Building Web Solutions with ASP.Net and ADO.NET: Amazon.ca: Dino Esposito: Books

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Most Web applications follow a simple “3F” pattern: fetch, format, and forward to the browser. With this in-depth guide, you’ll take your ASP.NET and ADO.NET skills to the next level and learn key techniques to develop more complex Web applications. Discover how to build applications for ad-hoc and effective Web reporting, applications that work disconnected from the data source and use XML to communicate with non-.NET systems, and general-purpose applications that take advantage of the data abstraction of ADO.NET. Along the way, you’ll learn how to take advantage of code reusability, user controls, code-behind, custom Web controls, and other time-saving techniques employed by ASP.NET experts.

Topics covered include:

Data-bound .NET controls
Templated and editable data grids
Code reusability in .NET
Advanced reporting
Disconnected applications
Interoperable applications
XML Web services
.NET Managed Providers

CD-ROM FEATURES:

A fully searchable electronic copy of the book
Sample code written in Microsoft® Visual C#™ .NET and Visual Basic® .NET

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About the Author

Dino Esposito is a well-known ASP.NET, AJAX, and Microsoft Silverlight® expert who has written or co-written several popular books, including Microsoft ASP.NET and Ajax: Architecting Web Applications and Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 4. He is a regular contributor to MSDN® Magazine and speaks at industry events such as DevConnections and Microsoft TechEd.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Warning-Expert book, No VB.NET code, all C#, Feb 12 2004

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Maccurt "Maccurt" (Omaha, NE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Building Web Solutions with ASP.Net and ADO.NET (Paperback)

This is not an intermediate book:

The author knows what he is talking about. Perhaps he made it overly complex, he goes in to great detail and some of it is overkill. I started reading it and I knew that I needed to get another book that simplifies some of the subjects and I would use this book when I need to get to the gritty details. I was rather disappointed that there was no Visual Basic .NET code. The author clearly is a C# expert. I may change my review once I read the whole book, I am sure I will appreciate his thoroughness once I have a grasp of ASP.NET.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book deserves 6 stars !, Feb 8 2004

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This review is from: Building Web Solutions with ASP.Net and ADO.NET (Paperback)

In depth discussion on most important features of ADO.NET and ASP.NET. Buy it and enjoy it if you are a professional developer. Don't buy it if you don't know anything.
It's a shame to give this book less than 5 stars.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely good book to start cooking up some ASP.NET, Sep 15 2003

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bernardsia (Kuala Lumpur) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Building Web Solutions with ASP.Net and ADO.NET (Paperback)

If you ever wanted a handsdown, no nonsense approach to ASP.NET then go get this book! It's well worth the money. Dino walks you through most of the major controls e.g Repeaters, DataLists and DataGrids. Particular emphasis is given on how to make use of Databound controls, especially DataGrids.

Dino makes learning functionalities like Paging, Editing, ItemCommands, Sorting, plus some extra features thrown in - like the chapter on developing your own super grid a breeze. The super grid that was introduced will surely be the template used by every .NET developer.

A whole segment is dedicated to the intracacies of the DataSets and how to maximize its usage and the relationship between DataAdapters and DataSet. Those of you who are taking 70-305 tests might wanna take this book a look as well. As I've just completed the test and this book helped alot!

As someone who has been developing ASP for awhile this book is indispensable in exposing new techniques as well as breaking old habits that goes with developing on ASP. For example, the usage of StringBuilders, rather than concatenating strings all over your code.

Towards the end, there's some fair bit on WebServices and a final introductory chapter on how to write your own DataAdapters, both these topics by right can be a book in it self. So its definately a bonus.

In summary. 5 stars mate!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it!
It provids some codes which you can borrow from internet as well, that's it.
Not a good book to keep.

Published on Aug 21 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Its worth buying, but buy it used, and be familiar with .NET
Pros:

This book does a good job of describing ADO and its relationship to web controls. Covers caching, and interopability which I thought was valuable. Read more

Published on Aug 10 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth buying, but buy it used, and be familiar with .NET
This book does a good job of describing ADO and its relationship to web controls. Covers caching, and interopability which I thought was valuable. Read more

Published on Aug 10 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Its worth buying, but buy it used, and be familiar with .NET
Pros:

This book does a good job of describing ADO and its relationship to web controls. Covers caching, and interopability which I thought was valuable. Read more

Published on Aug 10 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Its worth buying, but buy it used, and be familiar with .NET
Pros:

This book does a good job of describing ADO and its relationship to web controls. Covers caching, and interopability which I thought was valuable. Read more

Published on Aug 10 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Its worth buying, but buy it used, and be familiar with .NET
Pros:

This book does a good job of describing ADO and its relationship to web controls. Covers caching, and interopability which I thought was valuable. Read more

Published on Aug 10 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book! Good book on ADO.NET
I'm a ASP.NET database developer and this book is filled will many of the examples that I need.

If you read or run the code on the CD while your read the book, you will learn at... Read more

Published on July 21 2003 by Michael Roper

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book before you read it
Usually M$ make good software and good books, but not this book.

First of all, it should not be named as "Building Web Solution
with ASP.NET and ADO. Read more

Published on April 15 2003 by Yueh-feng Chen

1.0 out of 5 stars worst Microsoft book I ever read
It is disappointing considering its big title. I could not even finish the first few pages. Not useful at all to my web page programming.

Published on April 10 2003 by loh yong chong

3.0 out of 5 stars Good user guide for DataGrid control
Building web solutions with ASP.NET and ADO.NET by Dino Esposito is the second book on ASP.NET I got in past few weeks. (The first one was "Programming ASP. Read more

Published on Mar 3 2003 by Alexis Smirnov