Book Description
Get in-depth training and practice with the skills measured by the core exams for Microsoft Certified Professional Developer: Web Developer certificationall in one box! Covering Exams 70-536, 70-528, and 70-547, these three training kits include exam prep and practice tests to help you maximize your performance. You get official Microsoft study guides, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. They come packed with the tools and features that exam candidates want mostincluding in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. They also provide labs and exercises for skills and expertise you can apply to the job.
Customer Reviews:
Good test prep, but otherwise sparse content.......2007-09-20
Reading these books, I find them to be good resources for preparing for the exams, but I know that they will not become the trusted dog-eared references that I would have hoped them to be. Useful content is sparse; a lot of text seems to be wrapped up in the presentation of the material and it leaves it a little verbose. Furthermore, the books are badly edited and I find myself distracted by the flagrant mistakes that one can find every couple of pages. The mistakes do not seem to be so bad, however, that one cannot easily discover the error and compensate; they are also seldom technical in origin, though the (more often) grammatical mistakes or the (occasional) omitted negation *could* lead one to misconstrue the meaning of a particular passage.
I have been exceptionally upset on the occasion when I discovered an obvious case of text pasted from another section of the book that had not been properly modified for the new context, and so, badly referred to the old context. This is just careless.
Aside from this, the material is otherwise very clear and very simply put.
Great books for step by step learning........2007-07-29
I found these books very helpful. Most of the topics are very well explained and are related to the exam.
I did not receive.......2007-06-27
To international buyers: I've ordered this Kit twice and i didn't receive yet. I wish i could review this product.
If you need something from Amazon with urgency, it is a risky business.
Book Description
Delve into the core topics for ASP.NET 2.0 programming, mastering the essential skills and capabilities needed to build high-performance Web applications successfully. Well-known ASP.NET author Dino Esposito deftly builds your expertise with Web forms, Microsoft Visual Studio®, core controls, master pages, data access, data binding, state management, security services, and other must-know topics—combining definitive reference with practical, hands-on programming instruction. Packed with expert guidance and pragmatic examples, this CORE REFERENCE delivers the key resources you need to develop professional-level Web programming skills.
Customer Reviews:
Terrible Book - Don't Waste Your Money.......2007-10-01
WAY TOO MUCH FLUFF. Buried in all of this filler text are obfuscated details of the language. There are no real examples that can be followed. I wish I could get a refund because I really feel like I wasted my money.
Great!!.......2007-01-17
Even though I haven't finished this book (not enough time in the year), it's a very well written book. Not too hard to read, but complete and covers a ton of information. Highly recommended.
Disappointing.......2006-11-11
Learning to program is a hands-on activity. The best teaching texts are those that provide example programs which the student can reproduce, tinker with, and observe, to learn the concepts illustrated thereby.
Unfortunately this book does not take that pedagogical approach. The textual descriptions are high-level, supplemented by abstract and simplified diagrams, as well as tables that list in exhaustive (and exhausting) detail the various classes, their methods, properties, &c. One looks in vain however for a good program to illustrate how an actual ASP.Net website might work (I gave up looking after Part I).
The author advises that this book should not be the first to be read on the subject of ASP.Net 2.0. Accordingly, I read a more basic text on the subject, which, through well-constructed sample programs, gave me a firm grasp of the basics and whetted my appetite to learn more advanced techniques I could use to build practical websites. I hoped this book would supply those techniques, but I was disappointed.
This book might be of use to a developer who already knows the essentials of ASP.Net 2.0, and needs a desk reference for use in day-to-day programming tasks. As a learning tool, it is about as useful as trying to learn a foreign language by reading a dictionary.
Errors and omissions.......2006-07-27
The discussion on how to use the new SqlCacheDependency class is wrong. The book claimed (in page 623) that "with SQL Server 2005 no setup work is needed and no external objects must be added to the Database.". In reality, you need to setup several permissions in the database side. In addition, you have to make sure that the compatibility level of your database is set to 90.
The source code example in page 622 will not work. The reason is that the SqlCacheDependency object was created after the command was executed. SqlCacheDependency must be created and linked to the command object BEFORE executing the command.
