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Summary: Heartbreaking beautiful layouts to, ack!, C#-centric coding.
Review: After looking at the "classic ASP" version of this book I eagely awaited the arrival of the ASP.NET version. The diagrams and "modular" approach of the book are excellent but I did not learn until it's arrival that the coding would heavily emphasize C# coding as opposed to VB.NET, making it totally useless for me.If your bent is C# I cannot recommend this book enough. If you're a VB.NET kind of person though stick to the Sams book. Sorry guys!
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Summary: Lots of errors in the book
Review: In learning a new language, its imperative that the book is 100% accurate, some of the code in the book was incorrect and caused errors. I emailed the publisher and eventually it was resolved. However, after losing confidence in the book, I can not recommend this book. I can recommend with five start the ASP 3.0 which they publish, which is my most used book, but this dot net version was a let down. If the book gets fixed, I would consider updating my review. The book does have other good information, but since there are no "bubbles" that say,, this code is bad, and will not work.. I would pass on this book until the revised.
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Summary: Lots of errors in the book
Review: In learning a new language, its imperative that the book is 100% accurate, some of the code in the book was incorrect and caused errors. I emailed the publisher and eventually it was resolved. However, after losing confidence in the book, I can not recommend this book. I can recommend with five start the ASP 3.0 which they publish, which is my most used book, but this dot net version was a let down. If the book gets fixed, I would consider updating my review. The book does have other good information, but since there are no "bubbles" that say,, this code is bad, and will not work.. I would pass on this book until the revised.
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Summary: Heartbreaking beautiful layouts to, ack!, C#-centric coding.
Review: OK - so Danny is a personal friend of mine, therefore this review will be biased. And since I have not read the book, my review will not help you, the potential buyer. What I can say is this - Danny Ryan is an outstanding individual who's honesty and integrity would lead me to believe this publication is all it says it is. When Danny says "Shows you everything you need to create dynamic Web applications. Arm yourself with detailed coverage of over 100 tasks and other ASP.NET functions. Softcover. CD-ROM included.", you can rest assured that the statement is true. Yes - it is a softcover. Yes - there is a CD-ROM included. And yes - Danny, there is a Santa Claus. He is buying this book for me, right now. So let me get my ASP off this review page and start one-clicking to buy this book! ... Peace,
Matt Gardner
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Summary: What Can I Say... He's Danny Ryan!
Review: OK - so Danny is a personal friend of mine, therefore this review will be biased. And since I have not read the book, my review will not help you, the potential buyer. What I can say is this - Danny Ryan is an outstanding individual who's honesty and integrity would lead me to believe this publication is all it says it is. When Danny says "Shows you everything you need to create dynamic Web applications. Arm yourself with detailed coverage of over 100 tasks and other ASP.NET functions. Softcover. CD-ROM included.", you can rest assured that the statement is true. Yes - it is a softcover. Yes - there is a CD-ROM included. And yes - Danny, there is a Santa Claus. He is buying this book for me, right now. So let me get my ASP off this review page and start one-clicking to buy this book! ... Peace,
Matt Gardner
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Summary: Great Information, too broken up
Review: This book is great at showing you how to do individual tasks with ASP.NET, but fails to bring it all together into a coherent picture of what a complete ASP.NET application should be like. If you want to quickly find out how to do one of the 130 or so tasks that this book covers (i.e. "Request Single Line Input", "Declare a Variable", "Work with XML Data Sources", and "Using Forms Authentication"), it is explained clearly. It also explains clearly the changes needed to migrate from ASP and VBScript to ASP.NET and VB.NET, from JavaScript to JavaScript.NET, and has plenty of C# examples. I was misled by the title of the book, it's more of a set of building blocks than a blueprint.
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Summary: Great Information, too broken up
Review: This book is great at showing you how to do individual tasks with ASP.NET, but fails to bring it all together into a coherent picture of what a complete ASP.NET application should be like. If you want to quickly find out how to do one of the 130 or so tasks that this book covers (i.e. "Request Single Line Input", "Declare a Variable", "Work with XML Data Sources", and "Using Forms Authentication"), it is explained clearly. It also explains clearly the changes needed to migrate from ASP and VBScript to ASP.NET and VB.NET, from JavaScript to JavaScript.NET, and has plenty of C# examples. I was misled by the title of the book, it's more of a set of building blocks than a blueprint.
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Summary: Lots of errors and hard to read screen-shots
Review: This book was a major disappointment after having read other Maran Graphic books. There are alot of errors and the screen shots have been reduced down in size to the point where they are barely legible. Instead of putting the related subjects together, the book jumps around. For example, the book should put all of the "Request" statements together and all of the "Response" statements together. The authors were either in a hurry to get this book to press or just didn't know ASP.Net as well as they should have. You cannot teach a subject unless you know that subject like the back of your hand.
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Summary: Lots of errors and hard to read screen-shots
Review: This book was a major disappointment after having read other Maran Graphic books. There are alot of errors and the screen shots have been reduced down in size to the point where they are barely legible. Instead of putting the related subjects together, the book jumps around. For example, the book should put all of the "Request" statements together and all of the "Response" statements together. The authors were either in a hurry to get this book to press or just didn't know ASP.Net as well as they should have. You cannot teach a subject unless you know that subject like the back of your hand.
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Summary: Straightforward, Organized, Concise
Review: This is a well written book. As a programmer I find that most books are either cumbersome references (i.e. Microsoft books) or are tutorials for the novice coder. This book combines those two styles into a coherent and easy-to-read reference that gives programmers not only the tools necessary to create robust, flexible applications but the means by which to create them. The authors have experience as programmers, architects, project managers as well as technical trainers. All these facets of their career show up in the style and content of this book. As a programmer on medium- to large-scale projects, I found this book to be very useful.
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