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ASP.NET in a Nutshell, Second Edition

By G. Andrew Duthie, Matthew MacDonald
August 2003
Pages: 998
Series: In a Nutshell
ISBN 10: 0-596-00520-2 | ISBN 13: 9780596005207
(Average of 1 Customer Reviews)

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Updated for Visual Studio .NET 2003, the 2nd edition of this book includes fresh information on application and web service development, custom controls, data access, security, deployment, and error handling, new material on web application development for mobile devices, plus an overview of the class libraries.
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ASP.NET in a Nutshell is a concise, one-volume reference to everything you need to make effective use of ASP.NET. An invaluable resource that goes beyond the published documentation to highlight little-known details, stress practical uses for particular features, and provide real-world examples that show how features can be used in a working application, ASP.NET in a Nutshell is the definitive guide for developers of both applications and web services. Updated for Visual Studio .NET 2003, the 2nd edition of this book includes fresh information on application and web service development, custom controls, data access, security, deployment, and error handling, new material on web application development for mobile devices, plus an overview of the class libraries. For developers who still use Microsoft's older ASP technology, this book also provides information for migrating to ASP.NET. The material in ASP.NET in a Nutshell is presented in three sections:

A fast-paced introduction to ASP.NET that examines topics such as building ASP.NET applications, developing web services, creating custom controls and user controls for maximum code reuse, debugging and handling errors, understanding ASP.NET security, and configuring and deploying an ASP.NET application
A detailed reference to the properties, methods, and events of the most frequently used ASP.NET classes which include the Page class and the new .NET classes, such as HttpApplicationState and HttpSessionState, which correspond to the intrinsic objects in classic ASP. Configuration settings in web.config are also documented
A Quick Reference to the types (the classes, structures, interfaces, delegates, events, and enumerations) found in web-related namespaces to the .NET Framework Class Library.

Like other books in the "In a Nutshell" series, ASP.NET in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, offers the facts, including critical background information, in a no-nonsense manner that users will refer to again and again. With its wealth of up-to-date information, ASP.NET in a Nutshell is a book that web developers will refer to again and again.

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Second Edition: August 2003
Series: In a Nutshell
ISBN: 0-596-00520-2
Pages: 998
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 1 Reviews)

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"This isn't light bedtime reading but it is an invaluable reference to sit next to the keyboard of any ASP.NET programmer."
--Jack Herrington, Saginaw Macintosh Users Group, February 2004
http://www.codegeneration.net/br_list.php?search=publisher&id=1

"O'Reilly is a successful publisher that is keenly aware of its programmer audience and has honed its author pool, smartly edited the content to focus on what matters in the real world, and even optimized the book's trim size to pack as much information in as portable a package as possible. There are a lot of ASP.NET reference books circulating in the marketplace today, and separating the wheat from the chaff can be a daunting task. I've been fortunate enough to read over a dozen ASP.NET reference and tutorial books throughout the course of my book-reviewing career, and I can honestly state that few approach the concise quality of subject matter that this second edition provides. The format follows that of other O'Reilly Nutshell books, wherein the technology's libraries are analyzed in just enough detail to answer those quick look-up reminders. Readers looking for an ASP.NET tutorial will not find it here. Nutshell books are geared toward intermediate and advanced developers who, like an English professor, occasionally rely on a large dictionary to look up the more esoteric constructs. In this respect, 'ASP.NET In a Nutshell' admirably succeeds...I have always been a fan of O'Reilly's enlightening library of technical titles, and I am especially satisfied with this ASP.NET reference. Any serious ASP.NET developer should buy this book if they haven't done so already. Rating: 5 stars"
-Mike Riley, ASP.NETpro, November 2003
http://www.aspnetpro.com/bookreviews/0596005202_b/0596005202_b.asp

Reviews From Previous Edition
"'ASP.NET in a Nutshell' provides a good quick reference to the fundamentals of ASP.NET, with excellent tutorials and 'How To's' throughout."
--Ben Newsome, SA Visual Basic Users Group, Feb 2003

"If you do any amount of ASP coding, you'll want to have a copy handy."
--David Harms, Clarion Magazine, November 2002

"This book is in fact the ideal migration path for someone who has had a good object oriented programming foundation but no ASP experience."
--Morgan Stanley connectivity global, Sept 2002

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