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Beginning ASP.NET 2.0
by Chris Hart, John Kauffman, David Sussman, Chris Ullman
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Wrox (2005-11-10)
ISBN: 0764588508
EAN: 9780764588501
Dewey Decimal #: 005.276
Binding/Media: Paperback - 792 pages
Edition: illustrated edition
SKU: 102309-0575
Condition: New
Comments: 0764588508 New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Urk...:P
Rating  (3)
Date: 2010-04-24
I found this book in the library and I'm trying to learn ASP.NET. It's probably an OK manual but OMG, the writing. It's verbose, patronising and timewasting
Check out this jewel from the intro to chapter four:
"The concept of membership appeals to human beings on a low level, and stems from the sense of wanting to belong to a group. We want to feel part of the team, and for others to know who we are, so it was only a matter of time before hte Web jumped on the bandwagon and adopted this concept as a way of life."
all that on a chapter on security. Do you really NEED to wade through this longwinded twaddle?
Or this one:
"It's a fact that you will get errors when creating applications, and that's okay. We all make mistakes, so this is nothing to be ashamed of or worried about"
Aww...
Seriously, this book could have done with a bit of editing. They could have added more highlights, perhaps a quick recipe section with "how to's" and more code samples. Other than that, it's probably a decent enough manual. I need to get a CRM application started by the end of the weekend and having to sort of out the useful bits from the general chattiness is giving me the pip.
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Beginning ASP.NET 2.0
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-10-09
Really good book for learning ASP.NET. I've been using it for my course at University and it's just easy to follow and understand.
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Are they serious!
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-05-08
I cant believe this book ever made it to the presses. This book is so disorganized and chaotic. The exercises and examples are very difficult to understand and comprehend what the authors are trying to get us to achieve. Some examples that should have been written in VB were written in Javascript. I do not recommend this book to anyone unless you need to prop up the leg of your coffee table or a booster for your young child. I am very disappointed and frustrated. I hope the other Wrox titles out there are not as bad as this one.
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Disaster
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-01-19
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you enjoy spending ages correlating a colossal errata with its respective book, then this book is for you.
If you enjoy following instruction to the letter to find the project crash, then this book is for you.
If you enjoy code-generating wizards as distinct from writing code, then this book is for you.
It was not for me.
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Not for beginners - confusing to read
Rating (2)
Date: 2007-08-04
I bought this book because it had the word "Beginning" in the title, but I'm having trouble getting past Chapter 2 because the book is so confusing. The authors need to do a better job clarifying how they set up the sample sites. For example, instructions are left out explaining that you have to unzip and copy chapter 2 to the folder that contains your web site, then open Chapter 2 as a separate web site from Chapter 1. You have to figure it for yourself. I was stuck thinking I was suppose to add a new item called Chapter 2, like I did in the first chapter. The book also has you looking for property items that don't exist. I couldn't add a CSS to the site.master because the property doesn't exist. If the property does exist, I don't know where it is since the Properties picture in the book doesn't match with WVD Express 2005 Properties features for a site.master page. And, when I try using the web site admin tool as instructed in Chapter 2, I get error messages.
The lack of clarity in the instructions and the bugs makes this a very difficult book to learn from for the beginning student. I am very frustrated with this book and I'm only on Chapter 2. I will continue to stumble through the book, but ignore all error messages and parts that don't make sense. Hopefully, I'll pick up some useful information that I can transfer once I find a better book.
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