ASP.Net: Your Visual blueprint for creating web applications on the .NET framework

ASP.NET: Your visual blueprint for creating Web applications on the .NET Framework shows you everything you need to create dynamic Web applications. Each step is displayed with callouts so you can see exactly where the action takes place on the screen. Arm yourself with detailed coverage of over 100 tasks and other ASP.NET functions, including easy and advanced web forms, accessing data, application management, and migrating from other languages. Also included is a special appendix on .NET language reference that explains Visual Basic.NET, C#, and Jscript.NET and an e-version of the book with tons of usable code, the latest SOAP toolkit and reference library for .NET platform.

User review
Lots of errors and hard to read screen-shots
This book was a major disappointment after having read other Maran Graphic books. There are alot of errors and the screen shots have been reduced down in size to the point where they are barely legible. Instead of putting the related subjects together, the book jumps around. For example, the book should put all of the `Request` statements together and all of the `Response` statements together. The authors were either in a hurry to get this book to press or just didn't know ASP.Net as well as they should have. You cannot teach a subject unless you know that subject like the back of your hand.

User review
Lots of errors in the book
In learning a new language, its imperative that the book is 100% accurate, some of the code in the book was incorrect and caused errors. I emailed the publisher and eventually it was resolved. However, after losing confidence in the book, I can not recommend this book. I can recommend with five start the ASP 3.0 which they publish, which is my most used book, but this dot net version was a let down. If the book gets fixed, I would consider updating my review. The book does have other good information, but since there are no `bubbles` that say,, this code is bad, and will not work,, I would pass on this book until the revised.

User review
C#.Net ?
This is an absolutely fabulous intro to .Net. I do agree with the other readers the title of this book is slightly misleading given that it concentrates only on C#. However the beauty of .Net is that it really doesn't matter what you're coding in, your money will still wind up in Bill's account.

What I like about this book is that it starts out with building applications on the command line witch gives the reader a bottom up view of how C# applications work. The reader is then transitioned to web controls. All of the examples shown are practical applications that only a web developer would be interested in so there is no wasted time on the learning curve. This book really doesn't get too deep into the .Net environment or language but it makes a good intro, especially for people like myself who are only interested in the web application side of C#.

Another thing that really works for me is the examples are laid out very clearly and the reader sees the code as it actually exists, so there are no difficulties with assembling the examples into a finished product. I am a visual learner and if you are as well you will find that this book's format works well. Less talk,,.more work. Great book.

User review
Great Information, too broken up
This book is great at showing you how to do individual tasks with ASP.NET, but fails to bring it all together into a coherent picture of what a complete ASP.NET application should be like. If you want to quickly find out how to do one of the 130 or so tasks that this book covers (i.e. `Request Single Line Input`, `Declare a Variable`, `Work with XML Data Sources`, and `Using Forms Authentication`), it is explained clearly. It also explains clearly the changes needed to migrate from ASP and VBScript to ASP.NET and VB.NET, from JavaScript to JavaScript.NET, and has plenty of C# examples.

I was misled by the title of the book, it's more of a set of building blocks than a blueprint.

User review
Straightforward, Organized, Concise
This is a well written book. As a programmer I find that most books are either cumbersome references (i.e. Microsoft books) or are tutorials for the novice coder.

This book combines those two styles into a coherent and easy-to-read reference that gives programmers not only the tools necessary to create robust, flexible applications but the means by which to create them.

The authors have experience as programmers, architects, project managers as well as technical trainers. All these facets of their career show up in the style and content of this book. As a programmer on medium- to large-scale projects, I found this book to be very useful.