This book does a fine job of introducing ASP, and showing you how to accomplish specific tasks. I had no previous experience writing ASP, and within a few days I was creating form handlers, sending email, and even had created a simple database app. But after finishing, I felt as though I still didn't really KNOW asp. I had merely followed the books examples, and improvised. And while I was happy to be able to do some neat things so quickly, I felt like I needed more. So, if you're looking for a quick, easy intro to ASP, and you want to get busy right away doing some basic stuff, this book should serve you well. But you want to really learn the nuts and bolts of how ASP works, and be able to create involved code completely on your own, you may want to look elsewhere. Suggestion: Beginning ASP Databases by Kaufman has had excellent reviews. I'm in to it a bit already, and it appears to be much more thorough, but it does assume some previous knowledge. Happy coding!