Programming Active Server Pages [With Contains Four Complete Applications W/ Code]

Reusable objects, by using ASP, can be created

I've heard about the book, I searched for it all over the region(middle east), I couldn't find it, when I found it, ohh my good... Its the best book for Web Site developement.....

This book surveys a lot of topic (ActiveX, DHTML, JS, VBS, ASP, Component Development) in very concise way. One chapter of ASP can teach you more than some thick 600-page books. Possibly you need some HTML, Java, and VB knowledge to better appreciate this book.

This book is well written, concise and clear. It provides information on Active Server Pages and all Microsoft's related technologies. The one problem that it has is a misleading title, which caused so many bad reviews here. It is a great primer on Microsoft's new Internet technologies for dynamic web sites. It is self-contained and goal-oriented. Forget the title and get the book for what it actually offers, if that is what you are looking for. You will not be disappointed. Professional ASP is a comprehensive book on ASP but, unfortunately, it lacks the clarity, brevity, and organization that this book has.

This book is a good starting point for beginners as well as a good reference book for more advanced users. Remember, though, that this book is published by MS press, so there is considerable content that is MS proprietary. For example, there are chapters devoted to DHTML, IE 4.0, and ActiveX controls. But these technologies only work if you are developing exclusively for the IE browser, which not many people do. However, the chapter on ASP and the chapter on MTS are very good, but look out for the examples in the ASP chapter, they aren't optimized for larger databases. Plus the first chapter gives a good overview of web development concepts. Overall, a good book.