ASP.NET Unleashed (2nd Edition) eBook Download

The book focuses on almost all aspetcs of ASP.NET in a professional manner.

Also the nice thing about this book is that all examples are in both VB.NET and C#.
You get Vb.net asp.net and c# code all in one Book .
If you want a book to learn and program then grab this book immediately


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This is "IT" the book to learn ASP.NET web apps.
Over 1400 pages of pure web ASP.NET code, I say my friend, "this is the book that changed me."

I came to this book barely able to write one line of ASP.NET C# & VB.NET code, but know I mastered DataGrid's, DataList's, Arrays (sorting and iterating), formatting (strings and dates), System.Text.RegularExpressions class (pattern matching and replace) and Client-Side Validation (Custom, Required Field, ), DataSets (GetXml, GetXmlSchema, WriteXml, ReadXml, ...), DataViews (sorting Asc and Desc), DataTables (insert, delete, Avg, Count, Max, StDev, Sum, define columns, add DataSets data, Var...), DataRelations, DataAdapter, DataReaders, XmlReaders, Creating Text and Binary Files, OleDbConnection, SqlConnection, Uploading Files, Session Variables, Caching objects, Xml Web Services, Compiling VB and C# into dll's, Symmetric Encryption and Asymmetric Encryption (SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, RC2, Rijndael, DES,...), Windows Authentication, Forms Authentication, Web.config (Roles, Authorization, deny users, Authentication, SQL Server connection string, ... The book's only flaw is that it does not show you how to bind data to objects (e.g DropDownList, Calendar, ...) inside of DataGrid's and DataList's using TemplateColumn(s), use custom JavaScript to validate, but the book only shows Microsoft's Control Validaters and the examples do not separate the VB and C# source file from the ASPX file, but by far this is "IT" the book to learn ASP.NET web apps.

//The book does not show how to populate data into a DataGrid's object or use JavaScript triggers for validation, but here is my code snip
function Validate(name, num, tname){
var regInt=/^-[0-9]+$|^[0-9]+$/; //no decimals
if (document.getElementById(name).value == ''){
document.getElementById(name).style.color='White';
document.getElementById(name).style.background='Red';
document.getElementById('lblError').innerHTML='Cannot be empty';
btnDisable(name, tname);
}
else if (num == 'I' && regInt.test(document.getElementById(name).value) == false){
document.getElementById(name).style.color='White';
document.getElementById(name).style.background='Red';
document.getElementById('lblError').innerHTML='Integers only';
//document.getElementById(name).select();
btnDisable(name, tname);
}

< asp : datagrid id="dgrCart" OnItemCommand="ItemsGrid_Command" >
< Columns>
< asp : TemplateColumn HeaderText="Quantity">
< ItemTemplate>
< asp : TextBox id="txtQty" tooltip="sdf" onKeyup="validate(this.id, 'txtQty')" Width="200px" Text=' < %# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "QUANTITY" ) % > ' runat="server" />


< asp : TemplateColumn HeaderText="States">
< ItemTemplate >
< asp : DropDownList id="ddlSt" runat="server" style="width:100%" DataSource="< % # popState() % > "
DataTextField="STATENAME" DataValueField="STATE"
SelectedIndex=' < % # GetSelectedState((string)DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "SHIPSTATE")) % > '
onchange="Validate(this.id, 'S', 'ddlSt')" onfocus="STfocus(this.id)" />




public int GetSelectedState(string state){
int i=0;
try{
i = dvState.Find(state);
return i;
}
catch {}
return i;
}
public DataView popState(){
try{
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(MapPath(@"XMLDocsState.xml"));
dvState=ds.Tables["STATE"].DefaultView;
dvState.Sort="STATE";
return dvState;
}
catch (Exception ex){ Response.Write(ex+"");}
return dvState;
}

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I also recommend learning JavaScript Unleashed (3rd Edition) , Oracle Database 10g PL/SQL Programming and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Unleashed.

PROS

- Code available for all examples in both VB and C#
- Author is very easy to understand, examples are great and to the point
- The book covers a ton and does it well
- The author provides explanations throughout explaining the transition from Classic ASP to ASP.NET

CONS

- Outdated, waiting for Third Edition for ASP 2.0 but still very useful if you're still coding in ASP.NET 1.1
- Author should have shown many examples referencing Stored Procedures which is what most people use...if you know what you're doing in application design
- No code behind? I'm sorry but this is just wrong...even if he's trying to show simple examples, it should all be done in code behind
- Lack of coverage on security...Check MSDN for that good stuff

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