With Microsoft's update to ASP.NET to version 2.0, everybody is getting re-excited with this stable web development framework from Microsoft. It seems every publisher is updating their existing ASP.NET 1.1 books with just the new features of the latest version. But not this book...
This book gives a great introduction to what ASP.NET is and what advances are available with the latest version. The whole goes through every aspect of ASP.NET 2.0 basics in developing an interactive, database-driven website (WROX United Applciation). Reviewing it this way really gives the reader how all the features of ASP.NET and what can really been done with it, instead of just explaining different topics individually.
The next chapter reviews the basics of site design and how to setup your ASP.NET pages with one of the big features of ASP.NET 2.0 with is Master Pages. The next chapter continues from Chapter 2 with the design attributes of the site and goes into greater detail of using Visual Studio 2005 in some great explanations of what dynamic content is.
The next couple chapters explain sing memberships, themes (new ASP.NET 2.0 feature), events (new events in ASP.NET 2.0), and a 2 great chapters (7 and 8) on reading and writing data using web controls. One of the most powerful features of ASP.NET (both versions) are the web controls (design and data). These controls provide instant functionality to displaying, formatting, storing data from the user or from a datasource.
This book assumes no experience in programming in C# or Visual Studio 2005 and starts from the basics to really teach the reader how to create your dynamic web site.
A great book from WROX for getting people up to speed on ASP.NET 2.0 for the beginner or the ASP.NET 1.1 user who needs refreshing on the latests features.
