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Summary: excellent book on iis applications
Review: An excellent book complete with real world examples and workarounds for some "features" of webclass applications. Great tips and concepts on creating scalable web sites. I'm a consultant and don't have time for beginner books or rehashes of manuals. This book is neither. Well worth the money.
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Summary: excellent book on iis applications
Review: An excellent book complete with real world examples and workarounds for some "features" of webclass applications. Great tips and concepts on creating scalable web sites. I'm a consultant and don't have time for beginner books or rehashes of manuals. This book is neither. Well worth the money.
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Summary: Hoping for instant karma...
Review: I am a programmer. I currently develop in Visual Basic, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and VBscript. I purchased this book in order to learn ASP, and I've struggled through the first six chapters. I must tell you that, so far, the "book" is garbage. The examples are mismatched (i.e., the pictures don't match their descriptions), and the exercise projects don't work. I followed the examples word for word, line by line, only to find that after the exhausting effort, I accomplished nothing. I thought perhaps it was me at first, but after I downloaded the sample code from the Sybex website, I found it to be identical with the code I had written. When I tried to run the code I downloaded (presumably, this code was written by the author of the book), it also did not work. Chapter 5 in particular is overflowing with errata, only one of which is addressed in the Errata section of the Sybex website. I don't mind telling you, Mr. Jones, that I feel cheated...I hope you are enjoying the [money] that I paid for this doorstop. I could go on all day about this POS, but I must now go down to the bookstore and try my best not to get swindled again.
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Summary: Excellent book - well worth the price
Review: I found the book to be full of real-world, useful examples. I enjoyed the author's writing style. Seemed to be VERY up to date, including work-arounds for several things I noticed in on-line newsgroups just recently. Helped me decide is was feasible to write many of my web-based apps using VB now. Could be a little bigger, but still a great buy. I would also recommend chapters 12-14 in book ISBN 1-861002-22-X - the only other book to cover webclasses well.
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Summary: Excellent book - well worth the price
Review: I found the book to be full of real-world, useful examples. I enjoyed the author's writing style. Seemed to be VERY up to date, including work-arounds for several things I noticed in on-line newsgroups just recently. Helped me decide is was feasible to write many of my web-based apps using VB now. Could be a little bigger, but still a great buy. I would also recommend chapters 12-14 in book ISBN 1-861002-22-X - the only other book to cover webclasses well.
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Summary: Part of my "Premier" collection
Review: I work as an independent consultant. I need quick reference to materials that can get me out of a jam or provide necessary guidance, quickly. I carry a "Premier" collection of books with me at all times, from project to project. This one was added immediately upon purchase. I DO NOT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT! His sample routine for maintaining state is fantastic! Get this book, read it, work the samples and go do a project! NOW!
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Summary: good, but caveat emptor...
Review: This book has been very useful to me so far--the author seems to have a good grasp of the subject. The issue I have is with the code downloads from the Sybex website--it seems to contain a lot of errors--the code for chapter 7 is especially bad. Also, I wish the auther had not included so much ADO in the book; while I understand that ADO was relatively new when the book was written, I do not feel that it was necessary to include so much of it, since the author says the book is for those who already know VB well. As a result I've had to waste a lot of time tweaking the database code to get it to work with my system, and I haven't learned anything new from doing that.
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Summary: Good introduction to the web via VB WebClasses
Review: This book introduces the Visual Basic developer to the world of the Web primarily via the use of WebClasses. The book provides a concise introduction to WebClasses, IIS, MTS, ASP, ADO, Component-based development, state management, and browser independence. Plenty of relevant coding examples are provided. The chapter of State Management is probably the best chapter, it discusses the various options available for the very real problems of scalability and maintaining state. If you're a VB developer that has little knowledge of the web, then this book is a good introduction, it is aimed at the intermediate-level VB developer. It might be questionable if there a need for a book on WebClasses. WebClasses are, in essence, complied ASP. A very good concept, but if job numbers are a reliable indicator then stick with ASP. A easy, enjoyable read.
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Summary: Waste of perfectly good paper
Review: This is absolutely the most useless tech manual I have ever purchased. They didn't even get the index correct, it must be referring to another manual. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!
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Summary: Not too shabby
Review: This was a pretty good book for someone experienced with Internet content delivery and Visual Basic but not both together. It allowed me to tie my knowledge of both together and often resulted in a lot of lightbulbs over my head. If you're a VB developer who would like to leverage your skill to get into web development, I'd highly recommend you grab this book.
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