Further, the book made no mention of the requirements of the SQL statement of the command to be linked to the SqlCacheDependencyObject (e.g. you cannot use *, and table names must be qualified with its owner). If you do not follow these SQL rules, caching using the SqlCacheDependency will not work.
I have not finished reading the book; I don't think I will have motivation to do that. I'm not very confident that what I'll be reading is accurate because of the above errors and omissions.
Does what it says on the cover.......2006-07-18
This book is an excellent introduction to the facilitites available in ASP.NET 2.0. It covers simple topics such as HTML controls, WebControls, page lifecycle etc, and also goes a little deeper to discuss details of providers, personalisation & master pages to name but a few. There are also several chapters devoted to displaying data using ADO.Net which are useful. There's also a good chapter on ASP.NET security. Most if not all of this information is available on the web, however having a single book that covers these topics is well worthwhile - it's a great book to have by your side when you are writing ASP.NET sites.
Amazon.com
In the Java universe, the interface layer of the ubiquitous model-view-controller (MVC) software design paradigm is handled by either servlets of JavaServer Pages (JSP). The second edition of Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages, like its predecessor, documents these handy technologies fully and practically. Far more than a straight API reference, this book presents examples--complete with code and a listing or screen shot showing results--wherever possible. It's a fantastic strategy for communicating to programmers what they need to do in order to achieve the effects and behaviors they desire. What's new in the second edition? Lots, in terms of its eponymous software development environments: The book covers servlets 2.4 and JSP 2.0. The examples are more refined, too, and more attention is paid to supporting technologies like Web and database servers.
The didactic approach of authors Marty Hall and Larry Brown is recipe-like. They typically begin with a statement of a problem to be solved, then discuss relevant aspects of the servlet or JSP API. A series of code listings follows, and screen shots showing results bring up the rear. The net effect is that it's easy to spot relevant sections in the table of contents, it's clear how implementation works (thanks to the extensive listings) and there's no doubt about what the results are supposed to be. More elaborate examples show how servlets and JSP work in shopping cart, auction, and other applications. This is a significant and worthwhile update to an important Java book. --David Wall
Topics covered: Java servlets 2.4, JavaServer Pages (JSP) 2.0 (including the new expression language), HTML forms, JDBC database connectivity, and the details of how servlets and JSP are implemented in Apache Tomcat, Caucho Resin, and Macromedia JRun.
Customer Reviews:
Great Servlet Programming guide.......2007-03-12
If you're learning web servlet programming this is a great book. I've found it hard to put down. The examples are great and the explanations are too.
Mediocre Book.......2007-02-01
I bought this book based on reviews of others, and found it to be a disappointment. The coverage is mediocre at best, and a lot of the techniques that the author uses are outdated -- probably just carried forward from earlier editions of this book.
The thing that bothers me most of all is that throughout this book, the author keeps referring the reader to Volume 2 for coverage of the more advanced topics. Unfortunately, Volume 2 has been delayed for over a year, and may not ever be released. Had I known Volume 2 wasn't coming out soon, I would have gone with a different author for learning servlets and JSP.
Great Read.......2006-04-24
Not a book for beginning programmers, however if you have minimal java experience and are proficient in other languages you will be able to figure it out.
This book is an excellent read but has little reference value because it has no index. It is very informative if you are looking for something that explains the in's and out's and why's of .jsp and servlets, but if you are looking for lessons and sample code, you will have better luck looking for it online. But then again if you have experience, you can figure out the code yourself -not that difficult.
P.S. There is a wealth of hints and code at java.sun.com That site coupled with this book was enough to get me on my way.
What you need to know about JSP and Servlet Programming........2006-02-23
This book presents a great introduction into the world of server side programming. Hall is an excellent writer and is considered to be the go-to man for JSP and Servlet development. This book is valuable to anyone interested in J2EE development.
Very good for the beginer to startup and can not get vol 2........2006-01-07
It is a very good for a beginner like me to catch all the basic knowlege in this area as fast as I could, without digging into the the advanced topic at the very begining. With the help of the book, I felt very exciting to be able to setup my own tomcat server and web.xml and develop and deploy my own JSP and servelt in MVC pattern without any help from other IDE like WSAD. The only pity I have that is that the book left all the advanced topics to vol 2, but I have feeling that the vol 2 will never be published. I did send a email to the author about the release date of the vol 2 but did not get response. I could not wait for vol 2, and I have to trun to other good book to fill up the gaps in my knowlege.
