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Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: Includes Silverlight 2, Third Edition
ASP.NET 3.5 is the latest version of Microsoft’s revolutionary ASP.NET technology. It is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 raises the bar for high–quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft’s dynamic web solution. This new edition is updated with everything you need to integrate Silverlight 2.0 and SQL Server 2008 into your ASP.NET applications. You will learn about Silverlight’s exciting new features so that your ASP projects can be rich in visual flair and compelling to the user. Seasoned .NET professionals Matthew MacDonald and Mario Szpuszta explain how you can get the most from this groundbreaking new technology...
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August 9th, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book! Tons of useful information
I’ve had this book for about 3 weeks and it’s by far the best ASP.NET book I’ve read so far. It contains a lot of those undocumented tidbits about ASP.
August 9th, 2009
This third edition is yet another outstanding textbook in the first author’s collection and his writing skills seem to improve with every book. As the contents can be seen at a glance, it remains to say that each topic is, in fact, dealt with in a most comprehensive manner. In order to remove any ambiguity that might remain from any descriptive passage, there are rich examples that accompany each chapter. In fact, it was the superb set of examples for every chapter that were included with Matthew MacDonald’s Pro WPF in C# 2008, second edition, that prompted me to buy this book, for which I have no regrets However, it is perhaps advisable to work through Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, second edition, especially for the database work, before moving on to this book.
If Matthew MacDonald keeps up this standard of writing and presentation, not only for as ASP.NET, but also for WPF and Silverlight, it is going to be very difficult for any other author to do better. Despite the fact that other viewpoints are, and should be, always welcome, I find myself returning to MacDonald’s books for helping me reach a more solid understanding.
I would like to conclude with a message to the publishers: the layout and print for the Beginning… book is excellent, if the heavy content is borne in mind. Unfortunately, there seems to have been some downsizing on the font size in the Pro… book that seems to make it disproportionally harder (for me, at least) to read. Perhaps, when better economic times come, the publishers would consider going to two volumes for Pro… books for what, each time, is a huge amount of reading material.
August 9th, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book on Professional ASP.NET Techniques
This third edition of the Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 book is an excellent reference and learning tool focusing on more advanced techniques of using ASP.NET 3.5.
August 9th, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book on ASP.NET
I’ll keep this short. This is the best book on the subject. It reads very clear and concise. You will be a better developer for it. Just buy it already, you won’t be sorry.
August 9th, 2009
I can say I actually read most of this book and in every chapter there was something that was useful and the way it laid it out was perfect. I have used several books from Apress but this one was really full of information and it covers so much on ASP that I want to keep it handy. Advanced ASP programmers will find this book handy as it covers the latest in 3.5 and also Silverlight 2.
The topics covered in this book are great for beginners but it also covers some great topics for the more advanced user. If you are looking into learning more about ASP, this is the book to get. Don’t be intimidated by the 1300+ pages because every page will sure talk about something that you could use in an ASP application.