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Title: Professional Active Server Pages 3.0 (Programmer to Programmer) Publisher: Peer Information Authors: Alex Homer, David Sussman, Brian Francis, George Reilly, Dino Esposito, Craig McQueen, Simon Robinson, Richard Anderson, Andrea Chiarelli, Chris Blexrud, Bill Kropog, John Schenken, Matthew Gibbs, Dean Sonderegger, Dan Denault Rating: 1/5  If you're starting out in ASP then perhaps this is not the book for you. I've barely looked at the book, admittedly, but when I did need some help with my ASP script this book didn't help very much. It was also annoying to be told on page 68 that details of all the ServerVariables collection members would be described in the appendix, and they're not (unless they're really good at hiding). I've just downloaded the VBScript language reference from the Microsoft web site which will probably help me a lot more.
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Title: JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (4th Edition) Publisher: Peachpit Press Authors: Tom Negrino, Dori Smith Rating: 4/5  Unlike other Peachpit Press Visual Quickstart Guides, this is a VERY weak coverage of the topic, which will leave most buyers wanting. Typical of the lack of content is the description of how to do loops. "The kind of loops used in this book is the for loop..." No other types of loops are even mentioned. Does JavaScript provide while loops or until loops - or even the dreaded infinite loop? You'll have to look elsewhere to find out. The part on defining functions says you usually use an event handler to call a function, and gives no hint of other uses for functions - and this is also the only treatment of event handlers! It's true that you can call a function from an event handler, but often you use functions in calculations of values or in the logic of if statements. These more normal uses of functions are only treated in this book by use in the example scripts. You have to discover them for yourself. Event handlers are presented as if the only thing you can do is call a function. Can you also put code right in the handler? You won't find the answer in this book. If you're looking for a few useful but trivial scripts, this book is an awfully expensive way to get them. If you're after a decent language reference book, this definitely isn't it. Save your money.
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Title: Programming C#, 4th Edition Publisher: O'Reilly Authors: Jesse Liberty Rating: 5/5  I am getting a lot of value from this book. I have moderate experience with VB and am new to dot Net and object oriented languages. The information is presented clearly, the language is consistent, and the examples are just right: a little ahead of my understanding as I read them through the first time, but as I read the explanation I say "Right, ok, that's what I thought that meant." If you have a lot of experience with C++ or Java, there are lots of little notes to point out to you what doesn't behave the way you're used to. Just as I would expect with an O'Reilly book, the information is dense (doesn't waste my time) but with a light sprinkling of humor. You know this book is written by a real person, someone who knows the stuff AND has the occasional bit of wisdom to share (like maybe such-and-such is legal, but it's not a good idea to use it). He does a good job distinguishing between what is correct code, what is a matter of style, and what may be legal but it's so dadburned ugly you DON'T wanna go there. I also found good support at the author's website, which includes a list of errata.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Professional Active Server Pages 3.0 (Programmer to Programmer) Publisher: Peer Information Authors: Alex Homer, David Sussman, Brian Francis, George Reilly, Dino Esposito, Craig McQueen, Simon Robinson, Richard Anderson, Andrea Chiarelli, Chris Blexrud, Bill Kropog, John Schenken, Matthew Gibbs, Dean Sonderegger, Dan Denault Rating: 5/5 As usual with Wrox books the quality is very high. A lot of examples. Finally a book that covers ASP with IIS 5.
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