Active Server Pages Black Book: The Professional's Guide to Developing Dynamic, Interactive Web Sites with Microsoft ActiveX [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Al Williams (Author), Kim Barber (Author), Paul Newkirk (Author)

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Product Description
Covers Active Server Pages, HTML (including Dynamic HTML), scripting, ActiveX controls, Java applets, Internet Information Server, and Internet Explorer. Compares the differences between Microsoft's JScript and Netscape's JavaScript. Covers pacesetting, yet hard-to-find, information on DHTML and IIS 4.0 technologies.

About the Author
Kim Barber (Grove City, OH) is a CompuServe employee with extensive Web and online community experience. Kim has written training modules on HTML and Active Server Pages Development.

Al Williams (League City, TX) has written 10 programming books, numerous magazine articles and columns for Dr. Dobbs SourceBook and Visual Developer Magazine. Kim Barber (Grove City, OH) and Paul Newkirk (Columbus, OH) are both CompuServe employees with extensive Web and online community experience. Kim has written training modules on HTML and Active Server Pages Development. Paul is a professional technical writer with several years experience in Web development.

Al Williams (League City, TX) is the Java columnist and development section editor for Web Techniques magazine. He is the author of over a dozen popular computer books, including Active Server Pages Solutions, MFC Black Book, and Developing ActiveX Web Controls. His writing credentials also include the Windows Commando column for Visual Developer Magazine. In addition to consulting, Al frequently lectures on programming all over the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books (June 16, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576102475
• ISBN-13: 978-1576102473
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,674,400 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners but title is misleading, April 8, 1999

By A Customer

I've been in IT for 15 years and every 5 years or so I move to a different technology. Recently I moved into e-Commerce. To get to speed quickly I need to find books and classes that progress through the technology in increasingly more complex levels. This book helped me understand the concept of Microsoft's Internet technology. It allowed me to progress from what is referred to as a newbie to someone who could hold somewhat intelegent conversations with experienced eCommerce developers. It's unfortunate that they decided to call the book Active Server Pages: Black Book as this seems to imply that it will provide you with all you need to know about ASP. It doesn't. If you're looking for a book that gives you detail then you'll want to purchase WROX Active Server Pages 2.0. I bought both books and I'm glad I did. The Black Book allowed me to ease into the WROX book. Keep in mind though that the ASP:Black Book is a one time read while the WROX book will become my main source for reference.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book gives catalog/online shopping a bad name., May 26, 1999

By	R. Ramirez (Deep South, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The title and jacket suggest this book is some ASP "real-world problem" solver. At more than 500 pages this book appears to really get deep in ASP applications.

However, the first line of chapter 9 gives good insight into the true nature of the book: "Previous chapters focus on client-side scripting..."

The next paragraph is entitled: "What is an Active Server Page?" This is in chapter *9*!

However good this book may be on its own terms, please, please, go to a "real-world" bookstore and examine this book before buying.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Can I go below one star? How about minus 5 stars, April 29, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this book thinking it was about Microsofts Active Server Page(ASP) technology in it's Internet Information Server. (Something about the title must have tripped me up).

The ASP portion of the book starts on page 341. The first 340 pages are about HTML. If you want an introduction to HTML this book is for you. If you want a book on ASP then if this book or a tattoo with the acronym ASP on it are your choices, I would get the tatoo.