Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Server Controls and Components (Pro-Developer) (Paperback)

~ Nikhil/Datye, V. Kothari (Author) "ASP.NET inherits its programming model from the .NET Framework..." (more)
Key Phrases: page programming model, custom state management, bubbled event, Visual Studio, List View, Visual Basic (more...)

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Product Description

This comprehensive guide combines conceptual and architectural details with practical, how-to information and real-world code samples to show how to create custom, reusable, professional-quality server controls with rich design-time functionality.

Product Details

• Paperback: 734 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (September 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735615829
• ISBN-13: 978-0735615823
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #592,075 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What technical writing should be, February 23, 2003

By	Jesse Liberty "Silverlight Geek" (MA USA) - See all my reviews

I almost never comment on the work of other authors, but this book is so good, so well written, so well organized and so useful that I simply have to praise it.

This is truly what technical writing should be: clear, concise, well-organized, well presented, with useful exercises.

If you need to learn how to write ASP.NET custom controls, in detail and in depth, this is clearly the book to buy.

I recommend it highly.

-Jesse Liberty

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most practical development book I've read in years, December 1, 2002

By	Graham F (Canada) - See all my reviews

This book is an absolute must for anyone that wants answers to questions regarding server control development for ASP.Net. I don't know of any where else that fully describes the details and requirements of coding solid controls.

The book is fairly complicated but only because control development happens to be complicated. If you are expecting a book that will simplify custom control development this isn't it. If you find a book that simplifies control development and it serves your purposes that is great but you will certainly be missing out on a great deal of the power available. If you are serious about non-trivial control development and are looking for a book that explains custom controls then this book is very nearly perfect.

I have this book open on my desk everyday as it answers questions I have been unable to find answers to anywhere else.

If you are developing controls and you don't enjoy being frustrated or hacking endlessly away trying to get your controls to work properly, buy this book.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo Nikhil and Vandana!, September 25, 2002

By	Alex Lowe - Microsoft MVP ASP.NET (Grand Rapids, MI United States) - See all my reviews

Nikhil and Vandana do an amazing job of distilling a fairly complex subject - building ASP.NET Server Controls. They start out by discussing the internals of ASP.NET and server control architecture, move into the nuts and bolts of server controls (rendering, event model, client-side script, processing postbacks, custom state management, etc). There are tons of examples throughout the book. In addition to the tons of examples, there are two full case studies (a data bound templated control and a DHTML based control) at the end of the book. The sample are almost all in C# but I would still advise VB.NETers to buy this book because the principles and insight cannot be found anywhere else. ...