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Title: Microsoft ASP.NET Step by Step by G. Andrew Duthie ISBN: 0-7356-1287-0 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 19 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (32 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Asp Net Review By Brad
Comment: This book is well written and supported by the author at the books site (see CD that comes with book for details) on various web sites(eg. ASPGNVS). It has a fairly even mix of code and explanation. Used in conjunction with "Visual Studio.Net ASP Quick Start Tutorial" (assuming you have them) you will be pleasantly surprised at how they compliment each other. This also assumes you prefer to use a methodical approach to learning ASP.NET. I can see why this is a Microsoft Press Book as they are generally better at getting the important details out. If you come away disappointed with this book then it could mean that you did not work hard enough to see what points the author was trying to convey in each chapter or you tried to consume the book in one or three days. My recommendation is to go with this book if you are new to ASP.NET (or the net framework) and you want to get up to speed on ASP.NET without getting overwhelmed.
The reason why I did not rate it 5 Stars is because of a few typo's(corrections are available at the web site) and the example in chapter 11 regarding accessing and binding data with SQL could have had more information on using the UPDATE command by including it in code(perhaps as a scrolling text bar) rather than adding it in as a comment(Page 309 of the book). But perhaps the intention was to get the reader to apply their own skills at it and get them motivated to code rather than be led by the hand and remain oblivious to how it really works...
Rating: 2
Summary: Not a "Step - By - Step" Book
Comment: I purchased this book with the hope of having a relatively straight forward book that would walk me through the creation of an ASP.net Application "Step-by-Step". I guess I had set my hopes too high. I am already 300 pages into the book and I have only encountered one really useful example (in my opininon).
This book does contain some very useful information, but it should not have been called a "Step-By-Step" book.
Just a side note: C# is mentioned occasionally but this book is mainly discusses VB.net.
Rating: 1
Summary: Where is the first step?
Comment: This is not a step by step book; it was designed as reference type of book. I'm not rating the contents of this book. I'm rating the disappointment this book will cause the readers. If I buy a book with a "step by step" clearly indicated on its title, I'm expecting to be walked through a project explaining the different features of ASP.net. Instead the author has used a style that is totally alien to the phrase "step by step". He should have looked at other "step by step" books to see how they present their subject to the reader before he committed himself to writing this book.
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