Beginning ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB (Programmer to Programmer)

I am a VB.net Windows Forms developer who was looking to get into web development using ASP.NET 3.5. This book was a great find. Every exercise worked as printed, except for where I fat-fingered the code. I found the format of each exercise building on the previous exercises to be very intuitive. Plus, at the end of the book, I had a fully functional website with features I know I will use in future projects. I particularly found the chapter on the built-in Login controls and roles/security to be very informative.

This is the first book that I read on ASP.NET so perhaps my experience is limited, but I found the book well-written and very helpful. I spent a couple of weeks reading the book and working through the examples building the Planet Wrox website. Now I intend to use the book as a reference while I build my first web site at work.

In working through the book, I typed most of the code myself, but I appreciated having the source code available on the Wrox website. (Be sure to check out the Wrox site for errata as well.) I especially appreciated having the HTML source code, as my HTML and JavaScript skills were quite rusty. I was able to follow the examples, though.

I found it helpful that the code examples are in both Visual Basic and C# because at work I am switching from VB to C#. Readers who are already fluent in both languages may find the examples redundant, but there isn't a lot of code so there isn't much extra bulk.

It is appropriate that this book has "Beginning" in the title, as ASP.NET is a vast subject and no one book can cover it all. At several places in the text Mr. Spaanjaars makes recommendations for further reading, and I am already following his recommendations. I also appreciate the author's website with its articles and forum. This will not be the last ASP.NET book that I read, but it proved to be a very good first choice.

The book was exactly as described. Is in great condition and saved me a bunch of money instead of buying it through my campus bookstore. Delivery was fast. Will order from them again.

The first couple of chapters might be boring, but the remainder of this text book is quite impressive for an ASP.net beginner like me! The author has a great way of sharing his knowledge in a very clear manner. I've read half of the book already, and i would say I learned a lot and like the other reader pointed out, you'll never dread the word "web programming" again with this book. Highly recommended for beginner/intermediate readers!

Imar is a very smart guy and beginners have a lot to learn from him. Thankfully, he wrote this book to teach those learning ASP.NET the foundations of the framework.

I gave it to some of my co-workers to read, and they thought the book was very good. It has gotten them up to speed very quickly on ASP.NET.