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Summary: Good introduction
Review: As an ASP developer of 2 solid years, with a little VB6 experience, I was wary and hesitant to begin learning VB.NET but ready for the challenge. I picked this book up mainly to get a good feel for the syntax and techniques ASP.NET offers. And having gone through almost 18 of the 19 chapters so far, I have to say this book is a great place to start if you need a crash course in ASP.NET as I did.That being said, I do have a couple of warnings for possible buyers and readers: 1. Grammatical errors and typos abound. In general, you can figure out the correct spelling and meaning, though some of them may through you off briefly. 2. The myriad of authors do not use a uniform approach in naming and coding conventions. Once you get used to a certain chapter's style, the next chapter will do it differently. For an advanced book this could slide, but I don't think it's instructive in a beginner's book. Yet despite these two problems, this book will get your feet wet enough to begin your venture into ASP.NET. If you're like me, you'll be buying some advanced books. I've bought Professional ASP.NET 1.0 Special Edition (ISBN: 1861007035) and Programming Data-Driven Web Applications with ASP.NET (ISBN: 0672321262). But there are a myriad of websites you can utilize to further your knowledge after this book. I don't think I could have progressed into the advanced topics, or learned by piecemeal examples on said websites, without the foundation this book builds.
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Summary: Helpful introduction to web building using .NET
Review: Beginning ASP.NET using VB.NET by Wrox is a very helpful introduction to web building using the .NET technology. I have been building web sites using standard ASP for 5 years. I am finding this book (I'm half way through it) to be a great place to start moving on to ASP.NET. It is easy to read. New technical concepts are explained without the authors trying to impress you with techno-babble. The book lays a good foundation and then builds on that. I recommend it.
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Summary: Helpful introduction to web building using .NET
Review: Beginning ASP.NET using VB.NET by Wrox is a very helpful introduction to web building using the .NET technology. I have been building web sites using standard ASP for 5 years. I am finding this book (I'm half way through it) to be a great place to start moving on to ASP.NET. It is easy to read. New technical concepts are explained without the authors trying to impress you with techno-babble. The book lays a good foundation and then builds on that. I recommend it.
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Summary: Good Starting Point for ASP.NET (FRAMEWORK) Development
Review: Being an experienced developer, this book was a little too basic for me; however it still covered items that I needed to familiarize my self with in my transition form asp to asp.net.
The examples in this book were well written and every step was explained. I actually like the way the examples are set up in this book better then the next book in this series (Professional ASP.Net 1.0). Unlike other books I have read in the past, EVERY EXAMPLE PROGRAMM IN THIS BOOK WORKED!
I would highly recommend this book to any one who is interested in developing in ASP.NET.
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Summary: This book is not helpful
Review: Great book. It got me going in a matter of days
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Summary: Here is the Book to Start With
Review: I have been developing ASP pages for 4 or so years. I have done some VB in that time. I came into the web from the front end, design and continue to work my way backwards. I found this book filled with very easy to understand explanations on what is .Net and how I need to adjust for the new way of doing things. I think you could pick up this book without much background in ASP but I do believe a basic understanding of classic ASP will make the learning curve on this book faster. I would deeply suggest start with this book instead of the Professional one, for this walks you though the basics but also fills in details that even more advance developer miss from time to time. I have read a ton of books in the last 5 or 6 years and this one is up at the top for easy learning and great basic details. This book will give you the information to do 95% of the daily task of developing and the last 5% you will get from the Professional Book. Yes the Professional book keys off the large scalable web sites which you will need to learn but like most of us, we all start a new technology on a smaller scale to see how it works and then tackle the larger jobs later. .Net will be one of the most needed skill in a year or so, learn it now and be ahead of the curve and you will see a higher pay check too. Excellent Reading...
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Summary: Good book but is not typical Wrox Press quality
Review: I've been a Wrox Press devotee for a couple of years now and have purchased over a dozen of their Web dev books for their quality. I was eagerly awaiting this "Beginning" title after their incredible releases "Beginning ASP Databases" and "Beginning XML." However, I am a little disappointed in this book for these reasons: The first 6 chapters assume you know almost nothing about Web development and in some cases even walk you through beginning HTML examples. This is a real drag and a waste of space if you've been coding for the Web at all. I think the entire book should have been devoted to "Beginning ASP.Net" as the title claims and not to "Web Development 101." The book has several typos and errors in it and in at least a few cases, the sample code just plain doesn't work. The final 7-8 chapters which actually focus on asp.net do provide many helpful examples, but I don't think they were as clear as they could have been. I often found myself posting the sample code to newsgroups and using MSDN for explanations not outlined in the book.
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Summary: Good book to get started.
Review: If you want a book that is going to get you up and running with some applications, then this is a good one to add to your library.
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Summary: Good for Beginners
Review: If you're new to vb.net or need a quick refresher then this book is for you.
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Summary: Solid foundation with a tendency to over simplify.
Review: SUMMARY: If you are comfortable with coding and web development this book is a good first foray into the ASP.NET.
I bought is book because I feet, as an intermediate programmer and web developer, that it would be a solid intro to ASP.NET. A great deal of time setting a solid foundation in many of the background technologies which is helpful for understanding how ASP "works." All too often, regrettably, this tends to over simplification. The basic elements of programming are not covered in enough depth and with enough respect to consider this book a primer on programming. Anther point of contention is that the book is fraught with misspellings, mistypings, and other general errors. In my experience the errors did not affect the quality of the examples, but the frequency was a distraction. After reading other posts about Wrox book's the editing problem seems to be rampant, making one wonder about their level of professionalism.
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