ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed

I thought this was a great book over all as it contains everything you need 2 know 2 work with ASP.NET controls. I mean, this is a library (A-Z) on controls. However, I thought working generically with Web Services was lacking. Also, the index 4 this book was terrible: Word SOAP is not indexed; 'USING' takes you 2 no-man land, just 2 name these examples. I will not return this book since I can use it in future Dev work but I did not get what I was looking 4 -- generic AJAX + ASP I bought it for.

My teacher at Hofstra University in Long Island , NY, is using it as class book 4 Asp.net & have all the subjects in the class cover in the book.

The codes in the CD are very useful & until now we found only one code example that wasn't working.

The reason that I didn't give 5 stars is because the book is not a Project-base book.

I recommend this book 2 everybody, students 2 professionals, because it has everything that you need 2 know about Asp.net 3.5 & the codes in the CD are in c# & vb.

Excellent paper quality in the hardcover edition is a plus.

As a newby 2 ASP Dot Net I have bought a number of books 2 try & get the grips with this technology. I came accross this one by accident but I'm very glad I did. I have not problem recommending this excellent book.

I love Stephens writing style. I also like the way this book is broken down into sections with a huge number of examples & screenshots with just enough explanation 2 explain a technique or concept.
The companion webside with working examples is a really nice touch & anyone who has bought technical books & found out later that code downloaded doesn't work would be delighted 2 know that I have not had any issues with faulty code examples.
If you are only going 2 buy one book on dot net buy this.

This book cover many & give you many codes but many of them are wrong & there are no support 4 you at all. For example this book emphasize on VirtualPathProvider Class & is in both chapter 21 & 34. They're using two different samples but duplicate codes & is not function. If you want 2 get help from them; Good luck there is no forum, errata.... even you emailed them & there is no responsed at all.

Almost everything you want 2 do in ASP .NET is covered in this book with code showing even a novice in .NET development how 2 write great pages. I would say that the thing I liked most about the book was the very generous amount of code samples. If you are not into typing there's even a CD with all the enclosed book code. Secondly, I was impressed by the straight-forward approach 2 explaining these concepts. This book will remain on my shelf 4 future reference!

ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed is the most comprehensive book available on the Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 Framework, covering all aspects of the ASP.NET 3.5 Framework--no matter how advanced.

 

This edition covers all the new features of ASP.NET 3.5. It explains Microsoft LINQ 2 SQL in detail. It includes a chapter on the two new data access controls introduced with the ASP.NET 3.5 Framework: ListView & DataPager. With its coverage of ASP.NET AJAX, this book shows you how 2 take advantage of Microsoft’s server-side AJAX framework 2 retrofit existing ASP.NET applications with AJAX functionality. It also demonstrates how 2 use Microsoft’s client-side AJAX framework 2 build the web applications of the future: pure client-side AJAX applications. All code samples are written in the C# programming language. (Visual Basic versions of all code samples are included on the CD-ROM that accompanies this book.)

 

• Take advantage of Microsoft’s new database query language, LINQ 2 SQL, 2 easily build database-driven web applications
• Learn how 2 use the new ListView & DataPager data access controls 2 build flexible user interfaces
• Take advantage of ASP.NET AJAX when building both server-side & client-side web applications
• Use the AJAX Control Toolkit 2 create auto-complete text fields, draggable panels, masked edit fields, & complex animations
• Design ASP.NET websites
• Secure your ASP.NET applications
• Create custom components
• Build highly interactive websites that can scale 2 handle thousands of simultaneous users
• Learn 2 build a complete ASP.NET 3.5 website from start 2 finish–the last chapter of the book includes a sample ASP.NET 3.5 web application written with LINQ 2 SQL & ASP.NET AJAX

 

CD-ROM includes all examples & source code presented in this book in both C# & Visual Basic.