C# Web Development for ASP.NET (Paperback)

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C# was developed from the ground up to serve as the main language for Microsoft's new .NET framework--and to compete with Java. C# Web Development for ASP.NET: Visual QuickStart Guide is aimed at beginning developers who may have experience with scripting languages but are not necessarily experienced with object-oriented languages. Using task-based examples and hundreds of screenshots, all code examples are presented in the context of ASP.NET development, aimed at Web developers. While C# Web Development for ASP.NET: Visual QuickStart Guide does not attempt to teach everything about the .NET Framework, it clearly explains all you need to know to get up and running with the C# language.

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C# was developed from the ground up to serve as the main language for Microsoft's new .NET framework--and to compete with Java. C# Web Development for ASP.NET (Visual QuickStart Guide) is aimed at beginning developers who may have experience with scripting languages but are not necessarily experienced with object-oriented languages. Using task-based examples and hundreds of screenshots, all code examples are presented in the context of ASP.NET development, aimed at Web developers. While C# Web Development for ASP.NET (Visual QuickStart Guide) does not attempt to teach everything about the .NET Framework, it clearly explains all you need to know to get up and running with the C# language.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press (March 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201882604
• ISBN-13: 978-0201882605
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,369,148 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for beginning programmers, July 6, 2003

By	ueberhund "ueberhund" (Salt Lake City, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This book is designed for the developer with little to no OO experience, who wants to write ASP.NET quickly in C#. I found this to be a great book which fulfills its purpose. The book provides a short section on a specific topic (e.g. "Representing Objects as Strings") and after a little theory, provides the specific steps to perform the task. Sometimes these steps are elements of code the reader needs to type, other times instructions are provided for the Visual Studio .NET IDE. Code examples are provided throughout the book, with relevant lines or snippets highlighted in red. This formatting allows the reader to easily see the author's point.

After reading this book, the reader should be familiar with Microsoft's .NET initiative as well as have an understanding of the C# syntax. Additionally, the reader should have a good understanding of OO programming after reading this book. Furthermore, through reading this book, the reader will learn the basics of inheritance, interfaces, delegates and event handling, error handling, reflection, as well as web services.

If you're an experienced Java or C++ developer, you may want to find a more advanced book. However, if you are new to OO programming or .NET, then you should definitely pick up this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for web development..., June 27, 2004

By	C. Jones (Lauderhill, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Although I usually enjoy this series of books I didn't like this one and quickly returned it. It is definitely not for beginners and seems to be all over the place without any particular logical flow. It doesn't appear to be well thought out and really has very little ASP.NET inside it. The author mentions this is a book to teach the C# language and the choices to bring the lesson across were command line, windows or web programs. The author chose web (ASP.NET) yet doesn't teach much at all about ASP.NET. If you want to learn C# this book is not horrible but there are many others much better that this. If you wan't to learn ASP.NET using C# do yourself a favor and buy Programming ASP.NET by Oreilly.

4.0 out of 5 stars ET_Review, August 2, 2007

By	E. Talley (Mt Rainier, MD United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A very good book with plenty of explanations and examples. I am now working with C# with confidence as opposed to the fearful
approach I took prior to reading it.