Active Server Pages (ASP) in Plain English (Professional Mindware)

by Timothy Eden, Patricia A. Hartman

Paperback: 650 pages
Publisher: Hungry Minds, Inc
ISBN: 0764547453; 1st edition (February 15, 2001)

Two Books for the Price of One -- both an interactive reference & tutorial! Active Server Pages In Plain English gives you instant access to ASP through a detailed reference section of key ASP components and languages along with a dense tutorial that describes the programming essentials. Extensive cross-references with live page numbers make this is the perfect book to prop next to your computer while programming with ASP.

Book Info (M&T Books): A guide delivering help with making the most out of Active Server Pages, for users at any level of experience. Offers tutorials filled with examples, showing how to work with the ActiveX Data Object, ActiveX objects, and more. In outline format.

From the Back Cover: Active Server Pages In Plain English Two Books in One! This one-of-a-kind guide delivers just what you need to make the most of Active Server Pages, whether you're new to Web programming or a veteran developer. The book opens with a unique reference section that lets you look things up by keyword, category, and objects and collections, among other terms. Need more answers? The second part delivers concise, example-filled tutorials that show you step-by-step how to work with ASP objects, the ActiveX Data Object, ActiveX objects, and more. Open the Book for Ready-Reference Help…
• ASP In Plain English
• ASP A to Z
• HTML by Category
• VBScript by Category
• SQL by Category
• ASP by Category
• ASP Core Reference
• HTML Reference
• VBScript Reference
• SQL Reference

...or Succinct, Step-by-Step Tutorials
• Getting started with ASP
• VBScript and Active Server Pages
• Objects used for ASP Applications
• Working with the Database: the ADO Object
• Creating Server-Side ActiveX COM Objects
• Visual Basic and Active Server Pages

About the Author: Timothy Eden is a lead e-commerce developer for ExtremeStyle in Jacksonville, Florida. Timothy has over 10 years programming experience. In addition to programming in the world of Active Server Pages, Timothy has also written several articles on the Java language. Patricia Hartman, Ph.D., is a networking and Web design consultant and the author of Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6, among other books.

Customer Reviews
Too hard for beginners, not deep enough for experts, December 11, 2001
Reviewer: A reader from LA CA USA
This book lacks structure, details and an editorial hand. You can buy better, cheaper.

Has ALL syntax and reference of every command needed!!!, November 17, 2001
Reviewer: David Schiessel from Corona, CA
This book has already helped me with answering my quesrions of how to implement a database using ASP. Besides the mimor annoyances of typos here and there (should have edited better), this book is the one-stop resource for ASP Code.

Excellent book for any level of developer, November 6, 2001
Reviewer: A reader from Kansas City, KS
As stated in the other reviews, the book has it all. I am constantly finding myself flipping through the reference it contains. The index for the reference is categorized so efficiently it makes life much easier.

The sample code provided covers many commonly found areas of ASP development, and is self documenting. I am extremely satisfied with the content found within it and would recommend it to developers of any level of experience.

To be very critical... This book stinks!, November 5, 2001
Reviewer: Reader from Piedmont, CA United States
The only thing this book is useful for is reference. Even then, it's very poor reference. The code samples are full of errors and inconsistencies. I would not recommend this book. You can get better learning and reference material online.

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