Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to Professional)

by Matthew MacDonald, Matthew MacDonald, Julian Templeman

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Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C#: From Novice to Professional steers you through the maze of ASP.NET web programming concepts. You will learn language and theory simultaneously, mastering the core techniques necessary to develop good coding practices and enhance your skill set.

This book provides thorough coverage of ASP.NET, guiding you from beginning to advanced techniques, such as querying databases from within a web page and performance-tuning your site. You'll find tips for best practices and comprehensive discussions of key database and XML principles.

The book also emphasizes the invaluable coding techniques of object orientation and code-behind, which will enable you to build real-world websites instead of just scraping by with simplified coding practices. By the time you finish this book, you will have mastered the core techniques essential to professional ASP.NET developers.

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Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

Very good book for learning ASP.NET and C#, 2008-11-29
This is a very good book for learning the fundamentals of both ASP.NET and C#.

The book first provides an overview of the C# elements that any programmer will need. Then, it moves on to cover all the important aspects of ASP.NET.

It does have several mistakes, including errors in the example code. But, this is typical of computer programming books and all the errors I've seen are pretty easily identified. If the book had received better technical reviewing and eliminated these errors I would have given it 5 stars.

The book is written for programmers having experience with other languages. It dives right in to the substance of C# and ASP.NET. Previous coding, especially in object-oriented languages, will certainly benefit.

Someone with no programming experience should first 1) learn about object-oriented programming and 2) read a more basic book on this topic.

This is not to say you need to be a guru. Those with any reasonable programming experience can benefit from this book. For experienced programmers who want to learn ASP.NET and C# this is for you.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1 out of 5 stars

Theory !, 2008-04-17
I bought this book a while ago and have been reading it. I lost interest in the way the author deals with the topics. It is all theory and text. Developers need the real deal. Not just flab stuff. The novices will only confused with the way the info has been presented. I got the Wrox professional series and it is lot beter. Save money.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

A very good book for anyone who wants to learn ASP .NET, 2006-11-09
I bought this book after someone had recommended it on a discussion forum. And that person was right. This book is perfect for the person who wants to learn ASP .NET using C# language. It covers almost every aspect of ASP .NET and C#. It's straight to the point with good examples. It requires some basic knowledge of programming, so if you are a begginer programmer and want to learn ASP .NET and the C# language buy this book.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2 out of 5 stars

Incorrect Code , 2006-10-27
When I first started to work with this book I was actually impressed. The author seemed to be clear and easy to understand. But once we started getting into code the whole thing started falling apart. The code samples in the book frequently just dont work. From typo's which are easy to find to entirely left out concepts and sections of necessary code. At first in the more basic section of the book it's not so bad because the programs are simple and its usually fairly easy to figure out where the mistake was. But the further in you get and the more complex the code becomes the worse it gets. In some samples short of opening up his own downloadable sample code and looking at where his sample code is completely different from what he is telling you to do in the book it is virtually impossible for a beginner to the language to figure out.

Now me I'm just stubborn so I stick with it until I figure it out but I frequently have to go to outside sources and chat groups to try and figure out what the problem is which in my opinion just shouldn't be the case in a well thought out book. Maybe if it was a professional book where the user is suppose to have some knowledge it would be acceptable. But for a beginner to have to try and figure out entire concepts and classes that are missing entirely from the examples and are vital to the successful implimentation of the code. Well that is just unacceptable. Its sloppy and a book that costs 49.99 ought to be free of such errors.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3 out of 5 stars

Ambitious but left me wanting..., 2006-07-24
I had a mixed reaction to this book. It's obvious that Mr. MacDonald is quite knowledgeable, but I think this book chews off a bit more than it can swallow. It was all there, but I don't know if a beginner would have the patience to read this book cover to cover. As a "Beginning ASP.NET" book it has a very cursory overview of programming basics, object oriented programming, .NET Framework including the Basic Class Library (BCL formerly the FCL) and the CLR. There's an introduction to Visual Studio 2005 and C#.

It is over 1,000 pages, but I'm not sure that a beginner reading this book could successfully write a solid web application when they were done. I think the book would have been more successful if it helped you build an application in a step-by-step fashion, explained and introducing specific concepts. The organization of the chapters was also a little awkward. There's a discussion of modifying web.config settings programmatically in the web form fundamentals chapter before really getting into web site configuration. Tracing, logging and error handling is discussed I think a little too early.

This was an ambitious endeavor, but I wish it would have covered less, but in more depth.

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