Designing Active Server Pages: Scott Mitchell's Guide to Writing Reusable Code

by Scott Mitchell

Developers of Active Server Pages often reinvent the wheel. Their background in web design, with its separate HTML page for each viewable web page on a site, leads many ASP developers to create a distinct ASP page each time they think they need one. Often times, these pages are functionally similar. With intelligent planning, an ASP developer stands to save a great deal of time by creating reusable ASP pages.Designing Active Server Pages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596000448
• ISBN13: 9780596000448
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

once you know the basics, get this book

This book is basically about ASP programming techniques.Most ASP books out there teach you the basics of ASP, orworking with something specific in ASP. Once you know howto program ASP, this book will teach you how to be a GOODASP programmer. Read the Wrox books on ASP, then once youcan write code, read this book. I found the chapter on Windows Script Components particularlyhelpful.

Well-written, good design advice, solid coding standards

This is a terrific little book. Don't expect to learn ASP from the ground up: Mitchell jumps right into the code, without wasting hundreds of pages on basics the way so many other ASP books do. Once you're familiar with the ASP world, this book is a great guide to solid coding standards. Think project design: setting up error handling, form validation, #INCLUDEs, and so on. I had already learned most of it the hard way, but it was still a pleasure to see all those things laid out so clearly. Then Mitchell takes you on a detailed excursion into his reusable database administration pages. Clear exposition of design goals, modular design with classes, walking through unit testing: It was like a thorough, well-written code review. I had some minor quibbles with the code (mostly regarding embedding HTML tags in places I wouldn't have done). And certain aspects of the design aren't practical on large systems. But it still stands as an excellent little project and documentation example.

Good for all levels

As a web developer, I've been using ASP for a couple years and would consider myself and intermediate ASP programmer. I've built up a collection of books on the topic, mostly referring to WROX books for their reference quality.ASP isn't my primary function at my job, so I don't get to work daily on developing and using my skills. I've recently been looking to improve my ability in this area, and inject some new ideas into the way I accomplish things in code. This book was the perfect answer!If you're new to ASP or programming, you'll appreciate the emphasis on structure and conventions. If you're experienced with ASP, you'll appreciate the ideas presented here. I especially like the work on code reusability.This is definitely one of the best ASP books I've seen in a long time.

well written advanced book

theres very few ASP books written that go beyond teaching you WHAT things do. this book, meant for intermediate to advanced users, delves into the WHY and HOW to do things. It teaches you how create your applications correctly, focusing on creating modular, reusable code. highly recommended.

Finally!

This book is an ASP developers dream. First off, if you have intermediary ASP skills, this will push you over the top. If you are quite advanced, this book is an important read to remind you of the importance of well written, reusable code. Thank you very much, rolla man!davidj.org