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“This book is by far the best computer programming book I have ever bought. You can go into my upstairs closet and find 20-30 books that I have purchased since the days of VB6…. All together, they could not add up to as much information as you have given me in the first 11 chapters of this book.” (A developer’s comment on the previous edition of Murach’s ASP.NET)Already know how to code Visual Basic 2008 desktop applications? Then, you’re ready to master web progr… More >>
Murach’s ASP.NET 3.5 Web Programming with VB 2008
Tags: 2008, ASP.NET, Murach's, Programming
Considering 2 of the other 3 reviewers have rated every book they have rated as a 5 star rating and one of those has only rated Murachs books. . . . I would suggest you throw them out.
On top of that, had I caught it before I bought the book, I wouldn’t have bought it on principle alone for it appears that Murach is trying to stack the reviews.
As far as the book. . . Overall, this book has some good information but it is still mediocre at best. I would keep searching. . . .
Rating: 1 / 5
I read the rave reviews and bought the book. I cannot get the Chapter 3 exercise to load despite trying all the obvious permutations. I wonder if this book was sufficiently road tested.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book is by far the best computer book I’ve ordered on Amazon. Joel Murach, founder of Murach books, is a genius. I am biting my nails waiting for every payday to come to order my next Murach book. By the time I am through reading them all I expect to be sitting somewhere on a beach on some weekend making lots of money just because I had a great crew of teachers through these publications. Now if only college were such an inexpensive and thorough way to learn! I could have skipped out on all my classes and stuck with this series and would have learned a lot more.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a big book (999 pages) with a lot of technical information. The “paired pages” format is used in this book: how-to on the left page and examples on the right. This style contributes to the effectiveness of the learning process. ASP. NET 3. 5 has many new and improved features which contribute to quicker and better web applications. This book starts off showing how to use Visual Studio and ASP. NET (158 pages). The next section (204 pages) covers HTML, managing state, master pages, and other need to know knowledge. Section 3 is devoted to data access including SQL, data controls, object data sources, and LINQ. Security, authentication, personalization, custom error pages, AJAX and much more is in Section 4. Custom user controls, custom server controls, and web services are discussed in Section 5.
There is a lot information in this book. It is well suited for both training and reference. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5
Over the past couple of years I’ve become aware of the Murach series of books which fill a definite need for a complete coverage of a subject.
This book, Murach’s ASP. NET 3. 5 Web Programming with VB 2008, is no exception.
While it would be impossible to cover everything about asp. net in any book (nor should anyone try), this book covers a wide range of topics that will give the reader a very good set of knowledge and tools to develop almost any conceivable website.
It does start from almost the beginning with html and procedes with actual examples and a growing project through the various server controls, navigation, validation, formatting, data access, security, ajax and custom controls.
The reader should have some familiarity with programming and related concepts but beyond that a new person to . net will get a very practical education with this book. There is a lot of information packed into the 1000 pages!
Rating: 5 / 5