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Summary: Confusing, full of mistakes and badly explained
Review: This has to be the worst computer book I have ever read. It is very confusing, badly explained and full of mistakes.
It starts off with an overview of the .NET architecture which is totally meaningless. Nothing is explained, jargon is thrown about without clarification and there are some obscure diagrams which are not explained and don't mean anything.
The book is supposedly aimed at Classic ASP programmers (amongst others), yet spends a very dull chapter giving an overview of ASP.NET, without bothering to point out that almost everything explained is EXACTLY the same as Classic ASP.
The chapters on controls are really badly explained. He doesn't bother telling you what's going on, just gives some code (which is as full of mistakes as the text) and doesn't explain most of it. He throws in new controls and code without saying why or what it does.
Most of the text is self-contradictory and confusing. It swings from stunningly basic explanations of simple concepts to complex ideas that just aren't clarified. You are elft in total confusion.
The book is supposed to have a companion web site, but it doesn't exist.
In short, this book is not worth receiving as a present, never mind paying good money for. Given the normally high standards of Que's books, I can't imagine how they allowed this one to be published, especially with so many errors in it.
Don't buy it. Don't even steal it, it's that bad.
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Summary: Using ASP.NET, a Bit
Review: What a disappoitment!...this book is full of errors. I'm not talking of trivial errors either, but of the jaw-dropping variety. For instance, in chapter 7, the author keeps referring to the web.config file as "config.web". Additionally, I've already come across several other major errors in the code examples, more than found in the online errata section. I guess listing them all would be too embarrassing! Sure, the book is an easy read. It's an easy read because it's neither in-depth, nor detailed. Often, a lot of concepts in the code examples are never explained properly. Using ASP.NET??? If you use this book, the errors and the lack of in-depth coverage will leave you dazed, you will end up with more questions than answers, and you will soon be looking for a better book to help you learn ASP.NET in earnest.
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