Pro ASP.NET 1.1 in C#: From Professional to Expert (Paperback)

~ Matthew MacDonald (Author)
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This very complete new book by a great author is a one of the most thorough and detailed books on ASP.NET that you're going to find. It's highly recommended.</a></p> </blockquote> <p id="quoteAuthor">&#8212; Dan Mabbutt, Visual Basic Guide on About.com</p></div>

<p><i>Pro ASP.NET 1.1 in C#</i> aims to be the definitive reference for working developers in the field. Its compendium format covers every topic you are likely to come across in your day-to-day work, from handling data through to configuration and deployment. </p>

<p>The book's goal is to act first as a tutorial guide that you can read from cover to cover, and second as a reference book that you can scan quickly to retrieve the answer to a specific problem as you work. </p>

<p>This comprehensive reference is ideal for seasoned ASP.NET developers who perform real work on a daily basis. This book puts to use hard-won, real-world ASP.NET and C# experience, and demonstrates it clearly through numerous diagrams, screenshots, and working code samples.</p>

About the Author

Matthew MacDonald is an author, educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He is a regular writer for developer journals such as <i>Inside Visual Basic</i>, <i>ASPToday</i>, and <i>Hardcore Visual Studio .NET</i>, and he’s the author of several books about programming with .NET, including <i>User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls</i>, <i>The Book of VB .NET</i>, and <i>.NET Distributed Applications</i>. In a dimly remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics. Send e-mail to him with praise, condemnation, and everything in between, to <a href="mailto:[e-mail]"> [e-mail]</a>.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1000 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590593510
• ISBN-13: 978-1590593516
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.9 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,238,774 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for the seroius ASP.NET developer, November 21, 2004

By	Maurice M. (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This is one of the better books on ASP.NET. Unlike several other books, this does not spend a great deal of time rehashing stuff about the CLR. Although written by several authors, it is refreshingly well organized around four main areas - core concepts, data access, security, and advanced. Written for the advanced professional, this book covers the why and how of most essential topics, including HTTP handlers, session management, configuration, disconnected data, files and streams, data binding. The chapters on WSE, custom server controls, user controls, ADO.NET, XML, and SOAP can be used as reference, and are enough to get you using those concepts right away. This book includes a chapter on JavaScript, which is something other books are lacking.

4.0 out of 5 stars A book you must have for C# professional programmer, January 30, 2006

By	Elijah Li (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is not an average Joe's book. I found the chapters that are useful for me like Chapter 13 (Files and Streams) for content management, Chapter 14 (ASP.NET Security Infrastructure), Chapter 15 (Forms Authentication) for internet web applications, and Chapter 16 (Windows Authentication) for intranet web applications. The main focus of this book are data access, application security, and advanced resource management which are important for enterprise web-based applications developers. I have reconfigured my web application server after I read this book to secured the loophole. The book covered some of the JavaScript but did not mention in great detail of Microsoft VBScript which I think the authors can expand a little more on VBScript part (For old classic ASP developers). This is a good book to put on your bookshelf for reference from time to time!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book! Great help in real-life ASP development., July 23, 2005

By	G. Goldman (Skokie, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I first got the book in a public library. I liked it so much, that I ordered it through Amazon, and it is my ASP.NET reference book ever since.