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| Professional ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB (Programmer to Programmer) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Devin Rader
Publisher: Wrox
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 15502
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Onl
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1704
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.3
ISBN: 0470187573
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.276
EAN: 9780470187579
ASIN: 0470187573
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 the complete reference March 28, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Scott, Bill and Devin do a phenomenal job of covering evrything in 3.5. This massive book can be read cover-to-cover over a couple of weeks or sit on your desk as a reference. The info from these three is rooted in real-world experience. They cover the technical details as well as the how and why of decisions around developing Rich Internet Applications.
 Get a phonebook instead; it's free July 18, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I find it hard to believe the other reviews aren't plants by the publisher, or by people accidentally reviewing a similarly titled book. The introduction is full of documentation probably dumped from MSDN about obscure directives and their obscurer attributes. It reads like a phonebook. Writing the samples in both C# and VB is just another tactic to fill up 1600+ pages; here's one of the "gems" from the first chapter:
VB
If Page.IsPostBack = True Then
'Do Processing
End If
C#
if (Page.IsPostBack == true)
{
//Do Processing
}
As if the " == true" is not enough of a WTF, the book then goes on to say "In addition to checking for a true or false value, you can also handle postbacks like this," and gives the following example code:
VB
If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
'Do Processing
End If
C#
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
//Do Processing
}
So the target audience of this book is interested in reading a list of the public key tokens of the assemblies referenced by default in a "web.config" file, but they don't know how to negate a boolean value without someone holding their hand?
This is THE BOOK TO HAVE for ASP.NET 3.5 March 29, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If there's one book to own on ASP.NET 3.5 this is it! Unlike some other books that have simply added a couple of additional chapters at the end and a new cover, in Professional ASP.Net 3.5 sections that matter have been accurately updated to reflect the new changes and new chapters have been added where appropriate.
This book is very well written, and is full of code examples. At 1674 pages it's a monster, but it's all solid content.
Excellent June 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book is in perfect conditions, and the book offers the best guidance and technique assistance for developing and understanding ASP.NET applications. The best choice.
Good book, but not what I expected June 7, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was looking for something that would specifically go over the new features of ASP.NET 3.5. However, at times I felt that the book was going over the same topics I had read in a "Professional ASP.NET 2.0" book. The bits of information that let you know what was new in ASP.NET 3.5 seemed few and far between. It does make sense, since I am of the understanding that 3.5 did not add many new features to ASP.NET. On the other hand .NET 3.0 did add a lot of features and this book covers them quite thoroughly.
My opinion is:
#1 this is a great reference book to have.
#2 If you're already experienced with .NET 3.0 you may find yourself skipping pages to get to topics you're less familiar with.
#3 If you're buying the book to see a topic dedicated to "What's New in ASP.NET 3.5" you will end up having to read through the entire book to find out.
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