Customer Reviews:
Best Java Security Book for J2EE and Web Services........2007-09-23
This is a great book - by far the best security design book for Java and J2EE (including Java SE 6 and Java EE 5) I have read to date. When I first heard about my coworkers talking about this book, I thought "oh great, another J2EE book!" Much to my surprise, this book is not just a how-to security API or patterns recipe book but much more than that - I see it as a collection of valuable suggestions and examples on how to choose security mechanisms and use them in J2EE applications and web services. Moreover, it tells you what the bestpractices, pitfalls and tradeoffs are for each design pattern option you take. Particularly, You will find this book as an ideal companion for CORE J2EE PATTERNS - Deepak Alur et al, which is my favorite for designing J2EE applications.
This book is as close to size of a pillow and I do understand why the authors gave only code snippets for selected examples instead of full implementation. The case study is just right, it discusses the scenario and how to incorporate the patterns right in to the application design..which is just right for a Java developer who is involved with Java enterprise applications and web services. The best practices and security checklist detailed in this book - helps a lot during development and when you want to deploy a J2EE application/web service in production.
Having said that, I prefer this book as a must-have for any serious Java developer/designer/architect who wants to build Security from understanding basics of WHAT and know WHY you should architect your J2EE system in a particular way using best practices (a long list) and not just HOW. Ultimately you will find this book as an onestop reference for building security in J2EE applications and web services.
Java security made easy. Excellent title worth investing on........2007-09-18
If you ever want to understand about security and its role in the development of J2EE enterprise-level applications, then you should consider buying this book from your local bookstore.
The authors have done an excellent job in explaining the basics of security as it applies to the most common business practices, as well as deliver intricate details on the inner workings of the Java platform security architecture. Even though this book covers in its majority Java technologies, you don't have to be a Java developer or architect to appreciate it.
The book is divided in 7 major parts:
Part 1: Introduction and Basics of Security
Part 2: Java Security Architecture and Technologies
Part 3: Web Services Security and Identity Management
Part 4: Security Design Methodology, Patterns, and Reality Checks
Part 5: Design Strategies and Best Practices
Part 6: Putting it all together
Part 7: Personal Identification using Smart Cards and Biometrics
Parts 1-5 provide reams of detail about the fundamentals of security, the J2EE security architecture, and the technologies used to enable Web services security. In addition, there is a comprehensive explanation of patterns and practices for J2EE developers, as well as design strategies and best practices for securing J2EE Web components and web-based applications.
Web developers might want to pay special attention to Part 3 of the book because it gives an insight on fortifying Web services, authenticating and authorizing end users, and applying the latest cryptographic techniques. XML is described in detail as the encoding for messages between parties using a Web Service.
Note that this book does not explain the specific JAVA APIs needed for basic J2EE application development. Twenty-three proven security architectural patterns are discussed and presented through several realistic scenarios, covering architecture and implementation and presenting detailed sample code.
Part 6 of the book describes how to use this newly acquired knowledge in the implementation of real-world security scenarios.
Finally, we found the last part of this book as the most intriguing. It provides an in-depth coverage on Personal Identification using Smart Cards and Biometrics, their role in physical and logical access control, and the different technologies used in their implementation. Best practices and common pitfalls that might arise when implementing security using smart cards and biometrics are also discussed.
Overall we believe this is excellent book for the security enthusiast who wants to build robust end-to-end security into J2EE enterprise applications.
Excellenet book for Java Security architects.......2007-07-22
Like any Sun core book, this "reference" manual is cut above the rest. Personally I use it more as a reference manual helping me to understand and design security requirements for a project.
The reference book of the java security.......2007-07-19
A fantastic book that each java developer should have. Today, the security is becoming a real requirement of each java based enterprise application, and this book, in my opinion, represents the best reference. It is a very exhaustive and complete book for both beginner and advanced levels.
I don't think this is an awesome book.......2007-05-09
I am amazed by the 5 star ratings everybody has given this book! And I have implemented several enterprise level security implementations/integrations supporting hundres of thousands of users.
In my opinion, this book is really feeding the buzzwords frenzy of security domain. It certainly "talks the talk", but can it "walk the talk"?
