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Essential ASP for Web Professionals
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Author: Elijah Lovejoy
List Price: $29.99
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ISBN: 0130304999
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (15 December, 2000)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 149,945
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
if you're looking to write in javascript and not vbscript...
this book seems to be written well, but it didn't suit my needs. maybe i didn't look hard enough but this book has examples in javascript, not the typical vbscript for classic asp. although i really have no preferance for either if you're in a team environment and suddenly pages switch languages, that could be a problem to maintain. if you're just wanting to learn classic asp and you want simple, useful examples (like random quotes) then this is a really good book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Great ASP book for JavaScripters
This was the only book I could find that focused ONLY on ASP written in JavaScript. So I crossed my fingers and hoped it was good. I was not at all disappointed. ***You will not learn JavaScript in this book!***
It is after all an ASP book, not a JS book. If, however, you already know JavaScript (at least the basic concepts), it's great. It gives you just enough information without overexplaining. The examples are nicely laid out and based on REAL WORLD problems (the likes of which I was/am dealing with). I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book at all. It can be easily read on the bus to/from work in a not many days (how I did it) and is not at all dry...or too *cute* either. If you want to make ASP work for you in a variety of circumstances and are already familiar with JavaScript, this is the book for you. Best for ASP newbies who want a quick start.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Compact and helpful. Only examples but full of hints.
I bought this book because I needed to know what ASP was and what it could do for me. I am pretty good with JavaScript and this book is the only one which combines ASP and JavaScript. All other ASP books only deal with VBScript.One for the good-old JavaScripters! I agree it may be only a cut-and -paste thing, but while you cut-and paste you also see how things work. I since have created many compact, stable and useful codes using ideas and excerpts from the examples in this book. From the simple guest book to shopping cart to database access, all are there for you to dissect and learn. No lengthy discussions on stupid things like the history of the internet, how JavaScript was named after Java, how MS Jscript was a copy of JavaScript ,etc, etc,...Without these useless information, the book is small but full of stuffs! I got the guest book code working on my ASP personal site in one hour! Very practical, very useful and yet very "light".
I paid for the book and I liked it!
I'll by Lovejoy's next ASP book when it came out... Kien
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