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Summary: Awesome
Review: This is a great overall book. I had a solid background in HTML, JavaScript, ect, and had done just a couple of things when I bought this.It's great to learn key concepts as well as to find the syntax for what you want to do. I've used several other asp books, namly the wrox beg and advanced, and I prefer this one. Even though the book's huge, I still have to look stuff up in other books or online, but that's to be expected. I wish he went into sql a little more. Recommended.
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Summary: Too theoretical
Review: This is not a bad book, however, there are better ones out there. The author assumes absolutely no previous programing experience and therefore even includes a HTML tutorial, which is unnecessary in my opinion. Why would you get into ASP if you don't even know basic HTML? Moreover, the examples provided are too far removed from reality. The author just piles on the different objects, requests etc. without giving evidence of them being actually useful in real life. This book is more of a reference than anything else. For actually starting ASP, I'd rather recommend "Sams teach yourself ASP in 21 days", supplemented by Wrox's "Beginning ASP databases" if you're into more serious development.
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Summary: Not for Beginners
Review: This text did teach me some things, but the author did not comment his code. He sometimes wrote sample code that spanned 3 or 4 pages and did not comment the code or explain what he wrote in detail. I am a beginner to ASP but not to VB and he over programs and uses too many intricate functions that no programmer could quickly understand WITHOUT COMMENTS.
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Summary: Best ASP book so far
Review: Very readable and useful. This is the most complete ASP book I've read so far. Unlike many ASP books, it doesn't just rehash the on-line documentation. It covers everything you need--VBScript, JavaScript, ADO, using and building COM components, MTS/COM+ and even shows you how to get started with XML.
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Summary: Bad Book!...
Review: Well, if you are looking for frustration this book will help you to experience plenty of it! The sample code is really bad. The examples are also incomplete. It seems that the goal of this book was thickness not accuracy. It's possible to read 10-12 pages just to learn almost nothing. Too much worthless filler....I was hoping that I would learn more than just how much anger I can feel towards a book....
Rating:
Summary: Bad Book!...
Review: Well, if you are looking for frustration this book will help you to experience plenty of it! The sample code is really bad. The examples are also incomplete. It seems that the goal of this book was thickness not accuracy. It's possible to read 10-12 pages just to learn almost nothing. Too much worthless filler....I was hoping that I would learn more than just how much anger I can feel towards a book....
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