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Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 with C# (Wrox Beginning Guides) Review by Douglas Sparling
Not bad, but couldn't connect
As hard as I tried, I just couldn't connect with this book. I prefer either a straight ahead reference book or a clear, step-by-step tutorial-style book in which the reader learns by building a complete project. However, this book didn't seem to fill either role.
Though there is a project (the Wrox United web site), the examples at times seem a bit muddy and without context to the complete project. I can't say this is a bad book, as I did glean some useful information from it (good coverage on themes and data controls, but almost no code until chapter 9). But after finishing the book, I didn't really feel that I came away with a good grasp of what I had read as a whole. In comparison, "Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# & VB" is a book I feel delivers a clearly written step-by-step tutorial.
My overall impression of the book my be due to my learning style not matching the style of the book, or due to the fact that I'm not a "beginning" programmer. In any case, "Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 with C#" might make a good second book, but I'm not sure that I'd recommend it as a starting point.