Beginning E-Commerce with Visual Basic, ASP, SQL Server 7.0 and MTS

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Summary: Implemeting this book in real world.
Review: Hi, I was brand new to E-Commerce, but not in VB, and ASP. However, this book has given me so much answers to what I have been looking for, that I am actually running Real time E-Commerce site using the theory and technique of this book.

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK for E-Commerce
Review: I have been searching for the books on e-commerce, as I didn't understand anything what was taught in the E-commerce class. I was just waiting someone would help me with this course, but the wait was too long the semester got over and I got a 'C' in that course. But then I found this book in Amazon, now I think it is worth the wait. It starts off with the basic fundamentals of what e-commerce is(unlike other books), and goes on to exlain SSL,Structuring,Hosting and deployment,and Integration with other systems. Obviously the best being the last one. It's like a complete e-commerce book for beginners as well as professionals.

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Summary: Use less because it makes ecommerce difficult to understand
Review: I have read certain books i'e Noel Jerkes, ASP unleashed which are for itermediteat to advance but they easy, clear to undertsand than this one. I have also seen reviews problem of custom dll's which abolutely write. Using Stored procedures like Noel's books make you understand the topic.

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Summary: Unscalable E-Commerce Application
Review: I just completed this book and i have doubts weather the application architecture and object model used in this book is correct. 1) The author does not uses Stored Procedure's, which is the recomended way of creating scalable application's on Microsoft Platfrom. 2) The author does not tells us weather the database will reside on the same machine as the web server or it will reside on a different machine(which is the case in most big installations). If the database is on a different machine a number of issues are to be covered like data marshalling, which is not covered. The business objects in the book open a recordset for entering data and have SQL embeded in them. All this database related functionality could have been deliniated to another component residing on the databse server. 3) I think all the problem in the application lies because the author does not split the Object's in his application into two parts one containing Business functionality and another containing Data Acess related functionality. This is the prescribed architecture by Microsoft and an excellent example on this architecture is the FMSTOCKS sample application available in MSDN. 4) Lastly, the author creates an Interface, so that the presentation tier in his application is not able to acess the database and the presentation tier(ie. asp code) is able to acess the other objects only through Visit object. He could have made only visit object publicily creatable. That would have been an easier solution, especially for a so called Beginer's Book. However this book cover's a lot of topics and is a useful book, to give an insight into E-Commerce application development especially for those who are intermediate VB & ASP programmers. The sample application is good and with few changes could be used in commercial applications. This book does give insight into some new and important topics. There are number of topics which are not clearly explanined especially Chapters3,5 and 6 where the author builds his application iteratively, rest of the book is excellent. I am giving it 3stars only because of the above three chapters and above mentioned faults Otherwise this book would have got 5Stars. Lastly this book can not be classified as a Beginer's book, i would recomend buyers of this book to first read Begining ASP, Begining VB and VB6.0 Business Object before reading this book, otherwise they would not be able to get 100% out of this book.

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Summary: Unscalable Application and Flawed Application Architecture
Review: I just completed this book and this has created a number of doubts about the application architecture used in this book. 1) The author does not uses Stored Procedure's, which is the recomended way of creating scalable application's on Microsoft Platfrom. 2) The author does not tells us weather the database will reside on the same machine as the web server or it will reside on a different machine(which is the case in most big installations). If the database is on a different machine a number of issues are to be covered like data marshalling, which is not covered. The business objects in the book open a recordset for entering data,and suppose if the user takes 10 minutes to enter data the recordset remains open for that period, which consumes a lot of resouce specially if database is on another server. All this database related functionality could have been deliniated to another component residing on the databse server. 3) I think all the problem in the application lies because the author does not split the Object's in his application into two parts one containing Business functionality and another containing Data Acess related functionality. This is the prescribed architecture by Microsoft and an excellent example on this architecture is the FMSTOCKS application available in MSDN. 4) Lastly, the author creates an Interface, so that the presentation tier in his application is not able to acess the database and the presentation tier(ie. asp code) is able to acess the other objects only through Visit object. He could have made only visit object publicily creatable. That would have been an easier solution, especially for a so called Beginer's Book. However this book cover's a lot of topics and is a useful book, to give an insight into E-Commerce application development especially for those who are intermediate VB & ASP programmers. But, this book can not be classified as a Begineer's book. There are number of topics which do not have a clear explanation. If the author or any reader has any comments on my suggestions he can send it to me at [e-mail]

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Summary: Beginning E-Commerce with Visual Basic, ASP, SQL Server 7.0
Review: I own over 20 Wrox books. They are by far the best. This is the best of the best. This is quite simply the best and most useful programming book I've ever seen. This is quite likely the best book Wrox has ever published.

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Summary: The Best Computer Book of the Year
Review: I read a lot of computer books. Most of them are either too theoretical or not hands-on. But I'm so pleased that I have chosen this book. It is very praticle and I wish I had this earlier.

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Summary: Very Pleased but not a beginner
Review: I teach VB and generally I have never been dissapointed by a wrox book. I read a lot of data books but find this publisher always has well explained interesting examples and the books generally use an easy to understand language. As a european I like the fact that they are not always so American in there approach. This book gives you a very solid foundation for building solid applications. However it is not for beginners. The author jumps right into Implementing classes in Chap 3 which is generally condsidered an advanced topic. I feel there could have been some simpler ways to implement his functionality such as using public not creatable classes plus cooperating with SQL in the way of Stored procedures. Other than that it is an excellent book but you should have prior knowledge of Visual Basic programming.

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Summary: An entry level developer MUST-HAVE
Review: I was extremely pleased with this title! It covers everything from picking a hosting company, specific Access and SQL configuration, simple shopping carts (with source code!), security issues, and even user tracking. There is also a support section on the Wrox website that gives you updated info and the code in the book in seperate ASP files. I borrowed this from a friend for the weekend and after a few hours I knew I had to have my own copy! Even if you don't know any much ASP/ADO or VB script you're in good hands - everything done is step by step and by example. Thank you Wrox! Okay enough ranting :)

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Summary: Quite demanding in places but good content
Review: I would recommend anyone buying this to at least have a sound understanding of VB and ASP before attempting to work through the book. Despite its title, it can be quite complicated in places. Certainly not for the novice - but very informative throughout and the resulting e-commerce solution is of high quality.