional web application developer... this is THE book to get started with.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Write to the point with lots of examples, September 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Using Visual Interdev 6 (Paperback)

If you are a beginner to intermediate this book is for you. It explains every tool and menu item of the programming package with easy to follow steps and examples. It explains the problem, the line by line coding, the options available and the results. It also gives you real live examples and tips. I'm a beginner and I love this book. I went through 5 different books before this one and they were either to hard for me to understand or too far away from the subject. This is a great book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent way to get started with Visual InterDev 6, April 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Using Visual Interdev 6 (Paperback)

This book will provide you with a fast way to get up and going in Visual Interdev. Coverage of the basics of DTCs is excellent. VID has a lot of breadth and requires knowledge of ASP, which you will be better equipped to understand after you read this book. After reading this book I found the on-line ASP docs from Microsoft sufficient. Mr. Amundsen's book provides some very nice information on ADO. You get information on using it both at a low-level and using DTCs. Learn the low-level approach first and the DTCs will make much more sense. The author supports a mailing list and web site with some great tutorials and a FAQ area. The list and site with the author's support constitute a great resource for learning the more advanced topics.