Author:	Dino Esposito
Made:	Microsoft Press
Date:	11 June, 2003
Media:	Hardcover
Sales Rank:	7339
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Rating: 4.11/5 from 19 reviews

Confusing at first

Rating: 4/5

I'd recommend getting this book if you are new to ASP.NET, even though this book is not for the newbie to ASP.NET. This isn't a quick reference book for little problems, this is a concept book, that goes into great detail of how things work in ASP.NET.

I received this book right after starting to use ASP.NET, and it was basically useless to me, as most of the content went over my head. After I got much deeper in my knowledge of ASP.NET, this book started to make much more sense. Most every advanced concept behind ASP.NET is covered here in depth, all at your fingertips, I find it amazing that Dino knows all this stuff!

They only cons I see is that it is a little dry to read, and you won't find any vb.net examples. Other than that, I recommend getting this book

Finally a good ASP.NET book

Rating: 5/5

I'm still recovering from a really bad asp.net book, and Esposito is restoring my faith in the technical writer.

this book is the best if not only asp.net book you'll ever need to read. the style is very reference-oriented, which means it dumps voluminous amounts of knowledge in your lap (1,000+ pages), all well organized, and with enough tutorials and code samples so it's not like reading a dictionary.

i did some research before buying this book, and i've been delighted with it. no fluff, no meanderings, just hard-core learning. when you're finished, you can use it like a reference, which is how *all* programming books should be, except maybe the beginner-level books.

warning: this book is not for programming beginners. you should have some prior asp experience as well as some object oriented experience in something like Java, c#, c++, etc., or you'll be completely lost, because the material is meat, very little milk.

not a good book to learn / reference

Rating: 2/5

I read two books of this author, and I find he try to make simpel thing complex. This book is very dry, even you feel thursty sometimes. No real examples or code, just explanations. And over 1000 pages, the exaplanation is still there. I find most of the thing is from MSDN, and not worth the money. I will throw it away. Never buy it.