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Summary: Need to know ASP? Get this book.
Review: A bit outdated now with .Net, but I still get this ol' book out once in a while.
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Summary: Best Book for Beginners and Seasoned ASP Vets
Review: A great piece from one of the better publishing houses. Professional ASP 3.0 is by and far the book for both beginners and experienced programmers. It introduces you into ASP and an Access databases with ease, using simple and plausable examples that not only help you understand the topic at hand, but serve as a great reference for later. This book, combined with the ASP Databases book from Wrox provide a very solid foundation in classic ASP and will help you get on your way. Also, the ability to download the entire source code from Wrox's website is a definite plus.
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Summary: good reference book
Review: As you I go along developing my web app, this book answers most of my questions, fexample, how to unload/load your application when you want to unload your dll from the application and vice versa. Before finding the answer in this book, I just rebooted the server. Along the way, it always answers my question to perplexing problems that I stumble upon, i.e why isn't my web app preserved the session id.I have to admit that this is not a book that I would read on spare time. I don't know whether it's the flow of the structure or what. But I always get lost in the "too much" information supplied. Hence I cannot give it 5 stars. For reference, this is a book to keep if you're developing ASP for one reason; as you become more comfortable with ASP, this book provides answers to your "no-more" beginner questions.
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Summary: Excellent Intro and Reference for Microsoft Web Development
Review: Either you like books from Wrox Press or you don't. If you do, then you will most likely really like this one. There are about 15 authors credited so the styles from chapter-to-chapter vary, but the content is always helpful. The book essentially covers every topic related to developing a Microsoft-based web application. Obviously the coverage can not be too deep if it is to be so broad, but there is just enough detail and plenty of clear examples to help the budding web developer along. My only reservation is the coverage of C++ COM components. The section is much too short to really give this very dense topic its due (Essential COM by Don Box or one of the other Wrox books on COM are better suited). Other than that it is an excellent introduction to the Microsoft way of web applications and a useful reference to boot.
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Summary: Read the book in a Day
Review: Hi, I found Active Server Pages to be a pivotal book. The book was comprehensive and well written. The authors know their subject material. I write responses to question and answers for numerous questions on relating to active server pages and found topics in the book to informational; especially the chapters on com+. The book explained how com+ work, why it is the next evolutionary step in object oriented websites, and how to create your first com+ component. The introduction to Window Scripting Components was excellent. I found the information easy to understand, testable, and empowering. Also, if you new to Collaboration Data Object CDO (email messaging) this book is worth the money. In the past I've used simple mapi to do all my email which is actual fairly easy to implement and use. With CDO one can learn how to access/transmit email through an exchange server or smtp server. The CDO section was really cool, filled with numerous examples and easy to understand instructions. The whole book seems dedicated to show how microsoft technology can be used to build scalable web sites. There are a few thought provoking discussions on the current technology used to build scalable site, such as load balancing, windows 2000 dna, and com+. The only downside to the book was the sparse discussions and examples of how xml and ado and server side asp could be used to build a website. I'm not critical, this is a very complex area of discussion and instruction. I hope to hear from you.
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Summary: Very good Book!
Review: I have this book near my desk so i can access it faster, it is very useful, with examples and comments about ASP, nothing is perfect, but this book is almost, for a middle-weight ASP programer.
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Summary: What do you mean about not being able to read the reviews?
Review: I know this isn't a message board, but I have to answer the last reviewer. I browse the reviews all the time without writing reviews... I don't know if you weren't paying attention, because the button "Read all ## reviews" is right on the page with the book information.
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Summary: Valuable technical reference, but too BLOATED.
Review: I'll agree with the many other reviews that rate this book as an extremely knowledgeable reference on ASP, perhaps the definitive reference. However, there are several points that make this book somewhat unappealing from a practical perspective. First, note that it was written by 15 different authors. This incorporates many different writing styles, making it unwieldy. The previous edition was written by 8 people. Do not attempt to use either book as a cover-to-cover tutorial. Second, the code examples are written almost exclusively in VBScript, although the book acknowledges that Javascript (also known as JScript) would work just as effectively. From a real-world perspective, I have found that many ASP programmers prefer to use Javascript for both server-side and client-side development. The use of 2 scripting languages in one application is simply impractical. VBScript persists mainly because it is a Microsoft invention, as is ASP itself. However, Javascript (or ECMA Script) has become the industry-standard scripting language for web-based applications. Another issue with the code examples is that they are not line-numbered. For short examples, this is not an issue. But for larger code modules (as one would encounter in the real world), line-numbering is considered part of best practices in explaining and debugging code before it is deployed. For readers with any ASP background, this book would be a useful desktop reference. Carrying it around in your briefcase may cause lower back strain.
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Summary: This book is useless!
Review: I've been an ASP Developer for 2 years. Everytime I look something up in this book, it's not there. I would not recommend this book. I was suprised though because all other WROX books I have are very good. (SQL Server 7.0, and 2 different VB books)
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Summary: Excellent, A True God Send
Review: If this book had nothing more than the asptable component in chapter 16, it would still be worth the extremely high price of all wrox press books. But the book has so many useful examples that you can build on. My only experience has been a few intranets. And I always had bought the beginners series books because I didn't feel I was at the professional level. Well, this book showed me the reason I felt that way was because I didn't know the power of ASP. If you have been playing around with ASP and really want to move forward, stop playing with the beginners and harness the power of ASP.
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