ASP.Net at Work: Building 10 Enterprise Projects [With CDROM]

This book is outstanding! I've learned almost as much from it as from Microsoft's own "IBuySpy" demo site. Probably the thing I like most about it was that it is written correctly, using code-behind pages and OO programming principles, not just slopped out as an example. Just being able to use the code as-is without having to translate to "real world" standards is a real relief. I've got probably a dozen ASP.NET books, and this is the one (along with SAM's ASP.NET Unleashed) that stays by my side.

Sufficiently challenging and well-written. The content shows that the author put serious thought behind the design of his applications. The book is well-edited, and as a result, the topics flow easily. If you are serious about .Net and need to quickly learn the normative techniques for ASP application design, I strongly recommend ASP.Net at Work by Eric Smith.

Finally a well-written book with good examples on ASP.Net. Eric Smith's applications are very good and they are challenging from the beginning. (The first chapter is no Hello-World, but rather an address book). Well edited and error-free. A great way to expose yourself to the normative techniques in ASP.Net design.

I've just worked my way through 2/3rds of the book and I must say that I am both impressed and overwhelmed. Impressed by the fact that the author has such a deep grasp of the .NET classes/framework and overwhelmed by how much I am learning. I am planning to go through the book again, from cover to cover after I finish this itteration, just to try to pick up some of the tidbits that I might have missed. I have gone through "cover-to-cover" 5 books on VB.NET and 3 on ASP.NET, and this one ranks at the top of my list for ASP.NET and should be considered for the more advance VB.NET people as well. I can honestly say that you don't need to be an expert at VB.NET to get some great things from this book, but if you look closely at the VB.NET code, you will pick up a ton of useful (real-world) information.