This updated bestseller gets readers involved immediately with task-oriented examples that can help them build their own sites
Each chapter is designed to complete a part of the sample Web site, introducing technology topics as required
Makes extensive use of Microsoft's new visual ASP.NET development tool, showing readers how to save time and write less code to achieve more results faster
The book provides examples in Visual Basic - the easiest language for beginning ASP.NET developers to learn
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
Beginning ASP.NET 2.0:
Really good book for learning ASP.NET. I've been using it for my course at University and it's just easy to follow and understand.
Are they serious!:
I cant believe this book ever made it to the presses. This book is so disorganized and chaotic. The exercises and examples are very difficult to understand and comprehend what the authors are trying to get us to achieve. Some examples that should have been written in VB were written in Javascript. I do not recommend this book to anyone unless you need to prop up the leg of your coffee table or a booster for your young child. I am very disappointed and frustrated. I hope the other Wrox titles out there are... more info
Disaster:
If you enjoy spending ages correlating a colossal errata with its respective book, then this book is for you. If you enjoy following instruction to the letter to find the project crash, then this book is for you. If you enjoy code-generating wizards as distinct from writing code, then this book is for you. It was not for me.
Not for beginners - confusing to read:
I bought this book because it had the word "Beginning" in the title, but I'm having trouble getting past Chapter 2 because the book is so confusing. The authors need to do a better job clarifying how they set up the sample sites. For example, instructions are left out explaining that you have to unzip and copy chapter 2 to the folder that contains your web site, then open Chapter 2 as a separate web site from Chapter 1. You have to figure it for yourself. I was stuck thinking I was suppose to add a new item... more info
