ASP.NET: Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Web Applications on the .NET Framework (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

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Product Description

ASP.NET: Your visual blueprint for creating Web applications on the .NET Framework shows you everything you need to create dynamic Web applications. Each step is displayed with callouts so you can see exactly where the action takes place on the screen. Arm yourself with detailed coverage of over 100 tasks and other ASP.NET functions, including easy and advanced web forms, accessing data, application management, and migrating from other languages. Also included is a special appendix on .NET language reference that explains Visual Basic.NET, C#, and Jscript.NET and an e-version of the book with tons of usable code, the latest SOAP toolkit and reference library for .NET platform.

From the Back Cover

Read Less, Learn More

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Open the book and you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 130 key ASP.NET tasks, including:

• Creating a simple ASP page
• Declaring and initializing variables
• Manipulating text with the ASP:Label Control
• Inserting data into a SQL database
• Testing a Web service
• Creating a three-tier Web form
• Using application directives in the Global.asax
• Configuring multiple sites
• Setting up encodes
• Migrating JavaScript to Javascript.NET syntax

Development tools on CD-ROM!

• Complete source code for all applications in the book
• Trial version of Vmware Workstation
• Evaluation version of XML spy IDE
• Antechinus C# Editor and TextPad shareware
• Plus an e-version of the book

Extra — Apply It

• "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips
• Succinct explanations walk you through step-by-step
• High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task
• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Visual (November 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764536176
• ISBN-13: 978-0764536175
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,449,525 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars C#.Net ?, August 6, 2002

By	Brian Donnelly (Tigard, OR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an absolutely fabulous intro to .Net. I do agree with the other readers the title of this book is slightly misleading given that it concentrates only on C#. However the beauty of .Net is that it really doesn't matter what you're coding in, your money will still wind up in Bill's account.

What I like about this book is that it starts out with building applications on the command line witch gives the reader a bottom up view of how C# applications work. The reader is then transitioned to web controls. All of the examples shown are practical applications that only a web developer would be interested in so there is no wasted time on the learning curve. This book really doesn't get too deep into the .Net environment or language but it makes a good intro, especially for people like myself who are only interested in the web application side of C#.

Another thing that really works for me is the examples are laid out very clearly and the reader sees the code as it actually exists, so there are no difficulties with assembling the examples into a finished product. I am a visual learner and if you are as well you will find that this book's format works well. Less talk...more work. Great book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lots of errors and hard to read screen-shots, December 10, 2002

By	Darrell Nungester (Floyds Knobs, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews

This book was a major disappointment after having read other Maran Graphic books. There are alot of errors and the screen shots have been reduced down in size to the point where they are barely legible. Instead of putting the related subjects together, the book jumps around. For example, the book should put all of the "Request" statements together and all of the "Response" statements together. The authors were either in a hurry to get this book to press or just didn't know ASP.Net as well as they should have. You cannot teach a subject unless you know that subject like the back of your hand.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Heartbreaking beautiful layouts to, ack!, C#-centric coding., March 9, 2002

By A Customer

After looking at the "classic ASP" version of this book I eagely awaited the arrival of the ASP.NET version. The diagrams and "modular" approach of the book are excellent but I did not learn until it's arrival that the coding would heavily emphasize C# coding as opposed to VB.NET, making it totally useless for me.

If your bent is C# I cannot recommend this book enough. If you're a VB.NET kind of person though stick to the Sams book. Sorry guys!