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Summary: Not a good Reference
Review: I don't believe this book should be considered a "Developer's Guide", since it is a very poor reference book. Perhaps it wasn't meant to be a reference, but any Developer's Guide should have a robust reference section. The VBScript Reference section is very poorly laid out and difficult to read. The topics are extremely difficult to pick out, everything runs together. More intelligent use of font sizes and indentation (much like writing code) would have made it much more readable.The proofreading wasn't very comprehensive either. There are numerous spelling errors within the syntax examples, and some outright incorrect entries. Example: on page 437 under the "CreateTextFile Method" heading, the syntax example shows CreateFolder, not CreateTextFile. Also, instead of tables showing the various parameters of the various methods a descriptive paragraph is given instead. The grammar is terrible. Here's a snippet: page 456 "...You can open the file for reading, writing, or appending. You use a 1 to open a file for read-only. The data in the file can only be read. You cannot write to this file. If you want to open the file for writing, you use a 2. That means you will write to the file, but you cannot read the file. If you want to append to the file you use a value of 8. When you append to a file, all writes are added to the end of the file." This is a VERY inefficient paragraph, and it's indicative of many paragraphs in the book. It would have been much more efficient, from a developer's standpoint, to have a parameter table with explanations next to each parameter. The above paragraph doesn't indicate whether there are other values that can be used with the specified parameter. I didn't find this to be a Developer-level book at all.
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Summary: A very good defination book but not for beginners . .
Review: I have done alot of html sites in my time and i bought this book because i wanted to re do some sites in asp and learn asp. This book to me is very confusing. The code is explained but nothing you can practice on your own. I would shop around.
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Summary: My ASP backbone
Review: I knew absolutely nothing of ASP when I picked up this book. It was pretty much a crapshoot for me, but I was pleasantly surprised with my decision to buy this book. This book is very well broken up and organized. I have found virtually every ASP topic I needed covered within its pages. It covers a wide variety of topics from database connection, to e-mail, and even global.asa customization (Don't worry, it explains what global.asa is ;) ). I have bought several other ASP books since and still turn to this one more often than any other. I highly recommend this book as a strong reference for anyone beginning to learn ASP or for anyone that feels that they simply need a good reference.
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Summary: Thorough but a poor reference and self-tutorial.
Review: I purchased this book with a strong HTML background but no other experience in web design. While the book goes in depth into the subject of ASP, it does so in an unsystematic fashion. This haphazard and at times cursory discussion of important ASP and VBScript features makes this book a poor reference manual. The lack of exercises to help reinforce what is learned makes this book a poor resource for autodidacts. Before reading this book, I recommend reading "HTML: A Definitive Guide" by O'Reilly and after this book I recommend the excellent "Designing Active Server Pages" by the same publisher.
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Summary: A wonderful development tool!
Review: I purchased this book, along with the Instant ASP scripts book, and both have helped my programmers and myself become much better at developing interactive Websites. This is a wonderful development tool for the beginner as well as the moderately experienced programmer. In addition, if I had questions that weren't in the book, I emailed Greg directly and he answered promptly. A must have for anyone wanting to become a better programmer.
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Summary: Good, but not great
Review: I read the book cover to cover. I was previously familiar with many programming languages and HTML development in FrontPage. I needed to learn ASP proramming. In the end, I did. I thought the book was pretty high-level in too many instances. I needed to refer to web sites (which there are many) dedicated to ASP development many times to find lower-level details. As others have mentioned, the examples in the book (not the CD) are code snippets and the author goes over every line each time the code is presented. For some aspects of ASP used in the example, that's extremely redundant after 2 chapters. Also, there are many references in the beginning chapters to code that would be covered in later chapters. And now, after developing some pretty sophisticated pages for a site, I rarely refer back to the book. This book is, to me, a beginner's book, but you should already be familiar with HTML, web development, database access and some tool like FrontPage for creating web sites. There are some typos and mistakes, but they are minimal and should be obvious, even to a beginner. I'd recommend the book if you already know web development and programming in general and want to find out how to do it with ASP. It's the only ASP book I've read or looked at in detail and therefore can't compare it to others. How this helped you make a decision.
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Summary: Very useful reference book
Review: I think this book was very well written. I borrowed it from my Library for one month but was too hesitant to return it, so I had to purchase my own copy. That about sums it all up.
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Summary: Excellent book! Very well written!
Review: I wish I would have bought this book before buying Professional Active Server Pages.
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Summary: A clearly written and practical book!
Review: Intant ASP scripts by Greg Buczek is very clearly written book for beginners and experienced ASP developers. The book is practical as well as informative. This author truley put his heart into his work. Great job!
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Summary: Another Great ASP Resource
Review: Mr. Buczek has done it again! ASP Developer's Guide is a great place to start for ASP beginners as well a valuable resource for seasoned ASP developers. A through introduction to the tools and technology of ASP complement a series of straight forward and well thought out examples. A worthy addition to Mr. Buczek's excellent ASP series and the ASP developers book shelf.
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