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ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming : Problem - Design - Solution (Programmer to Programmer)

Format: Paperback
Author: Marco Bellinaso
ReleaseDate: 08 May, 2006
Publisher: Wrox
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A great introduction to asp.net 2.0
If you're looking for a reference book, this isn't it. Let's get one thing straight. Marco doesn't explain every property of every control that you MIGHT want to use. He explains the most common properties of those controls that you probably ARE going to use, and that's a good thing. I've got my share of 1000+ page Wrox reference books, and they're great for looking up specific items, but not so great for learning.

A comparison is in order. If this were a cookbook, you wouldn't find dissertations on the relative merits of different cooking oils, or obscure recipes requiring ingredients you can't get at the local grocery store. This is the cookbook in which you'll find basic breads, pot roasts, and pastas. . . the staples that you WILL need at some point. It also includes some dishes you didn't even know you needed until you see them the first time. That makes this book a great place to start learning ASP. Net programming, or a useful walk-through to lead you from v1. 1 to v2. 0. Either way, it's a great book to have around during the transition.

I also see myself coming back to this book down the road when I need to implement one of the common situations Marco covers such as sending out batches of newsletters, or leveraging the asp. net membership system. I'll be saying "Hey, didn't Marco do that in his book?", and pulling it off the shelf for a quick look.

A pleasure to read
NET 2. I had already bought 3 books about ASP.0, and I have many many more about ASP. NET 1. x, before I bought this one. . . and now I wish I took it sooner! Yes, because this book is no like anything else. All other books I read provide detailed reference to the controls and classes of the framework. . . and they may actually do a good job at that. However, they often provide un-realistic short examples that span a page or two. . . too simple to actually reproduce real situations, and in fact most of the times these examples leave you thinking: "well, this is nice, but my app is not that simple. . . how can I really put this in practice into a real website. . . that must be fast, easy to maintain, provide logging, designed with the proper 3 tier architecture, reusable components etc. etc. ???". If you've ever thought something like this reading another book, then this is book IS THE ANSWER. It explains how to develop an entire (and pretty complex actually!!!) site from start to finish, convering not only the code, but also all the design phase, with a lot of interesting considerations, suggestions, and discussion of alternatives! It's a dream come true for a developer like me :-)
For those that are at their first experience with ASP. NET 2. 0 (but NOT with ASP. NET in general. . . read something else first if you're coming straight from ASP or some other technology) it also provides good descriptions of the major new features (master pages, themes, membership, profiles, gridview, objectdatasource, menu & sitemap, webparts, localization etc. etc. ). (5+++++++++)

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Good for my team
I am still learning ASP. This is exactly what I am looking for.NET and there are so many ways you can implement a certain thing. The good point of this book is that, it discussed the pros and cons of various implementation and explained why a certain method was chosen in TheBeerHouse example. It is good for you if you are trying to build a solid framework for whatever Web-Application you are going to build.
So far I have ordered 3 copies of this book for my team.