I can think of numerous glaring examples where the book falls short. To name a few:
- Smart Cards (lots of power point and management level sales fluff here)
- JAAS (I have seen it being described much better in fewer words)
- SAML (huh?)
I think the book does a below average job of providing practical information. Even the content does not flow very smoothly and coherently.
Book Description
JavaServer Faces (JSF) is quickly emerging as the leading solution for rapid user interface development in Java-based server-side applications. Now,
Core JavaServer⢠Faces–the #1 guide to JSF–has been thoroughly updated in this second edition, covering the latest feature enhancements, the powerful Ajax development techniques, and open source innovations that make JSF even more valuable.
Authors David Geary and Cay Horstmann delve into all facets of JSF 1.2 development, offering systematic best practices for building robust applications, minimizing handcoding, and maximizing productivity. Drawing on unsurpassed insider knowledge of the Java platform, they present solutions, hints, tips, and âhow-tosâ for writing superior JSF 1.2 production code, even if you’re new to JSF, JavaServer Pagesâ¢, or servlets.
The second edition’s extensive new coverage includes: JSF 1.2’s improved alignment with the broader Java EE 5 platform; enhancements to the JSF APIs; controlling Web flow with Shale; and using Facelets to replace JSP with XHTML markup. The authors also introduce Ajax development with JSF–from real-time validation and Direct Web Remoting to wrapping Ajax in JSF components and using the popular Ajax4jsf framework.
This book will help you
- Automate low-level details and eliminate unnecessary complexity in server-side development
- Discover JSF best practices, ranging from effective UI design and style sheets to internationalization
- Use JSF with Tiles to build consistent, reusable user interfaces
- Leverage external services such as databases, LDAP directories, authentication/authorization, and Web services
- Use JBoss Seam to greatly simplify development of database-backed applications
- Implement custom components, converters, and validators
- Master the JSF 1.2 tag libararies, and extend JSF with additional tag libraries
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Managed Beans
Chapter 3: Navigation
Chapter 4: Standard JSF Tags
Chapter 5: Data Tables
Chapter 6: Conversion and Validation
Chapter 7: Event Handling
Chapter 8: Subviews and Tiles
Chapter 9: Custom Components, Converters, and Validators
Chapter 10: External Services
Chapter 11: Ajax
Chapter 12: Open Source
Chapter 13: How Do I . . .
Index
Customer Reviews:
The best but..........2007-08-04
Hi, this is the best book you can get.
But I hope in their future version:
1. There should be a new chapter called Managed Bean Environment or something like that. One managed bean cannot do much if it knows nothing about its environment. How to access other managed beans in scopes. How to access objects in scopes. How to access the parameters in the environment. We need to know how several managed beans communicate each other and communicate with their environment to complish a real project. We also need you to provide a concret example like in J2EE5 tutorial bookstore6. I am so pity you missing this crucial part.
2. There should be a new chapter called JSF and Enterprise Bean. This is an important issue to put JSF into a meaningful environment. JSF is for J2EE application. Managed bean need to link to session bean and session bean link to JPA. We need a such example how it works.
3. The chapter 8 to chapter 12 do not realy need to know for CORE JSF and therefore should be dropped to give book space for the above content.
4. In the chapter 5 Data Tables : Editing Table Cells. It is very inconvinient to click a checkbox to active editing mode. I suggest to remove all checkbox because in practise people will edit seveal cell content and click a save button. Also you do not need one inputText and one outputText for one cell. Remove outputText and add readonly in the inputText. Can you tell how to freez header when scroll a table?
5. There should be a chapter to talk about JSTL. It seems my request is out of the topic but it is not. JSTL is hard to stand out for an independent book. It will live with JSF. In real project, JSF is always mixed with JSTL to make a web page. We need to know when and how to use JSTL in a JSF page. I would say, the technique you learned from this book is not enough fro you to make a real web page.
