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Pro ASP.NET 3.5 Server Controls and AJAX Components is a reference for the serious ASP.NET developer who understands the benefits of object-oriented development and wants to apply those principles to ASP.NET 3.5, ASP.NET AJAX, and server control development. This book also covers SharePoint and targets the latest version of Visual Studio (2008) and the .NET Framework (3.5). Highlights include the following:
- Covers the new features in ASP.NET 3.5 and ASP.NET AJAX technology
- Describes the ASP.NET server control architecture in Visual Studio 2008/ASP.NET 3.5 covering state management, events, rendering, cross-platform support, control life cycle, localization, and deployment.
- Demonstrates how to integrate client-side development technologies such as DHTML and JavaScript with server control technology to create powerful interactive controls
What you’ll learn
- Create a powerful suite of interactive controls using ASP.NET 3.5 and ASP.NET AJAX.
- Enrich the design-time experience when building custom server controls.
- Integrate client-side development technologies such as DHTML and JavaScript with server control technology.
- Develop SharePoint server controls.
- Learn the background on user controls as compared to server controls.
- Work with the new mobile controls in ASP.NET 3.5.
Who this book is for
The serious ASP.NET developer who understands the benefits of object7ndash;oriented development and wants to apply those principles to ASP.NET 3.5 and server control development.
About the Author
Rob Cameron is an Industry Architect with the Developer Platform Evangelism team at Microsoft, working on mobility and entertainment solutions. Rob has over 13 years of solutions architecture and software engineering experience with the last few years focused on the internet, mobility, and entertainment space. You can read more about Rob's current work at http://blogs.msdn.com/robcamer.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Mind-numbing, torturous slog
27 Mar 2009
Format:Paperback
Listen, I buy technical manuals the way some women buy shoes. I love reading and learning this stuff to stay ahead of the pack. So I don't expect this to be James Patterson or Dean Koontz. Alright? But this has GOT to be one of the most painful, and worst "Pro" books I have ever had the misfortune of purchasing.
First off, either the implied level of the book'S intended audience is wrong ("Pro"), or the writers have no clue as to the type of development real "Intermediate to Advanced" .Net developers do in the real world. I'm up to chapter 4 and haven't tried to run one line of code. The first problem is that all the code examples thus far, are bogged down and cluttered with Master Page code with does nothing to advance the concepts, but merely act as a cute and stupid advertisement for the book you're reading. Secondly, they take a concept that in and of itself is complex, and then, because of the examples they use, they dumb it down to a level that is so insipid, the experienced developer's eyes are glazed over, and he finds himself just skimming over the code, which normally is my favorite part of these types of books.
When you start getting to the meat of basic concepts, they introduce a "custom" textbox example. Ok, I thought, "They'll use this to show some basic concepts, and then move onto more advanced examples of custom controls." Wrong! They use this stupid custom textbox control throughout the first four chapters. When a developer has used complex data-binding templating with hand-coded AJAX, can you imagine how mind-numbing it is to look at four chapters of code for a f'kin textbox? Let alone actually type in, or go through the hassle of downloading and installing projects for this kind of dreck.
Another problem I had was that they'd spend a lot of time and pages explaining a concept, and then after they're finished, they'd blithely say in effect "Here's an easier or better way to do it." How about telling me upfront there's an easier way of doing something, and let me decide if I want to bother learning to do it the harder way.
There are other issues as well, but I think my opinion is clear.
In a nutshell, my main problem with the book is that there are some important concepts to be learned in the first several chapters (probably in later chapters as well), but they are presented using the most boring, simplistic and unimaginative examples possible. As such, it was torture to read, and even harder to pay attention to what they were trying to impart, because my mind constantly sought escape through any excuse to be distracted from what I was reading. A floating piece of lint, or an errant cobweb was good for an hour or two of respite from this literary version of waterboarding.
In fact, the only reason I've spent the last hour or so composing this review, is because, you guessed it; I needed a break from this f'kin book!
First off, either the implied level of the book'S intended audience is wrong ("Pro"), or the writers have no clue as to the type of development real "Intermediate to Advanced" .Net developers do in the real world. I'm up to chapter 4 and haven't tried to run one line of code. The first problem is that all the code examples thus far, are bogged down and cluttered with Master Page code with does nothing to advance the concepts, but merely act as a cute and stupid advertisement for the book you're reading. Secondly, they take a concept that in and of itself is complex, and then, because of the examples they use, they dumb it down to a level that is so insipid, the experienced developer's eyes are glazed over, and he finds himself just skimming over the code, which normally is my favorite part of these types of books.
When you start getting to the meat of basic concepts, they introduce a "custom" textbox example. Ok, I thought, "They'll use this to show some basic concepts, and then move onto more advanced examples of custom controls." Wrong! They use this stupid custom textbox control throughout the first four chapters. When a developer has used complex data-binding templating with hand-coded AJAX, can you imagine how mind-numbing it is to look at four chapters of code for a f'kin textbox? Let alone actually type in, or go through the hassle of downloading and installing projects for this kind of dreck.
Another problem I had was that they'd spend a lot of time and pages explaining a concept, and then after they're finished, they'd blithely say in effect "Here's an easier or better way to do it." How about telling me upfront there's an easier way of doing something, and let me decide if I want to bother learning to do it the harder way.
There are other issues as well, but I think my opinion is clear.
In a nutshell, my main problem with the book is that there are some important concepts to be learned in the first several chapters (probably in later chapters as well), but they are presented using the most boring, simplistic and unimaginative examples possible. As such, it was torture to read, and even harder to pay attention to what they were trying to impart, because my mind constantly sought escape through any excuse to be distracted from what I was reading. A floating piece of lint, or an errant cobweb was good for an hour or two of respite from this literary version of waterboarding.
In fact, the only reason I've spent the last hour or so composing this review, is because, you guessed it; I needed a break from this f'kin book!
Excelent book
15 Dec 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you are an intermediate ASP.NET developer who has used just user controls so far (like me) then this book is just for you. It has opened a whole new world of ASP.NET and explained a lot of things not directly related to custom controls such as page life cycle.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The Data Binding chapter is opaque
9 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback
So-so.
Chapters 1-6 are alright, hence the 3 stars, but the important chapter 7 about data-binding controls is quite opaque to someone with no prior knowledge. This chapter took the wind out of my sails, and the rest of the book, which i only skimmed through, offered nothing to correct the impression.
Consistently, the full texts of both the .aspx and the .aspx.cs files are listed, even when the code-behind is essentially empty!
The overall reading experience is dull and frustrating.
Chapters 1-6 are alright, hence the 3 stars, but the important chapter 7 about data-binding controls is quite opaque to someone with no prior knowledge. This chapter took the wind out of my sails, and the rest of the book, which i only skimmed through, offered nothing to correct the impression.
Consistently, the full texts of both the .aspx and the .aspx.cs files are listed, even when the code-behind is essentially empty!
The overall reading experience is dull and frustrating.
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