One of my most valuable books

I'll keep this short and simple. This is what I call the "Bible" of ASP.NET books. I reference this quite a bit along with Internet articles on syntax and approaches.

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- Outdated, waiting for Third Edition for ASP 2.0 but still very useful if you're still coding in ASP.NET 1.1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

Other Reviews

• Simply outstanding!
• the best tool for very one from the best author i ever read
• ASP.NET Unleashed, Second Edition
• This is "IT" the book to learn ASP.NET web apps.
• One of my most valuable books