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Title: Beginning ASP Databases by Kevin John/Spencer Kauffman, John Kauffman ISBN: 1-86100-272-6 Publisher: APress Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.63 (119 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good book overall - coding style could be more efficient.
Comment: I am somewhere between the level of beginning to intermediate in ASP programming. I found this book to be useful and easy to read for a beginner - for the most part. My biggest complaint about this book is that it teaches you how to code everything using the longest syntax possible! Everything is like written in long hand or something. The coding examples are definitely not the most efficient way to write ASP pages. I just followed the code exactly for Chapter 10 (SQL Statements to Modify Data) and did a similar write up using the techniques learned from my co-workers (who are advanced ASP developers) and found out that I could have written the same thing using half less code.
The coding techniques used within a page are sometimes too repetitive - like building string values upon string values upon string values - just to derive to a single final result page. If you like doing massive concatenations - then this book is for you! The variables are declared and you end up using it like 100 times in the same page over and over. There are more efficient ways to write ASP pages. I think this is frustrating for a beginner because 1) you're more likely to make more mistakes when you have to type more 2) finding your mistakes in all the repetitive code makes it that more difficult and 3) you end up burning more valuable time - which was everything that I experienced. I'm not saying that I don't recommend this book - I do. I'm just saying that the coding style used could be more condensed and efficient.
The plus side is that this book gives lots of good examples - again, if you like to do things the long way. I do like the Wrox series books - own 5 of them. I've had a chance to read a few chapters of Professional Active Server Pages 3.0 and I think I like that book much better - although a little more technical and less emphasis on ASP databases but straight to the point in coding style. Good luck and happy reading! :-)
Rating: 5
Summary: The finest technical book I've read
Comment: A book like Kaufman's Beginning ASP Databases establishes Wrox as the premier publisher of programming books. This book is fantastic. Kaufman is a patient teacher, without being condescending or annoying, and leaves almost no rock unturned. By the time you finish this book, if you don't feel at least somewhat confident using ASP and ADO to generate dynamic database web content, maybe this field is not for you!
Every chapter is worth reading and Kaufman stresses fundamentals over tips. You really *understand* ASP and ADO after reading this book. The book is full of code examples and Kaufman goes over practically every line of code so there is no doubt what is going on.
You really should have a basic understanding of ASP before you read this book. If you can get through half of "Beginning ASP 3.0" (from Wrox), you are ready for this book. Even if you are an intermediate ASP programmer, you may still appreciate the pulverizing clarity of this book. It remains a cornerstone of my technical book collection. BRAVO!
Rating: 1
Summary: Not well written
Comment: In my opinion, this book isn't well written. The authors seem to talk about certain subjects before they even teach you what they are talking about. The book also likes to jump around. Even though this book isn't a total waste of money, it should explain in more detail certain subjects that the author should know, might be a little confusing to the reader.
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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: Professional Active Server Pages 3.0 by Alex Homer ISBN: 1861002610 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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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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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages 3.0 in 21 Days by Scott Mitchell, James Atkinson ISBN: 0672318636 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 09 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Instant ASP Scripts by Greg Buczek, Greg Buzcek ISBN: 0072127309 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 22 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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