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Summary: A very straight forward and well organized book.
Review: I have 2 other books full of clutter that left me thinking ASP was very complicated. This book showed me it is not. It is very readable and flows well. It starts out a little slow with a huge intro to VBScript and could use more ASP examples but overall its excellent.
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Summary: Easy read for experienced programmers
Review: I have experience with PHP and Perl-based CGI programming. I needed to learn ASP in a hurry to get started on a new project. This book was suitable for my circumstance by providing an inexpensive, easy-to-read introduction to ASP.If you are already familiar with some form of web-based programming (knowing Visual Basic also helps), this is a great way to get started quick with ASP. It provides a clear, concise explanation of the essential ASP classes (Session, Request, Response, redirecting, etc.) If you are a beginner and know nearly nothing about creating dynamic web pages, there is a steep learning curve. I would also recommend getting Sam's Teach Yourself Visual Basic .NET if you are unfamiliar with Visual Basic programming, because there is a lot of VB in ASP. "ASP for Dummies" does not cover .NET, but that is not really important, especially if you already have another reference book such as for Visual Basic .NET. ASP is well structured and I doubt there will ever be much urgency to change your code for .NET. For those of you unfamiliar with .NET, it is a series of classes and methodology that sometimes can make your programming easier. The cheap shots at humor could make this book annoying at times, but it does put you at ease while you're learning. The style of this book may also be inadequate if you intend to use it for reference alone.
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Summary: Excellent introduction to ASP programming!
Review: Based on recommendations from a website, I bought the WROX book "Active Server Pages 2.0" to learn ASP. I found the book to be generally well-written and comprehensive, but a bit cryptic. I then bought ASP for Dummies. This is a tremendous book! Not as comprehensive as the WROX book, but very easy to read, and it generally covers everything most web developers will need to develop ASP pages. If you are a highly technical person and want to know everything about ASP, buy the WROX book, but if you want a clear, concise introduction to ASP programming, nothing can beat ASP for Dummies.
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Summary: Easy read for experienced programmers
Review: I have experience with PHP and Perl-based CGI programming. I needed to learn ASP in a hurry to get started on a new project. This book was suitable for my circumstance by providing an inexpensive, easy-to-read introduction to ASP. If you are already familiar with some form of web-based programming (knowing Visual Basic also helps), this is a great way to get started quick with ASP. It provides a clear, concise explanation of the essential ASP classes (Session, Request, Response, redirecting, etc.) If you are a beginner and know nearly nothing about creating dynamic web pages, there is a steep learning curve. I would also recommend getting Sam's Teach Yourself Visual Basic .NET if you are unfamiliar with Visual Basic programming, because there is a lot of VB in ASP. "ASP for Dummies" does not cover .NET, but that is not really important, especially if you already have another reference book such as for Visual Basic .NET. ASP is well structured and I doubt there will ever be much urgency to change your code for .NET. For those of you unfamiliar with .NET, it is a series of classes and methodology that sometimes can make your programming easier. The cheap shots at humor could make this book annoying at times, but it does put you at ease while you're learning. The style of this book may also be inadequate if you intend to use it for reference alone.
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Summary: Good overview of ASP
Review: This book is a good overview of ASP. There isn't enough detail in it to make it specificly useful to what ever project you want to work on, but it is a good start. If you have no prior experiance with ASP, like I did, this book would be a good place to start. Active Server Pages for dummies gives you enough of an introduction to the technology that after you read it, you should know what you need to look for to get the job done. You will have to go to other sources for more in depth coverage, but at least you have an idea about what's going on when you do. The book also comes with a pretty good list of online resources to go to for help. I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars based on the coverage of the topic. If I had considered the price as well I would have given it a 4 or 4-1/2. This book is cheap (< [$]). I would recomend it for people who know nothing about ASP, but who have experiance with other web technolgies. This book would be useless to anyone who has worked with ASP already.
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