Debugging ASP.NET (Paperback)

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Debugging ASP.NET focuses on the various tools, techniques, and best practices associated with debugging ASP.NET web applications under Microsoft's new .NET platform. Brief descriptions of the problems with debugging previous versions of ASP are covered, as well as how the new features of ASP.NET can be exploited to their fullest to find and eliminate bugs quickly and easily. The book introduces changes to the code structure paradigm as implemented in the .NET platform, and how to structure ASP.NET code in this new paradigm to enable faster web application debugging.

About the Author

Jonathan Goodyear began his career as a software developer at Arthur Andersen after receiving a degree in accounting and information technology from Stetson University. He has also worked as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and as the Internet architect for the Home Shopping Network's e-commerce presence (hsn). Presently, he works as an independent consultant through his consulting practice, ASPSoft, focusing on developing web applications with ASP.NET.

Jonathan is a contributing editor for Visual Studio Magazine (vbpj) and is a charter member of the Visual Studio 6 MCSD certification. He is also the founder and editor of angryCoder (angrycoder), the first eZine written completely in ASP.NET. When not hunched over a keyboard, Jonathan likes to spend time going to theme parks with his family near his home in Orlando, Florida.

Brian Peek is a senior software developer with Rapid Application Developers, Inc. (rapiddevelopers/) located in Troy, New York. He specializes in developing n-tiered applications, web-based applications, wireless applications, and any other projects that happen to come along. Additionally, he is the owner and lead programmer of Ganksoft Entertainment (ganksoft/), a small video gamedevelopment company dedicated to producing high-quality games for video game consoles using only freely available tools and documentation. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Union College in Schenectady, New York, his hometown. When not coding for work or coding games that he wishes would be published commercially, he can often be found practicing magic, learning to play piano, or playing his latest favorite video game. He can be reached at [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Brad Fox started programming in BASIC at the age of 12. Since then, computers and technology have played an integral part in his life. Brad joined the Army right out of high school and served in the 82nd Airborne Division. Since then he has gone on to become a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer. Currently, Brad is CEO of Digital Intelligence, Inc., where he spends most of his time developing cutting-edge technology for the financial industry.

Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: Sams (November 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735711410
• ISBN-13: 978-0735711419
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,132,372 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for writing good applications, November 8, 2001

By	G. Huber (Toledo, OH United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is very well-done and thought out. It is more than just a reference on how to debug your application, it is also a book on how to write good code! Truly it is a must have! The first chapters go into detail about how to write good code with structured error handling before it goes into how to debug your ASP.NET pages. Useful suggestions on architecture such as not putting business logic in controls are thoughtfully offered.

Later on, the authors discuss how to incorporate event logging, how to effectively use conditional compiles, tracing, etc. The book goes into how to debug just about every technology that will be used in ASP.NET- web services, caching, XML, user controls, databound controls, inline components, namespaces, SOAP, streams, SQL (data access), and even COM+ interop. It also offers brief samples of how to use each of these technologies (in order to explain how to do the debugging) which is helpful.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book to learn about gotcha's in ASP.NET, November 8, 2001

By	Jehangir Abdulla (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

I have to say that even though the book says that its for intermediate to experienced programmers it really should say that it is for beginners to intermediate programmers.
I say that because a lot of debugging skills suggested in this book come with experience to advanced programmers. However this book does list a whole bunch of gotcha's when using not just ASP.NET, but also some of the advanced features of ASP.NET like User Controls and Caching, Http Handlers, etc. This books also lists some pitfalls to be aware of when using Serviced Components (COM+). These features would be useful for Beginners or Intermediates but the Advanced developers of ASP.NET would already be familiar with some of the techniques listed like Tracing, Conditional Compiling, writing to the event log etc.
I would recommend that if you are new to ASP.NET and have just finished reading a book on ASP.NET, pick this book up next to read about some gotcha's when using ASP.NET

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, January 9, 2002

By	Steve Graddy (Cordova, Tennessee USA) - See all my reviews

I have spent thousands of dollars on books and classroom training to improve my programming skills. It is very rare that any book or any instructor will spend very much time on the debugging process of the language being taught. For me this leaves a lot of the beginning programmers short on their skills, since debugging is 50% of what you do all day. This book gives you a great start on learning the process of debugging an ASP.Net web application and helps you past some of the gotchas that you WILL fall into.

If you are going to develop a ASP.Net web application, I highly endorse this book as required reading!