With this book, you will learn how to create engaging and interactive web applications using the latest version of the world's most popular web development platform: ASP.NET with AJAX, built on the productivity-enhancing features of Visual Studio 2008. All you need to get started is a basic knowledge of HTML and a desire to produce professional quality websites. Learning ASP.NET 3.5 introduces new skills in each new chapter and offers fully annotated and fully functional examples that you can put to work immediately. Each chapter adds detailed summaries, practice questions to ensure comprehension, and exercises so you can apply what you've learned to new situations. Written by the bestselling author team of Jesse Liberty, Dan Hurwitz, and Brian MacDonald, Learning ASP.NET 3.5 offers complete, up-to-date coverage of ASP.NET 3.5 and AJAX. The book includes:

• Chapters that are designed as a series of tutorials on different aspects of web development

• Examples in each chapter that illustrate how a new concept works. Different chapters feature either a single running example with several stages, or a series of smaller examples

• A single large example in the final chapter offers that uses everything the reader has learned

• VB, JavaScript, and SQL Cheat Sheet sidebars to help readers with no little or no background with those topics

• AJAX-style fully integrated into ASP.NET programming -- the way it should be taught and used

If you want to get up to speed with the world's most popular web development technology, Learning ASP.NET 3.5 is the best resource for the job.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 2 Ratings

Very thorough introduction to a big subject - 2009-03-31
Reviewer Rating:
I rarely read technical books cover to cover, but I did with this one. The subject is compelling and the tutorials are excellent introductions. They whet your appetite for more. I will read the author's larger book "Programming ASP.NET" as a result of my satisfaction with this book. A great intro.

One of the better 'Learning' books I've read - 2010-02-03
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This has to be one of the better books that I've used. The verbiage and the method the authors use to engage the reader are great. There are only a few things that I would say might help and that is to elaborate a little more on some of the examples and the differences of entering the code via the Design or Source views. Otherwise the book was both helpful and challenging.

This book uses Express versions of Visual Studio for both the ASP and SQL - totally free!

The hardcore code junkies may find this book a little light, but for those just getting into ASP and or coding (like me), I feel this is a great start.

~Happy Coding

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