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Summary: Good Beginners Book
Review: I'm an intermediate asp developer and thought this book a pretty good start to asp.net. It's probably not for old asp hands - but lends itself to explaining a lot of the mechanics that make up asp in the .Net framework. It would have been good to see more on ADO, also SQL Server instead of Access examples and then the almost absent C#. As a beginner, you won't waste your money, but to solve real life situations, lot's more are required.
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Summary: Not the same as previous learn asp in 21 days.
Review: I am frustrated because this book has let me down. I expected to learn asp.net just like I learned asp, from the sams teach yourself 21 days series. Instead I find myself second guessing code examples and surfing the internet to get through the book. (And I am only on page 217!) There is no doubt that the bar has been lowered here. But I guess thats just how it is in America where the quest for little green pieces of paper outweighs logic, integrity, and reason!!
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Summary: Not good in explaning Database
Review: I am totally new to web programming but not new to vb and c++, this book is the right choice for me to get it quickly. If you are looking for a more detailed book. ASP.net unleashed is the best in the market. Not only does it cover most of the basic stuff in 21 days, but takes you to a professional developer.However, I have found several shortcomings of the ASP.net 21 days
The worst topics are ADO.NET,Dataset and datagrid,which are the most important stuff in web programming. The author just gives a very simple example. I have to check MSDN and my Unleashed for the right answer. I have to explore myself expensing a lot of time. Probably, it is a beginner book. Other topics are generally good.
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Summary: Same old same old
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. It makes the same mistake SO MANY computer books make, that renders it useless to the novice. It breaks the universal, critical, #1 rule in writing computer instruction books: NEVER NEVER NEVER use code in your examples that hasn't been covered yet! Authors of these books have NO IDEA how infuriating this is to a novice user who is struggling to learn, yet after decades of flashy, overpriced new computer books, it continues. For example, in the first few chapters, runat=server is used three different ways: runat = 'server'
runat = server/
runat = 'server'/ ...with NO explanation of why. Fact is, ALL of them work, and you can actually just use runat = server and it works just fine. This book is FULL of stuff like this, and it makes the novice learner want to smash it against the wall. Sigh. ...
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Summary: OK but not the best
Review: Get ASP.NET Unleashed by Sams Publishing instead of this book. Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 21 Days was the first ASP.NET book I bought and I did learn a lot from it. However, the code examples do not all work. I tried the example to add a button programmatically, but could not get it to work. A line was missing from the code (it's not enough to declare the button object, you have to do a New() also). The author does know a lot about the subject, but I think this book was rushed to market. Also, it's now almost a year old. I do refer to this book from time to time, but the ASP.NET Unleashed by Sams is the book that usually answers my questions.
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Summary: Some writers know how to get the job done
Review: The writer has an excellent style. He starts by explaining the web programming world at a high level and then moves into ASP.Net specifics. I'm an experienced ASP classic programmer. I have two other books on ASP.Net. Actually this book isn't mine, I borrowed it from a co-worker. I recommended it to him, but not to myself, because I thought I would need a faster paced book.
I was wrong. Other books don't explain the important paradigm shift that .Net brings.
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Summary: A good book to start programming in asp.net !
Review: The book covers a lot of aspects of asp.net, some c#, vb.net and xml. This is good for developers shifting from classic asp to asp.net. Users will have a grasp of the common concepts and new syntax of asp.net. Although I wouldn't recommend this book to a newbie or someone without web programming experience.
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Summary: Not as good as the cover promises!
Review: I have read through the book and I should say this book is like other last-minute-published ones, filled with numerous typos, especially in the code, (in snippets and the final project). The typos and lost parts make it a real challenge to learn ASP.Net using the book and impossible to do it in 21 days.
If I remember correctly, this line of TY in 21 days, are supposed to help people learn new stuff in a short time, while in here we have a book which makes you wonder how to solve the writers mistakes and get the code working!!!
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Summary: Definitely not the best beginning book
Review: I found this book quite refreshing, but that's only because I already know how to code in VB. There is no way that a beginner will be able to get the concepts clearly with this book. The author(s) gloss over the concepts without thinking about them. There is way too much assumption of what the reader already knows. I would have given only 2 stars, but I like the fact that it fits well with programmers that already know VB.
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Summary: Only if you don't want to learn the VS.NET interface
Review: I was excited to get this book, since the Wrox books have been going down hill. I was disappointed to see that it teaches you all of the syntax in notepad, which is partly my fault, since I didn't have time to look far enough into the book to see that. I was expecting a book to show me how to develop ASP.NET pages in the Visual Studio .NET environment. Sure, you can code ASP.NET in notepad, but if you have a tool that does the repitious code for you, why use notepad? I work in a place where you have to work efficiently, and notepad is the worst way to create ASP.NET pages. I am hoping to take this back and get my money back, but I don't expect it. Anybody want my copy? I have no use for it.
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