Active Server Pages for Dummies
Active Server Pages for Dummies by Bill Hatfield
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 378
- ISBN:
- 076450603X
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons
- Publication Date:
- Aug. 25, 1999
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 830
Active Server Pages (ASP) are the best way to create dynamic Web sites--that is, Web sites based on the contents of a database--under Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and other Microsoft Web platforms. Active Server Pages for Dummies proves that despite the initially intimidating appearance of some ASP code, the system isn't hard to learn and can be a lot of fun.
The book delivers a carefully structured introduction to ASP technology. The examples aren't all academic, either--you'll find code (printed and on the companion CD-ROM) for a date-stamper, a banner-ad rotator, a guest book, and even a near-real-time chat room and a system for managing classified ads.
Though this book includes sections on VBScript and JScript, you'll probably want to combine it with a language text if you are unfamiliar with at least one of those languages. Still, the language material that's here serves as a good introduction to the basics and enables you to make sense of the scriptable ASP objects which make the technology so powerful.
Though this isn't an object reference, the author explains the capabilities of each major server component and provides example code that uses many of them. That's the strongest aspect of this book in fact--the excellent example code you can learn from and adapt to your purposes. --David Wall, Amazon.com
Topics covered: Basics of ASP, VBScript, JScript, the ASP object model, server components, database connectivity, Visual InterDev and popular ASP applications.
Reviews for Active Server Pages for Dummies
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XP Pro Required
Rated out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2004
The book will give you a basic understanding of ASP but be warned...if you are a dummie you will struggle. If you have XP you will require the Pro edition just to view the samples. Though indicated as 'Revised and Updated' the book has never heard of XP which gives you an idea of the publishing date (1999). It also makes alot of assumptions on your programming abilities which is not really treating the reader as a dummie. Not the easiest read for a total beginner and definately not recommended for a Dummie. You'll need some programming experience to get anywhere with this book. -
Good tutorial of basics but contains errors
Rated out of 5 stars, February 12st, 2004
I bought this book to help me with my final year university project. It reads well and covers the basics of ASP very well. However, when I first started trying to use the example on the CD, I found that they didn't work and I couldn't seem to get any help either from the author's site or e-mail. As I began to progress onto accessing databases using ASP, I was relieved to find that this subject though not discussed in great detail, does get the basics right. -
Extremely good book to start with, but no depth
Rated out of 5 stars, August 12th, 2001
It teaches you the basics of ASP to a minium level at a very easy rate - anyone could program a site based on its content.However - dont expect any thing more! Very little depth beyond the basics and it has some strange ways of doing things.
I recommend this to start from and Professional Active Server Pages to take you further - you do kinda need both books - but when your done, you know ASP well.
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Pretty good for beginners.
Rated out of 5 stars, June 12th, 2001
A nice book. Good content. Simplified examples. BE WARNED!! If you are not a beginner do not get this book!!! -
Accurate title - in the best possible way of course!
Rated out of 5 stars, May 12th, 2001
This is such a fine book that I'd consider recommending to people with not the slightest interest in ASP because it's actually such an interesting and humoruous read! On the subject of ASP though it's comprehensive, informative, and (strangely for a computer book) witty. As a VB/Access developer I felt this book neither insulted my intelligence or bombarded me with 'techspeak'. Above all it's written in concise plain english. An excellent publication.