ASP 3 Instant Reference

by Evangelos Petroutsos

Paperback: 477 pages
ISBN: B00005U4V3; 1st edition (July 15, 2000)

This is an indispensable quick reference to one of the Web's hottest technologies, Active Server Pages. ASP allows developers to create, deliver, and deploy interactive Web applications that run on Microsoft's Internet Information Server. The technology can now be used on Unix and Linux as well. The market is expected to grow quickly as more and more companies develop e-commerce Web sites. Author Petroutsos wrote the best-selling Mastering Visual Basic 6 and Mastering Database Programming with VB 6, both from Sybex.

A desktop resource with complete, logically organized coverage of properties, methods, and events for all ASP objects. Illustrates the proper use of properties and methods using clear examples. Also highlights the new features of ASP 3.

Customer Reviews
Web Developer looking for ASP reference in General?, December 7, 2000
Reviewer: david_gregory from Freemont, CA United States
Dont bother with this book if you are a Current web developer looking for a desktop reference book. Yes, this book is informative, but it is geared more towards VB programmers who are changing over to the web. It is also emphasisizes in designing components and not toward ASP in general. (I wish I would have read further before I bought this book.)

O'Reilly makes a great PHP Pocket Reference book that I found great and informative and most of all QUICK! The layout was simple and much more geared for a web developer. I was hoping this book would accomplish that but I was wrong. Overall, this book is most likely a great read for a programmer that already has a good grasp of VB and wants to know what can be done with ASP and how to make components for ASP driven sites. The layout of the book is oriented much toward an experienced programmer instead of a Web Developer that is stumped on a section of code and wants a quick reference to fix it.

One of the better ASP books, September 6, 2000
Reviewer: Newton D Martin from Stafford, VA USA
This book is certainly one of the better ASP reference books. It dispenses with clutter. It is written in a short, narrative and informative style. I could have saved a fortune on other ASP books, if I had purchased this book first.

Good quick reference., July 30, 2000
Reviewer: Derek Coons from Columbus, OH USA
I had bought several of the Wrox books on ASP earlier. All of them were pretty good but it took a while to look up the information I was looking for. I also was having trouble finding much information about transactions in the Wrox books and most of the other books about ASP, while this book does contain information about transactions. This little book is a great compact and quick reference book. It also has some nice code examples. I wouldn't recommend this for a beginner since it doesn't provide enough guidance or examples. I would recommend it as a great reference for someone who already knows some ASP, and wants to have a quick reference to all the properties and methods of the objects in ASP. Well Organized.

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