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* Learn to obtain, install and configure all the necessary software
* Build a fully functional ecommerce store and shopping cart
* Discover database and programming concepts by creating an Intranet with a dynamic navigation menu and company email newsletter
ASP.NET is one of the most popular Web Development technologies available today. As a Web Developer its becoming increasingly important to learn the ins-and-outs of a technology that’s now used by Accenture, Compaq, PC Magazine, AIG, Bank of Nova Scotia, Adobe, Dell, and Ford. "Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# & VB.NET" teaches from the ground-up everything you need to create a dynamic, database-driven Website. All you need is familiarity with HTML, Graphic Design and the Internet basics. The book introduces programming concepts, databases and database design and walks you through obtaining, installing and configuring all the software you need, without having to spend a dime. Then, step-by-step, the book walks through - Building a fully-functional Intranet, including a dynamic navigation menu - Creating a fully-functional shopping cart with PayPal for credit card processing - Developing an e-commerce store with multiple products - All while writing best-practice code, ensuring application security and creating professional error handling routines Unlike most beginner’s ASP.NET books on the market, you’ll get the choice of two languages that you can use to develop ASP.NET applications: C# (pronounced see-sharp) and VB.NET. You can choose which one you want to use, and follow-it throughout the book. "Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# & VB.NET" also includes download access to all the code presented in the book in both C# and VB.NET, so there’s no need to spend hours retyping code from scratch. You can just take the code and adapt them to your own custom applications, saving you valuable time and effort. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Zak Ruvalcaba | | Paperback:
| 763 pages | | Publisher:
| SitePoint Pty Ltd | | Publication Date:
| 2004-03 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0957921861 | | Package Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.65 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 43 reviews |
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 Near perfect ASP.NET tutorialDec 18, 2009
I started off trying to read Wrox 'Beginning ASP.NET' but found it pretty dry and not that comprehensive as a tutorial so I gave up after a few hundred pages and bought this instead.
Although the Sitepoint books always seem to be aimed at beginners I normally find the information to be pitched at the perfect level even as an experienced developer. In fact I find the title of the book a bit self-defeating as it makes it sound a bit lightweight when it is really a great tutorial for anyone, including professional developers who are new to ASP.NET. I really appreciate that they keep the information as concise and entertaining as possible and do not fill out pages just for the sake of it and then put the word 'Pro' on the cover ;-)
After struggling with other books, I have been flying through this one. Within the first 150 pages it has covered most of ASP.NET in a very good level of detail while providing all examples in both VB and C#. I was also amazed at the depth in which this book covers SQL Server - there is enough information in there to get you up and running with SQL Server even if you had never used a relational database before.
Overall, this has to be the best tutorial on ASP.NET.
Probably the best combination for learning ASP.NET is this as a tutorial along with Pro ASP.NET in C# (Apress) as a more detailed reference.
 Good bookSep 07, 2009
I initially rated this book as 3 stars, but in fairness to the authors, the contents are quite informative and the approach on teaching is different from Wrox beginning book. This book is more on coding, while the other book I mentioned is more on drag and drop. Overall this is a good book, but if you want a better one, check Wrox beginning book on[...]. I recommend this book to beginners to website programming, then suggest you read these two books and head on to read the books with PRO titles.
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Excellent book to learn ASP.NETMar 31, 2009
The book is easy to read, the code is easy to implement and works exactly as explained. I found everything to be very well explained, so I never had to spend extra time on trying to figure out a missing step, which is usually what prevents me from getting the code to execute in other textbooks. The material is very well presented and organized and all the features explained are very useful. I would recommend this book to everyone who has never used ASP before and would like to quickly learn it. I have programming background, so that may be helpful for the quick and easy understanding :)
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BUILD ASP.NET 3.5 WEBSITES, AND THEY WILL COME!!Feb 06, 2009
Do you want to learn how to build rich and interactive web sites that run on the Microsoft platform? If you do, then this book is for you! Authors Cristian Darie and Wyatt Barnett, have done an outstanding job of writing the third edition of a book that shows you how to create a feature-rich, data-driven, and interactive web site.
Darie and Barnett, begin by introducing you to ASP.NET basics and the .NET platform. You'll see how to obtain and install Visual Web Developer 2008; and, get instructions for downloading and installing the free edition of Visual Web Developer 2008, called the Express Edition. Next, the authors show you how to create a new web site and how to add new elements like pages to it. Then, they show you how to make good use of how to construct ASP.NET Web pages and build Web applications. They continue by introducing you to the large number of server controls that are available, explain what they are used for, and show you how to use them. Next, the authors introduce you to programming with a strong focus on programming web pages and VB and C# programming basics. Then, they help you to centralize the looks of controls and other visual elements in your site. The authors continue by showing you how to programmatically send users from one page to another. Next, they show you how to create and use User Controls and enhance them with some programmatic intelligence. They continue by showing you how to accept, validate, and process user input using ASP.NET server controls. Additionally, they show you how to use validation controls. Next, the authors show you how to use the built-in ASP.NET Ajax features to enhance the presence of your web pages, thus resulting in a smoother interaction with the web site. Then, they show you the basics of SQL, the query language that allows you to access and alter data in a database; as well as, database design and development. They continue showing you how to use the ASP.NET data-bound and data source controls to create a rich interface that enables your users to interact with the data in the database that these controls target. Finally, the authors show you what LINQ is all about, how to use the visual LINQ designer built into Visual Web Developer; how to speak SQL; display content using data lists; explain what Ado.Net is all about; manage content by using grid view and details view; access advanced data; implement security and user authentication; and work with files and email.
This most excellent book will help you create a great foundation to build any type of web site, ranging from simple hobby-related web sites to sites you may be creating for commercial purposes. More importantly, it will show you how to obtain and install Visual Web Developer.
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Nicely presented material and easy to understand...Dec 18, 2008
I had a really good look at this alongside about 10 other books (in a book store for a few hours) and it was one of two that I finally selected. What I really like is the fact that the website screenshots looks like a decent professional website. So many of these ASP.Net books show screenshots of websites that look totally amateurish and unusable in the real World. I like to see programming books that show slick results and this book fixes that problem with some very cool screenshots.
It has decent technical coverage of the material and it's very nicely laid out and easy to digest.
It's a great beginner/intermediate level book if you're just starting out.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
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