Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in VB 2005: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: from Novice to Professional)

by Matthew MacDonald

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The most up-to-date and comprehensive introductory ASP.NET book youll find on any shelf, Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in VB 2005 guides you through Microsofts latest technology for building dynamic websites. Youll learn to build dynamic web pages quickly, with only basic prior knowledge of Visual Basic. Included is thorough coverage of ASP.NET, to guide you from your first steps to advanced techniques like querying databases from within a web page and performance-tuning your site.

This book includes "best practices" and comprehensive discussions about key database and XML principles, which are essential for you to become effective with ASP.NET. The book also emphasizes the invaluable coding techniques of object orientation and code behind, which will enable you to build real-world websites immediatelyrather than just scraping by with simplified coding practices. By the time youve finished this book, you will have mastered the core techniques and possess the necessary knowledge to begin work as a professional ASP.NET developer.

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Average Customer Review: 4 out of 5 stars

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Phenomenal book. Covers MANY topics. Great reference book for ASP.NET, 2008-08-02
Of all of the books I have purchased for ASP.NET (VB) so far, this book is the best. It covers most if not all topics needed for the intermediate ASP.NET developer. Good writing style with clear ideas and examples. The book is organized well and it is easy to find the particular topic you are looking for.
I think it may be the best ASP.NET book for the price and would recommend to anybody who needs a reference manual for their web development in ASP.NET.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

What a teacher!, 2008-04-24
Another excellent book. The writter not only presents the subeject very well but his was way of presenting the information and samples are well choreographed. No time wasted, to the point. Hope that he writes other books.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4 out of 5 stars

Answer to a review, 2007-06-14
Sylvia B. Gonzalez, ASP.NET is really not a beginning subject. I have been in the business for more than 40 years, it is not an easy business. That is the reason they pay us well.

Just keep reading, find a book that is best for the way you learn.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding Reference, 2007-01-09
I teach a web application development course for experienced MIS undergraduate students at a huge southern university. This is the second edition of MadDonald's in VB I have used and will continue to use it as long as he keeps publishing them. My students will have had two programming courses in which they use VB and are very experienced with database design, SQL, and stored procedures.

The book provides superb coverage of the development and execution environment, the fundamentals of coding and contols, data connectivity, security, and performance issues. Unlike most other references (at least for VB 2003) MacDonald focuses exclusively on the code-behind pages and doesn't try to mix up the VB code in the HTML pages.

The book contains a superb brief overview of web services--definitely enough for my students to create and field their own.

The explanations and examples are well written and easy to follow for this audience.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1 out of 5 stars

NOT HELPFUL, 2006-12-21
This book was not helpful it does not give any exercises it jumps from one topic to another. The book is suppose to be for beginners not advanced.

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