ASP.NET 3.5 Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
ASP.NET 3.5 Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) by Chris Love
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 648
- ISBN:
- 0470187581
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons
- Publication Date:
- Oct. 16, 2009
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 877
* Uses the popular Problem;Design;Solution format to help readers, especially those who know how to code specific ASP. NET features, learn to 'put it all together' into a complete Web application * Emphasizes n-tier ASP. NET Web application architectural design, something intermediate and advanced ASP.
Reviews for ASP.NET 3.5 Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
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A huge disappointment
Rated out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2009
I bought this book after working through Marco Bellinaso's excellent PDS .NET 2.0 release. Having waited for months for its publication I was immediately shocked and disappointed that the code examples are written in VB.NET (although C# code downloads are available). Perhaps I should have read more of the description, however I assumed it would be in C# as standard. I have read the first chapter, and don't wish to waste any more of my time. I don't like the authors writing style, or the overall quality of the content. -
Impossible to follow
Rated out of 5 stars, November 12rd, 2009
I have become very disappointed by this book. It is more or less impossible to follow the examples. Furthermore, the downloads are of little help - nothing of it will run. No complete examples or step-by-step instructions. I have tried using both the VB and C# versions of the downloads - with no success; it has simply not been possible for me to get the website up and running.
I am very disappointed indeed. -
Disappointed with use of VB instead of C#
Rated out of 5 stars, October 12st, 2009
Readers of Marco's ASP.NET 2.0 BeerHouse book will be disappointed that Chris uses VB instead of C#. Of course if both VB and C# were included that would have been fine, other Wrox books do just that.
There are no download install instructions for the sample code for use with VWDE and the sample live website is full of glitches and empty links.
Chris has added some nice new features such as a photo gallery and events calendar, and includes a section on search engine optimisation techniques - I'd like to have seen an article search feature included.
Chris's book and sample website look like they've been rushed out and currently there is very little feedback under this title at the Wrox Support book forum. Hopefully things will improve, the help forum blossom, as it needs to and Chris will get his live demo site working properly.