Regards
A solid 'must have' reference for any serious library catering to Java programmers........2007-07-27
Java programmers will find essential this second updated edition CORE JAVASERVER FACES, which examines all elements of JSF 1.2 development and offers up a set of 'best practices' for automating functions, building consistent reusable user interfaces, and tweaking Java with JBoss Seam and custom components. There have been extensive updates and modifications to this edition, making it a solid 'must have' reference for any serious library catering to Java programmers.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Great Book for JSF Beginner's.......2007-06-27
I was excited when I first purchased this book, but I think my expectations were a bit too high. The Book covers the basics of JSF with aesthetic elegance, but more advanced topic's are not covered in as much depth.
That is not to say, however, that they are not covered. The book touches upon things like JSF used along side open source frameworks; which is an excellent place to start for the developer looking at the current options available for Object Relational / JSF / Alternate View Technology integration (Shale, Facelets, Seam, etc.)
But I would have liked to have seen a more thorough explanation on custom component creation. The example given in the book, e.g. the creation of a custom spinner component, is something that is somewhat useless in actual production environments. Usually, if a custom component needs to be created, it involves much more complicated functionality; such as a custom 'dataTable' component.
Even an explanation on how to create an advanced custom renderer would have been appreciated, for example, how to create a custom renderer for the 'dataTable' component.
Nevertheless, the book was useful and informative in many ways that I did not expect. The 'How do I...' section is an interesting approach, that was invaluable to me on numerous occasions.
Thus, overall, I would recommend this book to beginner and intermediate JSF developers looking to utilize JSF technology in their development pipelines. Unfortunately, for the most advanced JSF topics, looking at JSF implementation source code, and JavaDoc's still remains the best way to learn these advanced topics.
Great Book.......2006-08-24
It's a great book, easy to understand, a lot of examples, could be used by people initiating on JSF, or like a reference book. It is not necessary any knowledge of servlets or JSP. Just install tomcat, jsdk a jsf lib and start to write yours first webapp!!
Excellent thick book on web application development with JSF.......2006-03-23
Reading the Amazon reviews I suspected this to be a good book. But how excellent it actually was, caught me by surprise.
You get introduced slowly. The authors do not even hesitate to make pedagogically motivated design shortcuts at the beginning and they comment what they will improve later on.
The code examples are complete. Though you rarely ever need all of it, it strongly helped me not to get lost in the later chapters.
The code quality is top notch with a slight taste of C. It just feels good to read the code and one learns for even completely different software contexts.
If you only want a thin book on JSF the first six chapters (270 pages) will do an excellent job on that too. In fact this would be even the better book.
The style is unpretentious and the intellectual muscle of the authors is just amazing.
Are there problems? Well I think yes, in the more advanced chapters. The authors are just too competent. The consequence: In the later chapters you learn how you could do much, and I mean really much more, than is directly covered by the JSF standard. This might be a life saver, if you really do have any of those specific problems. In a general purpose book this might encourage people to overstretch their own system.
This book focuses only on the development side of the issues. If you want to learn the visual or the usability part of web applications, you have to turn to other books.
In summary I do highly recommend this book to people interested in JSF, Web development and software in general.
Book Description
Coverage is not critically tied to a particular rev of Flash. Flash to the Core: An Interactive Sketchbook is about the creative process and what someone like Joshua Davis can teach the world about taking Flash design and development to new extremes.
Part one is all about Joshua Davis, the artist: his philosophies, his approach to Flash workflow, how he works with clients, how he explains and explores the world around him through his creative approach to Flash web design, animation and motion graphics.
Part two is about the work itself: 12 Flash-based projects Joshua has created in the past year. Some of these have won awards, others have been nominated for awards. Each project is a narrative and deconstruction, with the code used in the project included and explained.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Book.......2007-07-16
This is an excellent book for both beginners and intermediate Flash designers. Joshua Davis did a great job of writing this. It is very easy to understand and follow (none of that jumbled jargon that you get lost in). The CD with demos and the website are wonderful. I keep this with me at work and loan it to friends and co-workers interested in learning more about Flash.
A book as much about design philosophy as design..........2005-12-27
In this "technical" book Joshua Davis does more than simply inform one how to do cool things in Flash -- he shows how to use programming in Action Script as a surpassing design tool. This plus his useful analogies helps the reader see more clearly the usefulness of programming design, and how to readily go about it.
