Product Description

Did you volunteer to create a Web site for the softball team? Is it time to take your small business to the next level and let your customers shop online? Well, you can relax! ASP.NET 3.5 makes creating a dynamic site faster and cleaner than ever before, and ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies makes it easier.

First, you’ll get an introduction to all the tools and terminology you need to understand ASP.NET. If you’ve used earlier versions of ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer, you can probably skip that part and jump right into what’s new in 3.5. You′ll make friends with LINQ and SQL, create sites in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express, and much more. Before you know it, you’ll discover how to:

• Integrate data, track shopping cart contents, and whisk away bugs
• Create user interfaces with easy navigation
• Use the ListView control for sophisticated formatting
• Write LINQ queries
• Add a table to a database
• Create an event handler
• Take advantage of the drag ′n′ drop feature that lets you write less code
• Put all the features to work to develop dynamic Web applications

The softball team is going to love that Web site, and your customers might enjoy shopping on your site so much that you’ll have to expand your business to fill all the orders! We can’t promise that, of course, but we’re pretty sure that ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies will make creating Web sites easier and a lot more fun.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179340 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

From the Back Cover
All new for ASP.NET 3.5!

Make friends with LINQ and SQL, and create sites in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express

Did you volunteer to create a Web site for the softball team? Want to let yourcustomers shop online? Relax! ASP.NET 3.5 makes creating a dynamic site faster and cleaner, and this book makes it easier. You′ll quickly discover howto integrate data, create user interfaces, track shopping cart contents, whisk away bugs, and much more.

Discover how to:

• Use the ListView control

• Write LINQ queries

• Add a table to a database

• Create an event handler

• Code less using drag ′n′ drop

• Develop dynamic Web applications

About the Author
Ken Cox has worked with Active Server Pages since the original version. He has done Web development for several industries and maintains a Web site at www.kencox.ca

Customer Reviews

ASP.NET 3.5 for Dummies - Ken Cox
This book is for beginners and for ASP.NET professionals who are tackling some new features of ASP.NET 3.5. And for this reason it is a good book to read. It's clear, there are lots of code examples for real world problems and the writer makes significant effort to explain the code in steps. It tackles VB coding and logic that does make sense in a way that other enormous ASP tomes cannot.

I would recommend this book to anyone needing to start a VB web application. Mr Cox (the author) tells his story with the odd comic reference which lightens a typically heavy subject.

I think the main problem with this book is that it has been published under the "for dummies" publisher. If it were published by Wrox or Apres then I am sure the previous reviewer would think again.

ASP.NET 3.5 for Dummies
Unlike it's PHP equivalent, this book disappointed me. It based itself completely on the Viusal Porgramming elements and contained little in the way of example code. Ok for absolute beginners who want to get something simple done and never look at asp again, but not for anyone who needs to code a specific solution. Even beginners will outgrow this book quicker than its counterparts.