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Summary: Good book for the experienced ASP developer
Review: This book's strengths are in the brief summaries that it presents for each of the various ASP Objects. They read like small chapters and you can usually find a short example that demonstrates a topic, enabling you to move on with your project.As a reference, you can quickly find the names of all the properties, methods & collections for each object. I gave the book 4 out of 5 because I would like to see a short paragraph in the back reference section devoted to each method and property. Some are given this treatment and others are ignored. I would find a complete reference more useful, even if it added 25 - 50 pages. Still, this is a very valuable book in my collection and the one I would be most likely to carry around with me.
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Summary: Get "Active Server Pages 3.0" by Wrox
Review: ASP in a Nutshell should have really been titled "Quick Reference Guide". And even then, it's not really too complete. I found myself still going to other books or online to find stuff that I really just needed a reminder on, syntax wise.
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Summary: What a great 2nd Edition
Review: Wow! This is undoubtedly the best 2nd edition to come along in a long time. This book is even more informative and concise than the first one. Although it is not a book for beginners it is a great reference manual for those of us in the field. O'reilly definitely knows how to put together a good book.
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Summary: Adequate summary for minor ASP scripting tasks
Review: I initially purchased this book because I had to do some database integration work with a product that was ASP-based. I hadn't used ASP before, but assumed it would be like any other programming language. My experience with Nutshell books is that they provide good summaries for this sort of thing, and "ASP in a Nutshell" is no exception. Most of the methods are shown with short examples -- which is great. Unfortunately, not all of the options to the methods are supported, even on MSFT-based environments, which I assume would be the dominant consumers of ASP. It would have been beneficial to indicate these a little more explicitly. The book gives a good overview of the Response, Request, and Session objects. It makes an earnest attempt to cover Active Data Objects (ADO), however, as the author concedes, a thorough exploration of that is another book entirely. This is unfortunate because the primary reason people use ASP is to connect to a back-end database. There is a reference to another, forthcoming book, "ADO: The Definitive Guide," by Jason T. Roff, which purports to cover these "advanced" topics. Although a "ASP in a Nutshell" is a competent reference, the Roff book (when published) may have been a better solution for my particular needs.
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Summary: Great Reference Book
Review: Before reading this book I only knew the very basics of ASP. I found the O'Reilly mix of info and examples just right and would recommend this book to people with a basic knowledge of the subject. Remember this book is not a tutorial and has nothing to do with snakes!
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Summary: A decent quick reference for a horrid scripting language...
Review: I picked up this book when I was exploring web scripting/server technologies for some of my personal web projects (read: fun). While this book is a good reference for ASP methods, it doesn't server as a very good introductory guide unless you're familiar with Microsoft's particular obfuscation of object-oriented programming. Overall, the one good thing I got out of this book is that it's much more difficult to develop large-scale web applications (read: 10,000+ lines of code) with ASP than it should be (although this could be my C/C++/Java bias showing through). For now, I'll be sticking with PHP, perl, Java, and C/C++ for my web programming. If you need a quick guide to ASP, look for another book on ASP, or, better yet, pick up a book on PHP or perl. PHP is an especially nice choice because of its easy database integration and extraordinary performance (with Zend, it's several times faster than ASP). However, if you're already stuck using ASP for work or on your current projects, this book may be a good reference to have on hand.
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Summary: Not bad if you know what you are doing.
Review: I would not suggest this book for a novice. It glosses over quite a bit of ASP. However, it does provide nice coverage of the primary objects used in ASP (i.e. Session, Application, Response, Request, etc.). I think the author of the book definitely knows his stuff, but a few more examples would not have hurt. The book reads relatively well. I read the first 7-8 chapters during a two hour flight. I did like the way the author outlines the collections, methods, and events involved with each object. Overall, the book was not bad, but do not buy this book if you are clueless (I suggest Wrox's beginner ASP 2.0).
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Summary: not for beginners
Review: I bought this book and tried to learn ASP. However, I found that the book is not suitable for beginners like me. It briefly talks about how to make a simple ASP and then dives into the object models. I am sure the anatomy of the object models is very complete and concise, however, I wish it could spend more chapters on how to create more practical ASP's and spend more time explaining the purpose and use of the objects.
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Summary: A very well written book
Review: I must admit, I am not a big fan of "in a nutshell" books, but after reading this, I have regained my confidence in books with depressing covers. This book features great lessons on how to program in ASP, and many examples to go along with it. If you are intrested in programming using Microsoft's ASP, then I would definetely recommend this book.
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Summary: Too little too late
Review: This book addresses an antique version of the ASP technology, which was long out of date even at the time of its release. It contributes nothing new, in material or organization of ideas. This book is simply a non-starter. Go with the WROX books instead.
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