This is exactly as the book claims - it's Flash to the Core. If you don't need to get that far into it, don't bother. If this is your profession, you *need* this book. (An aside : Perhaps Mr. Davis does do a little bit of self-lovin' in his book -- but darned if he hasn't earned it, in my humble opinion.)
useless.......2004-08-30
if youre looking for quirky code snippets that are written poorly and have no practical use, then this is the book for you. otherwise avoid it and get something else.
Good book, very good on concepts.......2003-12-23
I have been working with Flash for over 3 years, so I have a good grounding in the basics, including ActionScript. Today I finally decided to crack it open and do some of the tutorials. I finished Chapter 1 through Chapter 12, so that leaves me right at the beginning of the Intermediate and Advanced Projects section. On page 132 there is an error. In step 4 the author has you to name the "01 - crosshairs" instance on the main stage "crosshairs_mc". Just name it "crosshair_mc". Otherwise, it won't work. Steps 6 and 8 will have you write code to access "crosshair_mc". Just thought I'd mention this.
A Man Amongst Geeks.......2003-12-10
Make no mistake, Joshua Davis is one in a few web designers out there to be a true visionary in Flash design. So much so, that he sets the standard in inspiring web designers to exceed their own limitations and achieve their own visionary goals. However, when it comes to tooting their own horn, Mr. Davis is his own Tower of Power.
"Flash To The Core" is a 352 page love letter from Joshua Davis to Joshua Davis. I found myself feeling a bit instrusive, and at times blushing, to be reading Mr. Davis' open missives of love and praise to himself; as often as his little anecdotes and "words of wisdom" got to become more patronizing than inspiring (upon remembering that "Flash To The Core" was meant for me...and anyone else who wanted to further their knowledge of Flash). What's more, agonizing through Mr. Davis' countless self-referentials and numerous "I's" and Me's" had me come to the blistering conclusion that Mr. Davis has the inter-personal depth of a kiddie pool, and only where a hum of a computer fan is is where JD feels most comfortable, and connected.
I figured, if you want to be the best, then you look to the best, which is why I purchased this book. However, after reading this "tutorial", I found that no matter how talented I think Mr. Davis is (regardless of not being very helpful), it is by no means any comparison to how talented Mr. Davis thinks he is and the contribution he has made to his own legacy (a.k.a the Joshua Davis Experience--toot, toot).
In short, "Flash To The Core" is an eight course dinner for Mr. Davis' minions and wannabes, however, to web designers, like myself, who want to set our own standard, it's a starter that looked good on the menu, but wasn't very filling.
Book Description
The Comprehensive Guide to ASP.NET 2.0 for Experienced Developers
ASP.NET 2.0 represents a true breakthrough in Web development technology and delivers unprecedented power, flexibility, and efficiency. If you’re an experienced programmer who wants to build production-quality Web applications and services with ASP.NET 2.0, this book is the deepest, most practical tutorial you can find.
Randy Connolly introduces today’s best practices for every facet of ASP.NET 2.0 development. He illuminates ASP.NET 2.0 Web server control architecture, sophisticated user interface capabilities, and navigation controls. He presents systematic, practical coverage of ASP.NET 2.0 data integration, state management, personalization, and more.
As with all books in the Prentice Hall Core Series,
Core Internet Application Development with ASP.NET 2.0 focuses on solving serious problems with professional-quality code. With practical insights into everything from data binding to security, this is the ASP.NET 2.0 book you’ve been searching for: a definitive guide to building industrial-strength Web solutions.
This Book Delivers
- Best practices for architecting and implementing state-of-the-art Web applications and services
- Expert insight into the entire ASP.NET development process, from design through deployment
- Hundreds of professional-quality code examples, including complete applications and business objects
- In-depth coverage of the latest ASP.NET features, including master pages, new data source controls, and ASP.NET AJAX (a.k.a. âAtlasâ)
Every Core Series Book
Demonstrates practical techniques used by professional developers
Features robust, thoroughly tested sample code and realistic examples
Focuses on the cutting-edge technologies you need to master today
Provides expert advice that will help you build superior software
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I: Core ASP.NET
Chapter 1: Introducing ASP.NET 2.0
Chapter 2: How ASP.NET Works
Chapter 3: Working with the Standard Web Server Controls
Chapter 4: The Additional Standard Web Server Controls
Chapter 5: Exception Handling and Validation Controls
Chapter 6: Customizing and Managing Your Site's Appearance
Chapter 7: ASP.NET Site Navigation
Part II: Working with Data
Chapter 8: Data Binding and Representation
Chapter 9: Using ADO.NET
Chapter 10: Data Controls
Chapter 11: Designing and Implementing Web Applications
Chapter 12: Managing ASP.NET State
Part III: Implementing Web Applications
Chapter 13: Security, Membership, and Role Management 833
Chapter 15: Web Services
Chapter 16: Internationalization and Deployment
Appendix: ASP.NET AJAX Sneak Peek
Index
Customer Reviews:
Good for learning the important pieces.......2007-07-19
I recommend this book to experienced developers, although the topics are discussed clearly enough that a patient novice developer will gain much. Because the book assumes the reader has knowledge of basic web technologies, those with a background in earlier versions of ASP.NET or other web development platforms will get the most out of it.
