Very pleased with purchase
Mr. Cox did a great job writing this book. It is very well laid out, and the material is easy to digest. I learned a lot from the book, and I am quite pleased.
Fast track for beginners
This book is great. In just one week I was able to create, with only a few lines of code, a brillant dinamic website.
Well done Ken Cox.
NOTE: This books contain VB coding and not C#
Go!
This is not the first ASP.Net book I've read. This is the first one I've enjoyed!-)
Because of this book I'll reconsider my attitude towards the whole series. Suddenly it seems a great idea - get the basics with no pain.
I liked the humor. I liked the fact the author's making it so easy. I like the stress on using the tools and not writing the code by hand.
I key in the samples. Then I look at the code generated by the tools. Then I look at the code sent to the browser.
A great way to learn. And have fun.
VB ONLY
This book uses VB only. The web site reference is non existant. The overview should stipulate the strict usage of VB not C#. If you want to use C# do not but this book.
The Right Author, the right approach
I almost didn't by the ASP.NET 3.5 for Dummies. Then I noticed that it was a different author than ASP.NET 2.0 for Dummies and I thought I would give it a look. Bill Hatfield wrote the 'Dummies' book on the previous version and while I found him to be very knowledgeable, I got frustrated because I was trying to learn how to use Visual Studio with ASP.NET and his book didn't provide much help. Ken Cox however "gets it". He wrote the book for use with Visual Studio and by the end of Chapter 4 you're already using AJAX with no difficulty! By chapter 7 you're delving into LINQ! Ken's approach is intelligent and his style works both for the beginner as well as those more seasoned in ASP.NET. Excellent book!
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