Description:
This is a fine introduction to programming for the Internet the Microsoft way, using Active Server Pages (ASPs) and the Web-development tool Visual InterDev 6. The author covers the fundamentals of creating dynamic, database-driven Web pages that can serve as the starting point for any commercial Web site. Early sections look at the new Visual InterDev design environment, which features improved RAD (rapid application development)-tool functionality and database support. Lessons explore the basics of creating InterDev projects. The author gives you background on database objects using Microsoft's ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and the database tools in Visual InterDev. Then he discusses ASP programming itself with basic server-side objects and additional database support. Advanced topics include Dynamic HTML (DHTML) basics and how to exploit the power of scriptlets. Next are tutorials on real-world issues of developing and maintaining Web sites with Visual InterDev and team development with Visual SourceSafe (a version-control package used in Visual Studio 6 that also contains Visual InterDev). This hands-on tutorial highlights the considerable strengths of Visual InterDev 6 and makes a good case that anyone can learn to program with databases on the Web. This well-structured set of tutorials can show you how to get on board with ASP development. --Richard Dragan
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