The approach the author took was to give the reader the most pertinent information to bring him or her up to speed quickly. Only the most useful information is presented--which is why the book contains the word "core" in the title rather than "complete." For example, when presenting a new control to the reader, the author discusses only the most-used features of the control. Often, he will mention other, less-used features so the reader knows they are available, but will not provide examples or provide much detail over these non-core features. If you are looking for an exhaustive reference of all the features of ASP.NET 2.0, this is not the book for you. However, if you are looking to learn ASP.NET 2.0, this book will cover 90% or so of the features you will likely use for any project.
The typical presentation of an aspect of ASP.NET 2.0 in this book is to provide a brief description, a screenshot or two, and an explanation of what kind of situations are appropriate for its use. Most items also include example code, with additional screenshots. I especially appreciated that the examples were simple, but clearly demonstrated the use of the item they were explaining. The code for the examples was presented in its entirety, but use of bold text on the pieces being demonstrated made the examples very understandable and helped me go through them more quickly than the typical code example. Also the use of labeling in the screenshots made it easy to see the results of what each code example was doing.
Overall, this was a very efficient way to quickly learn about each feature of ASP.NET 2.0. The book was a surprisingly fast read for a technical manual. Right at the point where I became bogged down with too much detailed information about controls, data sources, etc, the author took a step back and began discussing higher-level topics such as contemporary software design and the appropriate use of layers or tiers when designing a web application. Although I have had experience designing multi-layered or tiered web applications, this higher-level discussion was nice because all the details of ASP.NET 2.0 were very fresh in my mind. I was able to think about application design in a new light now that I understood the capabilities of ASP.NET 2.0.
The book's last few chapters step away from the web applications themselves and discuss the "other" things pertaining to ASP.NET 2.0, such as web services, security within web applications, and deployment of applications. These are useful in that they give a slightly more complete set of information on developing internet applications with ASP.NET 2.0.
Summary -
If you are looking for a way to quickly get up to speed in ASP.NET 2.0, without getting bogged down in too many details, I highly recommend this book.
Not a classic ASP.NET 2.0 intro book.......2007-05-15
Read the book from start to the end. Not to be harsh, this is not a good book for the beginners, nor for experienced users. For beginners, the book doesn't explain some of the topic clearly, such as Page Life cycle. The way the book explain this topic might scare readers away from learning ASP.NET; for medium level programmers, this book doesn't touch any of the advanced topic, such as building custom controls. Also for the amount of knowledge covered in the book, the size should be reduced to 500 pages. If you want to learn ASP.NET, Beginning ASP.NET 2.0, Pro ASP.NET 2.0, and ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming: Problem-Design-Solution are the three definitive books.
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Review on Embedded Core Design with FPGAs.......2007-02-21
"Embedded Core Design with FPGAs" written by Dr. Zainalabedin Navabi is an excellent book to learn FPGA based Embedded system design. This book covers everything a person needs to know for learning FPGAs.
It explains logic design concepts first. Even if a person is very new to the digital field, he/she will be able to start right from there. Then the chapter named RTL design with Verilog, gives an opportunity to learn a hardware description language named Verilog right from this book. This chapter is so well written that no other separate book on verilog is necessary to learn.
This book explains very well how the Field Programmable Devices work. It has lots of examples to work with and program with Altera UP3 and DE2 board. These examples have made this book a unique one, because most of the books only provide examples, but this one shows how one can really use an FPGA board and provides step by step procedure to run those example in the FPGA board.
