ASP.NET Weekend Crash Course (With CD-ROM)

Author - Robert Standefer III ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from Wiley was reviewed on 25-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book ASP.NET Weekend Crash Course (With CD-ROM) by Wiley. Before this I have purchased and enjoyed a few others of the Weekend Crash Course books - never again though!
There are typos, there are bad code examples, there is missing code examples, there are repeated paragraphs, there is lack of flow sometimes, there is lack of information (if you are doing some of this for the first time). I am sure that I have found close to a problem per page - and the book is about 300 pages!
I cannot believe how this book got out to the shelves and worse more I cannot believe an Amazon user like myself bought a book without reading the reviews first. If you are reading this, heed the warning of myself and the other reviewers - don´t waste "your weekend" on this book.¤

2) Paperback Book ASP.NET Weekend Crash Course (With CD-ROM) by Wiley. After reading through the first 20 chapters, in which no programming occurred until Session 16, I finally gave up. When I hit the first source code error in a simple form validation program I chalked it up to a simple typo. In Session 20 I couldn´t get their program to work at all, to say nothing of the source code not even appearing on the CD-ROM!

Whatever you do, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS BOOK!!!... As has been said before, if I could give it zero stars I would.¤

3) Paperback Book ASP.NET Weekend Crash Course (With CD-ROM) by Wiley. This book is already miserably, and painfully, out of date upon purchase. Be prepared to read half of the book before the author addresses the topic of "Building Your First ASP.NET Page". At that point, I had so many questions while reading the first 145 pages that I was completely confused. All of this could have been avoided with simple examples at the very beginning of the book.

Furthermore, typos are in abundance, the grammar was unclear, look for repetitive source code, missing code or completely wrong code through out the entire book. For instance, the listings on the CD were also incorrect or missing (Session 20 did not have a complete listing, instead referring the student to the CD where Session 20 was non-existent).

Don´t waste your money on this poorly written book, instead go to the ASP.net website and use their free tutorials to learn about ASP .NET.¤

4) Paperback Book ASP.NET Weekend Crash Course (With CD-ROM) by Wiley. This book starts out right, because it did keep me captivated for a few chapters, until you start to write the code. The code is all wrong, it doesn´t compile due to errors. Another drawback is that the book is full of the same code, repeated again and again.

The only good use of this book is learning the basics in pseudo code, without actually writing real ASP.NET code.¤

5) Paperback Book ASP.NET Weekend Crash Course (With CD-ROM) by Wiley. I really didn´t have many complaints about the book during the first few chapters. In fact, I appreciated reviewing some of the history of the past technologies, even though I had used those technologies. I also didn´t mind that the book doesn´t discuss "Visual Studio .Net" since I already know how to use it. I forgave some of the small typos along the way. However, at about Session 20, everything really broke down.

Code was missing or just plain wrong from that point on. The listings on the CD were also incorrect or missing (Session 20 did not have a complete listing, instead referring the student to the CD-ROM. This was the first time I used the CD-ROM during the course ... and Session 20 was missing!). And where are the Web-based errata? If you go to [url] you are told to visit [url]. If there are errata there, they are well-hidden. Using online resources and those included with Visual Studio, I was able to come up with my own solutions to the problems presented. However, by the time I had finished the course, it was no longer a "Weekend Crash Course". To add insult to injury, the included testing software also has typos and grades the questions incorrectly.

In conclusion: There are a lot of good books out there now that are based upon the released version of ASP.NET. Use those. This book is already miserably, and painfully, out of date.¤

6) Paperback Book ASP.NET Weekend Crash Course (With CD-ROM) by Wiley. Open the book on Friday evening and by Sunday afternoon ñ- after completing 30 fast, focused lessons - you will have mastered the skills necessary to begin creating robust, dynamic, data-driven web applications with ASP.NET. In just one weekend, expert developer Robert Standefer leads you into the new world ofMicrosoft.NET, and enables you to create robust, dynamic, data-drive web applications. Starting with ASP.NETbasics, Robert teaches you what you need to know to begin creating ASP.NET applications quickly, and easily. This book is a must have for any developer building web applications on Microsoft´s new .NET Framework.¤

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