Rescued By Active Server Pages and ASP.NET
Product Description
Rescued by ASP is a complete book and reference for working with Active Server Pages (ASP) that will appeal to both new and advanced users and developers of ASP. The first part of the book introduces the reader to the basics and fundamentals of ASP, giving the reader a solid foundation to build more complex and intricate sites using Active Server Pages. In Part II, the book covers some of the common requirements of developers when working with ASP. Some of these common requirements include e-mailing, working with files, handling page counters, and determining properties and capabilities of remote browsers, to name a few. In Part III, the book introduces the reader to the Structured Query Language (SQL) and working with databases. This section includes working with Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server. In Part IV, the reader is shown how to use advanced methods to enhance ASP and extend the capabilities of the language by creating various component models, as well as learning the difference between these component models. Debugging and error handling techniques to aid in overcoming obstacles when writing Active Server Pages, as well as creating user friendly pages that handle problems gracefully, are also covered.
Rescued By Active Server Pages and ASP.NET
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
I love this book. The writing style is easy to understand, and carries the reader forward in a natural progression. It’s a book that can be read straight through. It has great tutorials on VBScript and SQL (although I wanted more on SQL), and a lot of friendly ASP tutorials. Definitely a great book for the library. It’s hard to find everything you need to develop a web application in one book, which is why I give this one 5 stars. I can get quick answers, or read through for more complete understanding. I have a lot of ASP books, but this is my favorite due to its completeness and easy, friendly writing style. I love Kris Jamsa books, and now I’m adding Rob Francis books to my Must Have list.
Rating: 5 / 5
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
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!
Rating: 5 / 5