Essential ASP.NET with Examples in Visual Basic .NET

By Ted Pattison, Fritz Onion, Stéphane Thomas

This book will provide the definitive resource for ASP.NET developers working in Visual Basic .NET, not just to the features of ASP.NET but also how to use them best. Fritz Onion looks at working examples of how Web applications are built today, and then looks at what ASP.NET offers to simplify constructing Web applications of this type. In addition to explaining how to use ASP.NET and examining why it is built the way it is, Onion also explores implementation tools not covered in any other books. He helps the reader acquire a broader understanding of the technology and how it fits in with other tools. From his experience teaching ASP.NET to working developers, Onion knows what information they need, what questions they have, and how to organize and present the material in the best way possible. As Justin Burtch, a Software Engineer at Integrated Data Systems expressed it, This book does not try to be everything to everyone. As a result, it is able to provide both breadth and depth on the subject. Essential ASP.NET is positioned to become the seminal book on the most important advancement to web development in years.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201760398
• ISBN13: 9780201760392
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Precise and Informative

I have about 5 books (mostly ebook format) on ASP.Net from the step by step to advanced and Fritz's book is an eye opener. Most of the ASP.NET books fail to mention why some quirks/details with ASP.Net the way they are. EAN is like a pointer and half way through the book, I had so many 'aha' moments that I was left wondering WHO IS THIS guy? Don't expect explanations about variables and such (go refer ASP.Net Web Developers...

Essential ASP.NET is an EXCELLENT BOOK!!

There are so many books out about ASP.NET it can be a very difficult task to choose one. To me there seems to be two types of books. One is the example intensive (at times over laden) book. The other is the "how it works" type of book. The market seems to be flooded with example intensive books, but appears light in the "how it works" type. This book is a fantastic "how it works" book. It has good examples but is not drowning...

Simply Awsome!!

Excellent ASP.NET Book. My compliments to the author. No .net marketing, clear language and excellent chapters on configuration,validation,and especially custom handlers.My library is mostly Wrox, but lately their books lost a lot of quality. I will take an extra look at .NET Developer Series from Addison-Wesley from now on

Great ASP.NET Book

If you want to know how ASP.NET works so that you can get it to do everything you want it to do, buy this book. Fritz is great at explaining things (probably why he is a DevelopMentor instructor). Of my ASP.NET books, I only ever refer to two:1. ASP.NET Unleashed: great for a code sample whenever you need one.2. Essential ASP.NET: Whenever I can't figure out what I'm doing isn't working or if I need a better explanation of...

Not just for VB.NET programmers

I have over 35 books on ASP.NET. If there is ONE BOOK you should get, it is this one. The approach is both unique and authoritative. Although the code examples are in VB.NET, I write only in C# and did not find this to be a handicap. It covers topics not covered in any other ASP.NET books, walking you through both ASP.NET architecture and application implementation details. The architecture discussion is important as it gives...