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Summary: CD NOT match the Book
Review: There is some problem with the book - the code provided from the CD does not match the book. The bigger issue is that the viewpeople.aspx (project 02) does NOT display all records from the database, one record will be missed, if you have one record in the table, it will display nothing. Even I tried to used the AtWorkUtilities dll from the CD. It would be great if some one can provide solutions to the problem of the project 02.
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Summary: very disappointed!!!
Review: this book contains lots of errors. The author even don't care to upload the correct codes to his website.
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Summary: Outstanding book!
Review: This book is outstanding! I've learned almost as much from it as from Microsoft's own "IBuySpy" demo site. Probably the thing I like most about it was that it is written correctly, using code-behind pages and OO programming principles, not just slopped out as an example. Just being able to use the code as-is without having to translate to "real world" standards is a real relief. I've got probably a dozen ASP.NET books, and this is the one (along with SAM's ASP.NET Unleashed) that stays by my side.
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Summary: Outstanding book!
Review: This book is outstanding! I've learned almost as much from it as from Microsoft's own "IBuySpy" demo site. Probably the thing I like most about it was that it is written correctly, using code-behind pages and OO programming principles, not just slopped out as an example. Just being able to use the code as-is without having to translate to "real world" standards is a real relief. I've got probably a dozen ASP.NET books, and this is the one (along with SAM's ASP.NET Unleashed) that stays by my side.
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Summary: Good book if you can catch the errors.
Review: This book provides some very interesting examples of ASP.NET in practical, usable scenarios. Unfortunately, as prior posters have noted, the book is plagued with errors. I generally like the book, and hope that the next printing will correct some of the terrible typos. It's a shame that such a good book has such problems. I would recommend ASP.NET: TIPS, TUTORIALS, AND CODE as an alternative to this book if you're uncomfortable with correcting the author's code.
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