Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 24 Hours Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) [Paperback]

Scott Mitchell (Author)

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Product Description

Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 24 Hours Complete Starte Kit provides the unbeatable combination of well-known author and prgrammer Scott Mitchell and Sams' best-selling series. This book teaches non-programmers how to utilize the powerful built-in ASP.NET controls while using the free Web authoring toold created by Microsoft--Web Matrix. The barrier to entry for this book is very low. Readers need only have Windows 2000 (Professional) or Windows XP. All the other necessary tools are provided on the accompanying CD.

About the Author

Scott Mitchell has authored hundreds of articles on Microsoft Web Technologies since 1998. In addition to his vast collection of online articles, Scott has written three previous books on ASP/ASP.NET: Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages 3.0 in 21 Days (Sams); Designing Active Server Pages (O'Reilly); and ASP.NET: Tips, Tutorials, and Code (Sams). Scott has also written a number of magazine articles, including articles for Microsoft's MSDN Magazine and asp.netPRO. Scott has also been a speaker at numerouse ASP/ASP.NET user groups across the country and at ASP.NET conferences. In addition, he also taught three ASP.NET classes at the University of California - San Diego.

Product Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Que (May 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672325438
• ISBN-13: 978-0672325434
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,197,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Learning Resource, June 20, 2003

By	P. J. (Suburban Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 24 Hours Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) (Paperback)

I give this book by Scott Mitchell FIVE STARS! After tediously working my way through more than half a dozen other ASP.NET books in order to learn this new technology, this is the first one that made sense using examples that were not only easy to understand, but useful for future applications as well. I ran into configuration problems half way through the book, and Scott (the author) was quick to email me with solutions the same day! Just how much more can a student expect? Scott has a way of explaining complicated concepts in a way that someone studying this topic for the first time can understand, and he uses just enough repetition to reinforce a topic thoroughly. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn the basics of ASP.NET.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Beginners Book, October 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 24 Hours Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) (Paperback)

This book is for beginners. It assumes very little and therefore does not get beyond the basics. The book is slow paced and the author repeats himself often and sometimes in the the same paragraph. Don't get the wrong impression, I think this book is fine, but it's for the novice who doesn't know how to code at all. The software that comes with the book includes a great editor, ASP.Net Web Matrix. The other software is SQL Web Server and Framework. All are avaialble free from Microsoft. I should add all the examples are written in Visual Basic.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction to ASP.NET and Web Matrix Project, March 11, 2004

By	Michael Behuniak (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 24 Hours Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) (Paperback)

If you are new to ASP.NET like I was, this is an excellent book to get you started. I finished this book within a week, and with the knowlege I learned, I'm now moving forward with C#.NET and VisualStudio.Net to development more professional level ASP.NET web pages.

The author describes the basics of ASP.NET concepts and coding techniques using a very clear and understandable writing style. Each hour lesson builds on the previous lesson so even complete novices (like I was) will be comfortable with each topic as they progress through the book.

The author uses VB.NET for the code examples, but C#.NET programmers should have no trouble following along. Indeed, I easily translated the VB code to C# after I finished each lesson.

As an extra bonus, the accompanying CD-Rom contains the full .Net Frameworks SDK, MSDE (SQL Server desktop), and Web Matrix Project, which is a very nifty IDE for developing ASP.NET applications (and the samples included in each lesson). You will need either Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional to test and run your ASP web page locally on your home computer. (For users of Windows 98/ME, the author provides alternative intructions for setting up through a Web Server provider.)

After 10 years of SQL Server/Visual Basic professional programming experience, this book kick-started my efforts to becoming a professional ASP.NET developer. I've been through countless technical books throughout my IT career, and I rate this book as one of the best ever for getting a beginner up and running very quickly with a new technology. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a great book to get started with ASP.NET and the Web Matrix Project IDE.

Mar 11, 2004 T*

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - 5 STARS