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Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with VB 2005
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Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with VB 2005 |
Author: Anne Boehm
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List price: $52.50
Our price: $33.08
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As of: October 07th, 2008 01:36:54 AM
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Not for beginners
I don't where the other reviews about this book being good for beginners is coming from.
I have solid programming experience in C and Visual Basic 6 and two semesters of Java. I have also 10 years experience with regular HTML.
I have even worked through all the exercises in Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# & VB by Cristian Darie and Zak Ruvalcaba.
Thank goodness I had that going for me, because I would have been lost otherwise in chapters 2 and 3.
The example in Chapter 2 should have been about the Order.aspx page which is used in the remaining chapters of the book. Instead the authors go off on a tangent using as an example a different webpage which isn't ever used again later on in the book.
The first 2 or 3 chapters are critical, and I strongly believe that the authors need to SHOW how to go about creating the Design views of Orders.aspx and Cart.aspx pages that they discuss extensively in Chapter 3. They basically just throw the screen captures up thinking that the discussion in Chapter 2 would be useful and helpful. Not!
They also put up the code for both Product.vb and CartItem.vb without specifically telling the reader which should go where. A no-no for beginners.
I also agree with a previous review which said that the dual-page approach is a great waste of paper because much of the text was redundant.
I am not saying it's a bad book, but it is not as good as it could be.
It is for people who have some programming and HTML experience.
Good Reference Book
I thought it was a good reference book - not one you could read cover to cover. It seemed to jump around a bit more than I liked. It covered most of the need-to-know topics.
I tend to work in the source code window more than the design window, and this book tends to do the latter. It's not a bad thing, it's just different.
All in all, it's a good book, but some of the topics/concepts seem forced into the application you are creating throughout the book.
 The best text on .NET 2.0 development using VB I've found ...
I've spent hours and hours on Amazon, on messageboards, sitting on the floor at Borders reading thru every ASP.NET book available, and it seemed none came close to this book for real-world, comprehensive teaching and practice. I have not been dissapointed, as I am almost finished and the book has helped me get up to speed after a long layoff (I last programmed Classic ASP years ago). Each example builds on the previous one to build a completed application. Awesome.
Just what I was looking for...
It seems to be just what I was looking for in a training and reference book.
Wonderful Book!
When I received the book I had a hard time putting it down. It hit the nail right on the head, as to what I was looking for. Detailed information is great, and can be used as a reference also. You don't have to waste time sifting through page after page trying to find what you need. One page has the details and the other is reference!
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