Rescued By Active Server Pages and ASP.NET

by Rob Francis

Paperback: 580 pages
Publisher: Delmar Learning
ISBN: 0766849457; 1st edition (December 15, 2001)

Rescued by Active Server Pages and ASP.NET is a complete book and reference for working with Active Server Pages (ASP) that will appeal to anyone trying to get into this high-demand field. The book provides an excellent introduction to the existing standard, Active Server Pages 3.0, as well the upcoming release of ASP.NET. The reality is that anyone wanting to become an Active Server Pages developer will need to be fluent in both styles, as they co-exist and will both be in sites for years to come.

The first part of the book introduces the reader to the basics and fundamentals of ASP, including working with HTML and VBScript, giving the reader a solid foundation to build more complex and intricate sites using Active Server Pages. This resource covers all of the intrinsic objects of Active Server Pages 3.0, including the Active Server Pages Object Model and a clear explanation of server-side scripting vs. client-side scripting.

Later chapters cover some common requirements of developers when working with ASP, including e-mailing, handling page counters, and determining properties and capabilities of remote browsers, to name a few. The book also introduces the reader to the Structured Query Language (SQL) and working with databases, which is an important aspect of Active Server Pages.

In the book’s final section, the reader moves on to ASP.NET and covers the new methods of creating and compiling Active Server Pages. With plenty of new areas to cover, the book takes a no-nonsense, practical approach to achieving common goals. With plenty of hands-on exercises in this section, the reader will quickly be very comfortable with Visual Studio.NET for everything from creating simple Web Forms to designing new classes and custom Web controls.

Customer Reviews
Great intro to ASP.NET, February 25, 2002
Reviewer: A reader from Glendale, AZ
I was very intimidated about moving to ASP.NET. This book's seven lessons on ASP.NET got me up and running the same day! Very easy to understand and follows -- explains the differences you must know to get started.

great book for beginners, February 18, 2002
Reviewer: A reader from Orlando, FL
I had never created an active server page before. My Web site had over a dozen after my first weekend with the book. The lessons make the process very easy!

The best book I have found, February 17, 2002
Reviewer: A reader from Oakland, CA USA
This is by far the easiest book to understand that I have found for Active Server Pages -- my hats off to Rob Francis (I just bought his Visual Basic book -- I hope it is as good). I have been trying to use PHP -- Francis makes ASP very easy to understand and shows how to integrate key objects to perform complex tasks. PHP even makes more sense now ... but I am going to stick with ASP.

I am not using ASP.NET yet, so I can't comment on that part of the book. The ASP material is very good and very easy.

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