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ASP in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference [Paperback]

Keyton Weissinger (Author)

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Paperback: 492 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 2 edition (13 July 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1565928431
ISBN-13: 978-1565928435
Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.3 x 2.9 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 259,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8 in Books > Computers & Internet > Software & Graphics > Applications > Microsoft Internet Information Server
- #17 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Microsoft Windows > ASP

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ASP in a Nutshell gives Microsoft Active Server Pages' developers a quick reference guide for looking up object usage. This guide is geared towards working ASP programmers who need to get their answers quickly, without wading through long examples.

The book is organised in three parts: an introduction to ASP, a language reference, and appendices. This second edition has been updated for IIS 5.0 and ASP 3.0--the latest flavours of Microsoft's flagship Web server and scripting engines. The ASP introduction is very brief but adequately explains the basic concepts behind ASP and server-side scripting.

The heart of the title is the language reference that covers the intrinsic ASP objects plus ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) 2.6, Collaboration Data Objects, file access, and more. Each section is tagged with staggered page markers that usually make it unnecessary to resort to the book's index to find a topic.

While there are no full-blown code examples, the small code fragments that are included for most objects are valuable in illustrating usage. The information is accurate and to the point throughout, and that's exactly what busy programmers really need in a desktop reference. --Stephen W. Plain, Amazon.com

Topics covered:

ASP overview
Application of ASP objects
ASPError
ObjectContext
Request
Response
Server
Session
Global.ASA
Installable components (ActiveX Data Objects 2.6)
Ad Rotator
Browser Capabilities
CDO for NT
Content Linking
Content Rotator
Counters
File Access
Logging Utility
MyInfo
Page Counter
Permission Checker
Tools
Converting CGI/WinCGI applications
ASP on other platforms
Configuring IIS

Amazon.co.uk Review

Continuing the enormous success of the O'Reilly "In a Nutshell" series of reference works, ASP in a Nutshell rolls up it's sleeves and delves deep into the inner workings of this handy technology.

Not intended as a catch-all guide, the book is nonetheless an invaluable work, taking time to spell out in succinct terms the various commands together with their associated switches and parameters.

Divided into five sections, covering subjects including a full breakdown of the object model and a list of all of the installable components (the ad rotator, content linker and more), there's something here for programmers of all abilities, including invaluable guidance on use of the global.asa, preprocessing directives and server-side includes. Topped off with a useful set of appendices which give help and advice on topics including how to CGI applications to ASP and where to get hold of cross-platform ASP-based tools this is a must have for anyone who's serious about getting the most from ASP and NT server. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Top class easy to read reference book, 4 May 2001

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Yet another top book from the O'reilly gang. The beauty of the "nutshell" series is that there is plenty of code samples throughout.

Sure you'll never be able to write an entire app after reading this, but that's not the aim of these books.

As a reference book, it's superb.

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5.0 out of 5 stars this is a GREAT book, 22 Aug 2003

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I have been programming in VB for the last 4 years and thought I would try ASP, cos after all it is VB script. when i got this book i just could not put it down. I still use it constantly when writing ASP code.
the book explains all the major commands that you may come across in any ASP page and also includes an example. what more do you need in a quick reference. It is split into logical sections making it easy to find the command you are looking for and is easy to follow.
I reconmend this to any one that is writing ASP pages. Also i would reconmend the "VBSCRIPT Pocket Reference" by O'Reilly as well, to accompany the "ASP in a nutshell"

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4.0 out of 5 stars One of the better ASP references, 26 Aug 1999

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This review is from: ASP in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (Nutshell Handbook) (Paperback)

A very good reference for any reasonably competent ASP developer. The book does give some narrative introductions to each topic, but is primarily best used for reference purposes. Look elsewhere if you want to learn ASP from scratch. The only reason I consider it to be a 4 (maybe 4.5) star instead of 5 is the tough competition in this area - books like 'Professional Active Server Pages 2.0' are so good they have to take the top spot. However, this title is an ideal companion to 'Professional ASP 2.0' for keeping at hand when coding, and that's exactly what I use it for!

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2.0 out of 5 stars A Hard Nut to Crack
I've bought A'Reilly 'nutshell' books before, so this seemed a good idea. But if this is asp in a nutshell, the shell is really, really hard to crack.

Yes, it's all there. Read more

Published on 23 Jun 2004 by steve37745

4.0 out of 5 stars Get Results with O'Reilly
A Fantastic reference and syntax lookup reference.
A Must have for any ASP developer.

Published on 30 Oct 2003 by David A. Nash

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good reference book
A very good reference manual for ASP with all the objects and methods. Simple examples for each object. Don't have VBScript reference.

Published on 21 Nov 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Well structured, cheap and good for a bed time read.
This book is ideal if you already have some experience with Web Development, but you want to work on a productive ASP project as a professional. Read more

Published on 21 Mar 2001 by leonard.tonna@cliffhanger.com

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for the basics...
This is a great book for learning the basics of ASP. If you like this book, consider getting either "VBScript in a Nutshell" or "JScript in a Nutshell."

Published on 2 Jan 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for every web developer
What this book tries to be is a reference guide, with notes, how-to's, pitfalls and syntax references for all the most common ASP commands in IIS 5 (windows 2000 pro). Read more

Published on 28 Nov 2000 by J. A. Griffiths

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for an overview of ASP and a really good reference
I thought it was a great book. After reading another ASP book and getting bogged down and a bit lost. Read more

Published on 15 Nov 2000 by IAN DUNCAN

5.0 out of 5 stars A great introductory and desktop reference
This books gets you up and started with ASP in the clear and direct way we expect from the O'Reilly Nutshell series. Read more

Published on 5 Sep 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Concise reference book for ASP
This is an excellent reference book for ASP and concepts. It is concise and easy to read and has some nice code snippets that work. Read more

Published on 16 Aug 2000 by gez.kavanagh@waii.com

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as it could be
I wouldn't want to put anyone off buying this book: it's more concise, and therefore to my mind better, than the other ASP books I found. Read more

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