Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with VB 2005: training & reference

This book is excellent for beginners and for experienced ASP.NET developers who can use this book as a valuable reference for their day to day programming needs. I am using this book, along with Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 upgrader's guide to upgrade my current applications to version 2.0.

As an experienced VB.NET programmer without any formal ASP.NET experience, I was very happy to explore all of the items in this book, particularly the sections regarding the construction of an e-commerce website. Overall it is an excellent book, especially for first timers like me. Unfortunately some of the basic "tricks" that need to be used when interfacing form controls to databases were not covered, and I had to resort to help on the internet for that. But that is the price one pays for staying up with the latest version of software. Doubtless there are other books that cover this subject in more detail. For those who want a thorough introduction to ASP.NET 2.0, this is a very valuable book, and well worth the money.

In short: simple and clear explanation, practical code examples, good coverage of ASP.NET 2.0 features, and the paired page presentation format makes the book an easy read. This is certainly one of the best programming books that I have ever come across. Highly recommended.

At the moment this book is my absolute favorites about Web Programming with VB 2005. If you are interested in this topic, I can only recommend this book. Great Book. Easy to Read.

Let's just say it contains enough nuts and bolts to help build a web project as I'm sure other reviewers will agree. In it's own right I back up some of the comments made about this book being great as a quick and incomplete refrence. Don't let me discourage you.., it's a great place to start, however, for more advanced topics.., I recommend a specialty book. I gave it 5 stars because it is still well written, and you will see too that it's a great beginners book!