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Summary: Definately Beginner *Programmer* level
Review: As another reviewer put it 'Little did I know it should have said Activer Server Pages 3.0 for Beginning Programmers (as opposed to ASP beginners).' Also, while some reviews noted the grammer problems, there are also problems with the index, which often points you to the wrong page (the correct page is usually earlier - they must have added pages after the index was written). There is some ASP material of worth but you have to wade through a lot to find it. It also glosses over some ASP features, such as HTMLencode, which while mentioned, is never discussed in any detail. After all the glowing reviews of this book I was really disappointed. The Pro version (which most reviews warn you away from as being too hard) is a better ASP book even if you are new to ASP.
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Summary: Essential Beginning ASP book
Review: I was a big fan of the previous version of this book, though a bit discouraged that it didn't go into enough depth on the more advanced topics. This book more than makes up in that regard. With a wealth of information on ADO and the ASP Object Model, this is the only book you'll need to learn ASP. Both comprehensive and easy to follow--quite an accomplishment. Higest recommendation.
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Summary: super asp book
Review: Ive read many scripting books and a couple asp books, but none of them broke down the syntax like this one. Most books seem to speak in general terms, giving you ideas of what you CAN do with asp, but not actually giving you enough to learn how. That is not the case with this book and because of the lengthy discussion of detail many have said that this book is too lengthy... well if you dont want a lengthy book then be my guest and go buy 3 others to do the job of this one book. For everyone else purchase this book.. i love it
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Summary: I liked the book
Review: I've had numerous question by other programmers about "how to" do something in Active Server Pages. I found the Beginner Active Server Page 3.0 to be great to show them the step by step process for their question. The book introduces new features and technology available for web developers like com+ and windows scripting components. Once you read this book an feel comfortable with the contents, I suggest purchasing and studying the Professional Active Server Page 3.0 which is rock solid for information.
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Summary: Excellent Book if you want to learn ASP
Review: This book was an excellent choice to get me started learning ASP. I had already had a little exposure to ASP and SQL, but didn't know what was really going on. This book solved a lot of my questions. Do all the examples in the book and you'll be set. The only downfall to this book is the spelling and grammar mistakes. They are frequent and distracting, but don't interfere with the concept of the chapters.
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Summary: Good for the beginner - but where was the editor?
Review: This book very easily gets a beginner up and running with rudimentary ASP examples. My biggest complaint is the lack of editing in this book. Bad writing and grammatical errors were humurous at first...annoying after 700 pages. There is no excuse for publishing a book written this poorly.
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Summary: Hands Down - The best ASP start up kit there is
Review: I can't say enough great things about this book. I use it to train people at the office, unattended. Just follow the instructions, and you'll be up & running with the proper headspace to do the job in weeks.I swear by it. I refer to it all the time, because the examples were so clear that i still remember where they are in the book(and ...umm ....still borrow the code, on occasion).
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Summary: Easy to understand with lots of examples
Review: This book offers a very good intro to VBScript. It then goes into all the basics of ASP in an easy to understand manner. Almost everything that is discussed in the book includes an example of how it can be used. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn ASP. It is easy to modify the examples for your own use. I had read the Dummies book but it left out too many details. This is much easier but it is a lot more reading.
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Summary: Very Very Good BEGINNER's book
Review: If you are totally new to ASP this is the book for you. If you are a beginning programmer then you can use this book also. Basically for any beginner level this is for you. The books is a litle slow paced but beginners (whats the rush). I am surprised people said nothing about chapter 15, where they have a full scale application implementing databases etc. It also gives a very good foudation for COM lovers. I am writing components after three weeks and this book certainly tells you how to use the COM objects in your ASP code. I see why perl is not popular in the ASP community. what would you use to parse form data? ASP or CGI/perl? If you are serious about programming the web and using ASP you must read this book. This is definitely a good "first book" for ASP. As for those critics maybe they should read the title again Beginning ASP.If you are not a beginner ( to coding) then you should have no problems just browsing/skipping chapters 1-4. I gave it 5 stars because I knew absolutely nothing about ASP prior to reading this book. A very good book.
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Summary: This is one hellava good read
Review: I kinda got bored of reading, I found computer books too hard to understand, read or to follow, I needed to do an ASP programming project fast, but I didn't know a damn thing about ASP or why people use it...then this book came along... Although the book is aimed at non-programmers or programmers crossing over to another language, it helps if you know Visual Basic as the ASP coding is primarily VBScript in this book. The wording is clear, concise and to the point. I can understand all of what its trying to say, and more importantly why. So okay, it concentrates on Forms on the first few chapters, at least it's explaining them - rather than saying "do it yourself". Some of the code has minor errors in them, but I was able to pick them out. I strongly suggest if you want to start ASP programming (whether its for your own site or for a project) you pick up this book (or Begining ASP Databases) as you should be okay.
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