Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in VB.NET 2005 (Expert's Voice in .NET) Review

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(More customer reviews)I was looking for a solid, comprehensive, yet approachable ASP.NET 2.0 book for a long time when I stumbled across Pro ASP.NET 2.0. I flipped through it and quickly realized that it is both the learning and reference tool I was wanting. Since getting the book, I have not swayed from that position. This book is a great way to get started and to keep going in your ASP.NET development efforts.
Although large (it weighs in at over 1200 pages), it is well organized and easily accessible. The material builds on itself in such a way that you don't need to read the first 900 pages to effectively use the later chapters. Additionally, the content is organized in a practical approach so you can get started relatively quickly. I find this technique helpful in that it I have more information when it comes time to answer specific questions. I never found myself "wishing" I know more in order to understand a concept.
On the down-side, there are some glaring typographical errors throughout the text. It is pretty obvious in some places that there is a copy/paste error from the C# version to the VB version. None of the errata detracts from the book for me. In fact, in some cases, the little research I did to clarify something actually helped.
All told, I have and continue to highly recommend this book to colleagues and clients alike. It is both an excellent learning tool and a great reference. The fact that one person wrote the entire text and in two programming languages amazes me. The author has an easy writing style that promotes absorbing the information quickly. I anticipate this book becoming tattered quite quickly!

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ASP.NET 2.0 is the latest version of Microsoft's current ASP.NET 1.1 technology, which is fast becoming the accepted technology standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. It is now used across the board from start-ups to blue-chip multi-national corporations. ASP.NET 2.0 is building on this solid foundation and adding new improvements. The new technology will be faster to code, offer a more powerful set of tools (for example MasterPages and Generics) and will also run quicker when deployed, so that customers enjoy a significantly better user experience.Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in VB.NET is a book that understands this. Following on from Apress' well regarded Pro ASP.NET 1.1 title, this is a fresh book rooted in the best-practices and pragmatic style of its predecessor. The author clearly explains how ASP.NET 2.0 works for the professional programmer - covering both the brand new innovations and those features that have been carried over from the previous version. Knowing that while new features are important, it is how you use the technology as a cohesive whole that really matters, Laurence Moroney and Matthew MacDonald adopt a broad-based approach explaining how all the features - both old and new - interrelate. This gives readers the solid understanding they need to code real applications.

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