Beginning ASP.NET Using VB.NET Book

Beginning ASP.Net is a complete introduction to Microsoft's .Netplatform for Web development. You can program ASP.Net in several languages, but this book uses Visual Basic throughout, presumably because it is the easiest to learn. It is a true beginners' title, and assumes nothing more than a basic knowledge of HTML.The authors introduce ASP.Net, showing how it is built on Microsoft's .NET Framework and explaining the concept of dynamic Web pages. The early chapters also teach the essentials of programming with VB, starting from the beginning with variables, operators and data types. The book moves on to more advanced programming topics, including event handling, object orientation, arrays and collections. There is a quick XML tutorial, and a guide to database programming with ADO.Net and SQL. The later chapters look at ASP.Net server controls, building reusable components, compiling code into .NET Assemblies, and learning to debug your projects. Finally there is coverage of Web Services, and a chapter on configuring and optimising an ASP.Net environment. Beginning ASP.Net teaches programming as well as ASP.Net, making it well suited to Web development newcomers. Those with even moderate programming knowledge would be better served by something more advanced. The book is based on beta code, which is not ideal for beginners. Even so, the authors do a good job of explaining ASP.Net and teaching the essential skills developers need in order to put it to work. --Tim AndersonRead More