Rating: 
Summary: The Best Book I have ever seen on e-commerce
Review: Although title says developer's guide but it makes a reader from novice to developer. Before that e-commerce was complicated,difficult even reading other books makes you confuse more about the subject but after reading this whole concept becomes clear. In my opinion Only prerequisite for reading this book is some databases experiance, it will accelarate if reader have experiance in Access, Sql server. The 99 percent Use of stored procedure is one of the greatest thing by Noel. I have built my web site base on concept and examples given in this book. Though there might be some minor errors but I think they make you learn and eventualy they make you master the vb script, stored procedure and concept.
I congrulate Noel and request him to upgrade this book to Asp.net and vb.net as well as other of his book named e-commerce developer's guide to building community tools.Thanks Noel
Rating: 
Summary: Helpful to get started
Review: At the time I was presented this book I could build some nice websites with HTML, but had no real ASP experience. The title is misleading as there is very little Visual Basic information inside. What there is however, is a functional sample store on the included CD, along with explanations of most of the code. You get the SQL Server database, and all the ASP files. I ended up building a very nice e-commerce site by modifying and building upon the existing sample store. This in itself made the book worthwhile. This book is best suited for someone who has some ASP and some SQL Server knowlege already - and needs to build a modest e-commerce site. It will get you started in the right direction. It will not help you learn Visual Basic.
Rating:
Summary: If there were more star images, I'd select them all! :)
Review: Hi all you E-Commercers! It is what I've been personally looking for. I always wished to have a full set of documentaion, tutorial, source code and the most importantly THE LIVE DEMONSTRATION! The smaple E-Com sollution discussed and developed, is very well coded and explained through the book (step by step). The sample is even lively demostrated on the author's personal wesite and forum's as he stated it at the end of the Introduction pages. WOW! GREAT STUFF! BUY THIS BOOK IF YOU ARE SEROUSLY AND TAKING YOUR FIRST STEPS! Finally, Make your E-Commerce website TODAY using this BOOK!
Rating: 
Summary: Too Many Errors
Review: I agree with many reviewers of this book that there are simply too many errors. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is devoted to the development of a website. The second part is devoted to the management of a website. It is in the second part of this book that one would find a majority of the errors. Most of the errors I found are simple typos, such as on page 413 the author forgot to close an input tag. There are some many of these types of errors that I grew accustomed to finding them whenever I tested the codes. Some errors I found are logical errors. They consumed a lot of my time whenever I tried to fix them. Take for example; on page 466 the author did not include codes to clear several option variables. Thus, each time a new loop was performed, the option variables still contained old values from the previous loop. This produced very unexpected results. Once I added my own codes to clear the option variables before a new loop, the problem was solved. It became clear to me that the author had not tested the codes because if he had, he would have discovered the same errors. Use this book as a learning tool. But proceed with caution as it is plagued with many errors.
Rating: 
Summary: BEst book on E-Commerce ASP & SQL Server
Review: I think Noel did a good job writing this book. The code is well laid out. Code is reusable, and above all it doesnt tie you lot into registering DLLs. The only minus is for not having the full code on the CD which is mentioned in the book.
Over all its a good reference for beginners to mid level programmers.
Rating:
Summary: Helpful to get started
Review: The book is well structured with rich knowledge. The author focuses on asp coding as well as e-commerce concepts. In order to finish up this book, you must be able to handle Microsoft SQL server (basic operation) and know how in asp scripting. How much is this book? worth thousands dollars. The included source code is a full function enterprise online store, better than most of commercial packages. Enjoy this super asp book. Big thank you to Noel, really appreciate your great works.
Rating:
Summary: The most useful book I've ever bought
Review: This book bring me from Intermediate level into advanced level.
It shows you all real useful examples by utilizing ASP, VB, Db design, and Stored Procedures calls. It's kind of learning how real-world sophisticated shoppong sites(like amazon.com) are created. I am very happy with the book. If you want to become a professional web developer, or learn how to design a data-driven web site, the book is what you want. I recommend that the book is for Intermediate level who has some experiences in VB, SQL Server.
Rating:
Summary: Good guide to building sites with ASP.
Review: This book does exactly what is says on the cover. It is a very good guide to building online stores with ASP and SQL Server. The sample online store and the associated code samples are both extensive and comprehensive. It successfully explains the underlying business model, database design and table structures, together with a few ASP tricks. A minor annoyance is that the code is given and dissected before a view of the related screenshot is shown. I found myself constantly trying to find the screenshot and then looking back at the underlying code. All the criticisms I have of the book are in part answered by the book, but not with enough detail or consideration. For example, it is typically preferable to use COM components instead of putting all the code in ASP, and to use a database instead of Session variables to store state information for truly scalable sites. Perhaps all this 'advanced' information could have expanded the final (and too brief!) chapter on 'Best Practices and Scalability' No information given on the use of transactions, even though there was the code for the related processing of Orders and Payments and Baskets (chapter 8) that certainly needed it. This book should take the user's level of experience from beginner to intermediate.
Rating:
Summary: Good starting point & overall web structure
Review: This book is simply nice, not more, not less, to those one-man show people that creates the Internet. This book is defining one approach, using the Microsoft tools (those before the 2k series (Win2k, Exchange 2k, SQL 2k, etc.). It will show you how to set up a general development environment for both ASP, VB, and SQL. It also shows how they created from scratch all of those like what was the thinking for the SQL part, how it interacts with VB components & ASP files. Good reading for beginners to intermediate web people. For the other one, it will be a light read since I see that the author's coding is somewhat not much optimized.
Rating:
Summary: Solid foundation for MS Web E-commerce development
Review: What I liked most about this book is how it clearly explained the pieces of the Microsoft E-commerce product puzzle and how they fit and work together. There are very good best practice suggestions which I've already begun to employ in my own web projects. What I don't like about this book is the typos. Far too many mispellings and incorrect references. Very annoying! Better editing should have been done. Before you buy this book, get familiar with SQL Server, Internet Information Server, and Visual InterDev first. Once you have working knowlege of these tools, this book can be very helpful in educating you on how to build a robust, full featured e-commerce solution. I've always found the best way to learn any tool is by creating full-blown, immersive example applications. Think of this book as a really good case study. Dig-in and you'll learn plenty. Enjoy!
| 
