Beginning ASP.NET 1.0 with Visual Basic.NET

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 816 pages
• Published by: Wrox June 4, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764543695
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764543692
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.8 inches
• Weighs: 2.5 pounds

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Beginning ASP.NET 1.0 with VB.NET (Paperback) First of all, a good number of my undergraduates like this book as it introduces the bare bones required to get something up and running quite quickly. The downside of the book, from my persusal of it, is that it is less even than it could be, or perhaps should be. In many chapters (especially the crucial early ones) examples are often introduced and developed before their key constructs are properly explained. This is simply confusing to naive readers and highly irritating. For instance, the earliest ASP.net script uses "asp:label" without explaining the syntax or semantics for a another few dozen pages. Unfortunately this is a bit of trend throughout the book and at the very least makes it frustrating. However, once you allow for this, (and it's a big allowance to make) the book is very handy. It has bundles of scripts that anyone involved in web work will find interesting and useful. You can quibble with some of these (the login scripting for example) contra other books such as Professional ASP.NET, but I suspect this is a byproduct of committee authorship. The book is clearly aimed at the learner so don't expect Enterprise quality insights into server management. Given the huge range of architectures and technologies available to the developer, producing any 'true' learner book is a considerable challenge. If you need a book for coursework alone, then this will probably meet most of your needs. If you earn your living with the .NET and its companions, then you need some supplementary texts. Comment | | (Report this)