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While ASP in a Nutshell is not meant to be a full-fledged tutorial of Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) technology, it offers a great way for experienced Web coders to ramp up on ASP. After an introduction to ASP, author A. Keyton Weissinger rapidly reviews the progression of content from static form to the Internet, covering CGI, ISAPI, and ASP 2.0. The author clearly explains how ASP works and how server-side components can work with ASP code to further extend server-side functionality.

The core of the book is the object reference for ASP coding. Six chapters document all the key programmable ASP objects and each includes an area on Comments/Troubleshooting, Properties Reference, Methods Reference, and Events Reference and offers further explanatory text where necessary. Weissinger uses frequent, brief coding examples to illustrate each important topic. He closes the middle section of this book with details on pre-processing directives and the Global.ASA file.

The last part of the book discusses ActiveX Data Objects, NT Server Collaboration Data Objects, and a number of server components (such as the Ad Rotator, Content Rotator, My Info, Page Counter, and Permission Checker) in depth. ASP in a Nutshell provides a concise but detailed breakdown of all key ASP coding topics. --Stephen W. Plain



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ASP (active server pages) technology is a model of dynamic information service, which means the user gets customized information rather than static, designed-for-everyone html pages. ASP also has an open-source initiative, which gives legs to ASP outside of Microsoft; presently it runs on everything from Microsoft to Unix/Linux, Mac, and SGI. This manual is not for beginners, but this is a highly lucrative area at the moment.
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  • Paperback: 426 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (February 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1565924908
  • ISBN-13: 978-1565924901
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,659,960 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Remember, it's a reference book, March 2, 2000
By Joseph E. Swanson (Lansing, MI United States) - See all my reviews
Keep in mind that this, and all "....in a Nutshell" books are designed to be reference material, not how to books. From that standpoint, this is an excellant desk reference for any ASP developer. After using another book to ease into ASP, this one became my standby for day to day development. If you are looking for something to teach you ASP, look elsewhere and then buy this one when you're done.
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good reference, March 14, 2000
By Espen (Norway) - See all my reviews
Though I use this book sometimes for reference i really must i did not need this book. I guess i am more advanced in ASP than i knew. This book is not a guide for beginners but for someone intermediate who wants to explore more of the features of ASP. There are many things i've learned from the book, which i didn't know was possible before. It's a very good reference book, but it is not a tutorial or anything like that, so if you are a beginner and need a guide to asp then do not buy this book. The only bad thing about it is that it should have covered more of using databases and sql with asp. I would recommend this book for someone who are intermediate asp-developers or someone in the middle between beginner and intermediate and want to take the next step.
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Reference, not a book to learn ASP, November 25, 1999
By Joris Benschop (Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This book is a reference. All it does it quickly mention all classes, objects and properties and explain what they do. This way some fundamental explanation is left out (while some trivial information has been copy-pasted dozens of times). As I am a professional VB and VBA programmer, I figured ASP wouldn't be too hard with a reference manual. Yet I failed to get "the big picture" with this book. I reckon it'll be a good reference for those that already have another ASP book...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent ASP reference book
This is an excellent companion book to 'Professional Active Server Pages'. Like most O'Reilly Nutshell texts, this book is designed more as a reference aid, rather than a learning... Read more
Published on October 5, 2005 by Craig Cecil

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!
As a student in college, I want to learn some advanced web programming language. I found this book is very helpful for beginner. I also get a discount from couponsky. Read more
Published on May 17, 2005 by David Tim

3.0 out of 5 stars Good reference and code samples, but...
Somewhat in a rush and while trying to learn ASP I purchased this book. I thought it was aweful and it collected dust for nearly 6 months while I searched elsehwere to boot... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Book
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Published on September 13, 2002 by Jeffrey S. Minch

4.0 out of 5 stars Good lightweight reference
This book is good for what it's suppose to be: a light reference for intermediate or better programmers. It covers every important topic like ADO and FileSystemObject. Read more
Published on January 1, 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is terrible! Don't waste your money!
I am a longtime ASP developer, and I do this for a living. I've read any number of ASP books written by people who don't know what they're talking about, but this one is... Read more
Published on December 14, 2001 by Seth Islam

3.0 out of 5 stars For the experienced programmer, not newbie
I had planned for this book to assist more in learning about ASP and use as a quick reference with examples; however I feel that this is for a more experienced programmer that... Read more
Published on November 24, 2001 by Howard Rappaport

4.0 out of 5 stars Good reference for object model and components
This book is not for the complete ASP beginner, but for someone wanting an introduction and reference to the objects (e.g., request, response, session) and components (e.g. Read more
Published on November 7, 2001 by Gary Sprandel

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