Amazon.co.uk Review
Active Server Pages (ASP) technology represents, in most cases, the best server-side scripting choice for intranets, extranets and public Web sites served by Windows NT and Internet Information Server (IIS).
Instant ASP Scripts provides network administrators with a crash course in ASP work, along with a considerable library of ready-to-use scripts.
An initial ASP tutorial explains the basics of the language but the really interesting educational material accompanies the scripts in the library. With each program, the author comments upon whatever interesting trick she's used, excerpting the code as needed. The book touches on pretty much everything ASP can do (including its considerable power to interact with databases).
The library includes a script that runs a suggestion box, another that runs a vote counter, one that files requests for purchase orders and a whole bunch of calculators. You'll also find scripts for rotating banner ads, a script that walks the surfer through a troubleshooting tree and a script that tracks vacation time. Rather than pad his book with gee-whiz scripts having little practical value, Greg Buczec has built a collection of scripts that are useful as they are and can be modified to fit other situations (all the code appears on the companion CD-ROM). --David Wall
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Instant ASP Scripts provides the "why" for Active Server Pages. Numerous books on the market teach you how to use Active Server Pages but skimp on real-world examples of its use. This book will show you how you can activate your company's Intranet or Internet web site. The book will show you how to create an Online Campus, an Online Store, a Corporate Library, Classifieds, Live Chat, Message Boards, Online Form Letters, Usage Tracking, Project Progress Management, Help Desk, Online Calculators and so much more.
The CD that comes with the book includes an entire web site collection for all the sites created in the numerous chapters. The CD also includes all the SQL scripts and Access databases so you can recreate the database tables simply.
The introductory chapters give you a refresher or introduce the many aspects of Active Server Pages. You will even learn how simple it is to build a component in Visual Basic that you can access from your Active Server Pages.
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