Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition For Dummies

By Alan Simpson

Visual Web Developer Express Edition is a low-cost, entry-level version centered around pre-built projects that new developers can easily deploy and customize for their own sites Explains how to harness "drag-and-drop" tools that build on the popularity of ASP.NET, offering Web designers an easy introduction to the new Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Framework Shows novice Web developers step by step how to create powerful ASP.NET Web applications Explains how to access databases through Data Source controls, design site navigation, build interactivity, and much more

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764583603
• ISBN13: 9780764583605
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent. This Program is Worth Looking At.

Weather you are a beginner or experienced developer, this book is an excellent resource. It even included a training CD along with the Program CD. Great resource. I use this application for my webpage timewiremedia.com

Very good in content

This book is very good in content. I enjoy reading it. Perfect for Beginners.

Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition For Dummies

This was by no means a comprehensive book ( and not intended to be), but I thought the book got right to the topic in covering essential features needed to get going in building a webite with VWD. It is well written and easy to understand and I recommend it highly. God Bless, Mark A. Sam

Good primer but depth of coverage limited

First, let me say that this book is well written; the writing is clear, the the organization is good and it moves at a comfortable pace. All of which makes it a good primer on developing simple web sites with VWD 2005 Express. My reservations about this book are related to its usefulness. Simpson states that the purpose of the book is to present "all you need to know (just to get in the game)" and I think the book falls somewhat short of that goal. It does provide a good breadth of coverage but the depth of coverage is not enough to let a reader move from this book to actually creating web sites. That said, I would recommend the book to "newbies" (to use Simpson's term) who are looking for a gentle introduction to web development before taking on the more ambitious books on the subject (or trying to make sense of VWD's help files). And personally, as an experienced developer in other environments, I found it an enjoyable way of getting a head start on the tools before working through the more advanced books on the subject.