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Title: Professional Active Server Pages 3.0 by Alex Homer ISBN: 1-86100-261-0 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (77 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must-read for enterprise web developers
Comment: Being an enterprise web developer, I found this book to be the absolute best in its field. It covers a very wide spectrum of fields any web developer working with Microsoft web technology should know, including ADO, ADSI, ASP, CDO, COM+, error handling, MSMQ, Windows DNA, XML, and a whole lot more (note that this book is primarily oriented at web developers who's target platform is Windows 2000 and IIS 5.0, but I also found it to be extremely useful for use on Windows NT 4.0 and IIS 4.0, since the authors clearly indicate features that are new to Windows 2000 and IIS 5.0). The writing style is absolutely excellent and gives clear tips on code optimization and performance. I have read literally dozens of different books on these subjects, and none has come close to this one. Although this book is not for beginners, it is, in my opinion, good for anyone who wants to advance their career on the web or become an web developer. This is definitely a book you will want to read from cover to cover, and use as a reference. At just about any price, it's a steal.
Rating: 3
Summary: Valuable technical reference, but too BLOATED.
Comment: I'll agree with the many other reviews that rate this book as an extremely knowledgeable reference on ASP, perhaps the definitive reference.
However, there are several points that make this book somewhat unappealing from a practical perspective.
First, note that it was written by 15 different authors. This incorporates many different writing styles, making it unwieldy. The previous edition was written by 8 people. Do not attempt to use either book as a cover-to-cover tutorial.
Second, the code examples are written almost exclusively in VBScript, although the book acknowledges that Javascript (also known as JScript) would work just as effectively. From a real-world perspective, I have found that many ASP programmers prefer to use Javascript for both server-side and client-side development.
The use of 2 scripting languages in one application is simply impractical. VBScript persists mainly because it is a Microsoft invention, as is ASP itself. However, Javascript (or ECMA Script) has become the industry-standard scripting language for web-based applications.
Another issue with the code examples is that they are not line-numbered. For short examples, this is not an issue. But for larger code modules (as one would encounter in the real world), line-numbering is considered part of best practices in explaining and debugging code before it is deployed.
For readers with any ASP background, this book would be a useful desktop reference. Carrying it around in your briefcase may cause lower back strain.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good for reference, not for studying.
Comment: This book covers most of topic you may need. So, you can use it as a reference on ASP3. But it is not for beginner or for studying from a ground. It is quite hard-to-read, not explained in-depth, and it made me quite ???.
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Title: Beginning Active Server Pages 3.0 by David Buser, John Kauffman, Juan T. Llibre, Brian Francis, Dave Sussman, Chris Ullman, Jon Duckett ISBN: 0764543636 Publisher: Wrox Pub. Date: 11 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: ASP 3.0 Programmer's Reference by D. Richard/Denault Anderson, John Schenken ISBN: 1861003234 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 15 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Beginning ASP Databases by Kevin John/Spencer Kauffman, John Kauffman ISBN: 1861002726 Publisher: APress Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Designing Active Server Pages by Scott Mitchell ISBN: 0596000448 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 18 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: ASP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition by A. Keyton Weissinger ISBN: 1565928431 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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