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Summary: Wrox does it again
Review: I've always been a fan of Wrox and their big red books. The way the book approaches ASP.NET (and the more difficult challenge of C#) is easy for anyone with basic HTML knowledge to understand. One warning to those who already know ASP Classic: this book is designed for people who have no idea what ASP stands for, so the beginning is slow going if you already know ASP Classic like myself. However, as I haven't tried their Professional ASP.NET book yet I don't know which one's better for the experienced. For now I'll just say that if you want to learn ASP.NET and C#, this is the book, period.
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Summary: Wrox does it again
Review: I've always been a fan of Wrox and their big red books. The way the book approaches ASP.NET (and the more difficult challenge of C#) is easy for anyone with basic HTML knowledge to understand. One warning to those who already know ASP Classic: this book is designed for people who have no idea what ASP stands for, so the beginning is slow going if you already know ASP Classic like myself. However, as I haven't tried their Professional ASP.NET book yet I don't know which one's better for the experienced. For now I'll just say that if you want to learn ASP.NET and C#, this is the book, period.
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Summary: Very good book that is well worth buying.
Review: The best book currently out on the subject as of July, 2002.
has good database access examples.
is generaly very good.
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Summary: Review Beg ASP.Net using C#
Review: The books content on ASP.Net is excellent and provides the reader with a good foundation to start developing on the .Net platform. The range and depth are good for the beginning series that Wrox(The Red Book) puts out. The book progresses so that even a novice web programmer can learn the fundamentals of ASP.NET. However, I was unable to give the book 5 stars due to some lack in details in typos. Even with a few mistakes, (authors are human), the content of the examples is excellent. If you have any problems with an example it's always good to check or post new entries to the book errata section on Wrox's own site. Also, if you are trying to learn all about C# you would be better off purchasing a book that deals only with C#. This book's title gives you exactly what it says and then some.
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Summary: Perfect for absolute beginners
Review: This book assumes you know nothing at all about C# or ASP.NET and it does take a long time to evolve. I would say it takes about 600 pages to get to a level that one would consider to be real world practices in regard to ASP.NET programming with C#. But this book is not insulting for all of that. It offers a nice slow moving tutorial on C# and manages to introduce the many varieties of data access available with ADO.NET, while also serving up a useful introduction to ASP.NET server controls and .NET coding techniques and design practices. By the end of this book you will certainly have a good grounding for further exploration. Also, absolutely every one of the examples in this book works! Despite what some of the rather limited and obviously inept reviewers below claim.
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Summary: Carbon copy
Review: This book is almost a carbon copy of the ASP.NET using VB.NET version - even the photos of the authors are exactly the same. And as I flip through the chapters, they are virtually in the same order and have the same examples, though there are new sections dotted about here and there (the best written parts of the book IMHO). Personally I don't think that putting two near identical books out so close together is good practice. It speaks of cutting corners in order to make as much money as possible for the mimimum amount of work. ...
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Summary: This book is good for a begineer,...code has mistakes
Review: This book is good for begineers. It is very simple to understand and go through. The reason I gave it a 3, is because some important chapters on forms are completely incorrect. I had to go through websites to figures out the correct methods of implementing forms (posting).
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Summary: This is a good book period.
Review: This is an incredible book. I would not recommend reading it if you already read the VB.NET version. The two books in my opinion were designed to be the same but let you choose which language you prefer. I know C and C++ and wanted a C# approach to ASP.NET not a VB.NET. I was delighted they gave me the option. Granted the book may spend extra time on programming in general but not to the point that I would fault the book.
I was able to get the example programs to work in the book; there is also an errata on the web site.
I would highly recommend this book for anyone who wants a C# perspective on ASP.NET. They also cover topics on XML, CSS, Relational databases and more. This is a good book period.
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Summary: The Only ASP.NET Book You Need
Review: This is the one ASP.NET book you should buy. You don't need any experience, and it will teach you C#, which is the only true .NET language.
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Summary: Too many mistakes misguided explanations.
Review: WROX pushed this out way to fast. They didn't even bother to run it through a spell checker, much less try to run the example code. Mistakes like, "It's spellt..." and "..you can miss it out.." just are unforgivable from a major publisher. Don't they have proofreaders?Then, there are the technical mistakes. A lot of the examples won't run without modification. And, beginning programmers (who the book is supposedly aimed at) wouldn't be able to fix the errors. Also, many of the examples are poor attempts to convey a concept. The authors talk often about a topic, then show an example that almost shows counterpoint to what they said. Next flaw... The book is not "Beginning ASP Using C#". It's "Beginning C# Using ASP." Crucial ASP topics are left undiscussed. Like the difference between Page_Load and Page_Init. They point out an 'anomaly' in one example concerning the two methods, but don't explain that it's not an anomaly at all! There's a very good reason behind it, and the explanation is not terribly difficult. Finally, the books explanation of fundamental OOP concepts is so confused and misguided that it makes me wonder if the authors have more than a passing familiarity with the topic. My guess is that they are former VB/ASP programmers who haven't ever had any experience in a real OO language. They don't seem to grasp the key concepts behind Inheritance, Polymorphism and Encapsulation and the certainly don't have a clue how to explain them. Forget more subtle concepts, such as the difference between strong and weak aggregation. As one reader pointed out, this is the only book, currently, on the market doing ASP with a pure C# emphasis. But, it just has too many flaws. Steer clear.
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