This book also has a chapter to design with Embedded processors. Embedded design steps were shown brilliantly with examples like design of a microcontroller etc.
Overall, this is a very good book on Embedded system design which covers topics like logic design to learning verilog to using FPGA boards to designing embedded processors.
Average customer rating:
- excelente producto
- Good JSP examples and reference book
- Great for getting quick grasp...
- 1st Edition available for free
- This book is the reason I didn't sink
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excelente producto.......2007-07-06
muy basico pero claro en los conceptos y los ejemplos, una buena herramienta para empezar con la tecnología en ese momento
Good JSP examples and reference book.......2007-03-13
overall good ref book.. but is not real interesting to read!!!
Great for getting quick grasp..........2004-11-17
I've found this book great for getting a quick grasp of JSP and Java Servlets. While I had a little bugger of a time setting the development environment setup, I was breezing through using this book. I'd highly recommend it for beginner to intermediate programmers. I used a coupon from UnderTag.com, so it was almost free for me too.
1st Edition available for free.......2004-02-28
the first edition of this book is available as a free download from http://pdf.coreservlets.com/. I have not read this book but heard it is good. I gave it 3 stars since it is an older version
This book is the reason I didn't sink.......2003-10-01
I started a new job 9 months ago, the assignment was to write several large scale web applications in JSP. I am an older female with a new computer science degree in a world of 20 something peers. They refused to give me ANY tips about JSP configuration or Tomcat...heck, they even put a few obsticles in my way in hopes of watching me fail. I HAD java experience, I Had perl experience I HAD HTML web develoment experience and I had a strong desire to suceed. I hit amazon and purchased a few books one of which was this one.
9 months later my applications are center stage and receiving RAVE review and this book played a huge part in that success. No, it doesn't take you by the hand if you're not already fluent in programming of some sort, but if you already know how to build websites and program in java, this book is a great tool. It doesn't force you to use some preconceived bean idea to build a cookie cutter application, it just gives pertinent examples and comprehensive explination of the most important and frequently used parts of JSP programming.
The index could be better, but over all it's a great book for new JSP programmers!!
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Great Book.......2007-09-19
I looked in several books regarding this subject and think this is the best book about PHP/Mysql. I just read the first chapter because I am presently too busy with adobe Actionscript. Hope have time soon to continue it.
A Must Have for PHP developer.......2007-07-14
I don't write reviews unless I feel very strongly about the book. This is indeed the first time I wrote in amazon.com.
I feel this is the one book you must have for web application development using PHP and mySQL, although frankly there are many good ones around too. I have seen many books and I strongly recommend this.
It has a comprehensive coverage. Many reviews have mentioned it so I am not going to repeat. I find that I learned something not covered in other books - about building robust, secured, and efficient codes. I have not seen people write that kind of codes for PHP. Marc has been most generous in shraring these with the readers. The 3 last projects were superb. It is well suited for the techie.
Does the trick.......2007-04-27
For a recent project that I needed to build I had to dive into PHP and MySQL. I have purchased quite a few books on the subject matter. A books real value to me is how much the book is used after you finish reading it. This is one of those books that has just enough to get you going on most PHP topics. With the help of this book and a couple of others I have been able to build a complex CMS system. This is the best of the bunch.
Good Introduction .......2007-03-12
I purchased this book to learn something about both PHP and MySQL. At this time I have read about 200 pages which covers all of PHP and most of the MySQL. It is easy to read. I have not come across any glaring errors. I also have not had time to try the examples although they seem clear enough.
The focus of the book is building web sites as the title implies. I want to use these tools to build a stand-alone application that creates and uses a database. It appears that every thing I need is in the book. It tells you how to connect to the database from PHP, how to create and manage tables, how to manipulate the data in the tables. It even gives a brief introduction to the normalization of your tables.
I am very happy with the book for my goals.
Good start !!.......2006-11-04
The way that the author guide you through this book is excelent.
Don't hope so much for MySQL but it's an excelent beginning, so clear and always in focus..
The last exercises are really very interesting, but I recommend that follow them very carefully becouse they need some adjusts to work! but that's the idea or not?
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