Beginning ASP.Net Using C#

The best book currently out on the subject as of July, 2002.has good database access examples.is generaly very good.

I've always been a fan of Wrox and their big red books. The way the book approaches ASP.NET (and the more difficult challenge of C#) is easy for anyone with basic HTML knowledge to understand. One warning to those who already know ASP Classic: this book is designed for people who have no idea what ASP stands for, so the beginning is slow going if you already know ASP Classic like myself. However, as I haven't tried their Professional ASP.NET book yet I don't know which one's better for the experienced. For now I'll just say that if you want to learn ASP.NET and C#, this is the book, period.

As a classic ASP developer, this book provided exactly what I needed to transition to .net using c#. The c# part comes fairly easy since I have used java quite a bit. The thing I like the most is that the book teaches you to write code for .net without using the IDE. The IDE is great; however, if you don't really know what is going on behind the IDE... well - you get the picture. Overall - I like the book alot because it is teaching me what I need to know to write good production code.

This book assumes you know nothing at all about C# or ASP.NET and it does take a long time to evolve. I would say it takes about 600 pages to get to a level that one would consider to be real world practices in regard to ASP.NET programming with C#. But this book is not insulting for all of that. It offers a nice slow moving tutorial on C# and manages to introduce the many varieties of data access available with ADO.NET, while also serving up a useful introduction to ASP.NET server controls and .NET coding techniques and design practices. By the end of this book you will certainly have a good grounding for further exploration. Also, absolutely every one of the examples in this book works! Despite what some of the rather limited and obviously inept reviewers below claim.

This is an incredible book. I would not recommend reading it if you already read the VB.NET version. The two books in my opinion were designed to be the same but let you choose which language you prefer. I know C and C++ and wanted a C# approach to ASP.NET not a VB.NET. I was delighted they gave me the option. Granted the book may spend extra time on programming in general but not to the point that I would fault the book.I was able to get the example programs to work in the book; there is also an errata on the web site.I would highly recommend this book for anyone who wants a C# perspective on ASP.NET. They also cover topics on XML, CSS, Relational databases and more. This is a good book period.