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Paperback: 362 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Bk&CD-Rom edition (4 Feb 1998)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0764501909
ISBN-13: 978-0764501906
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.5 x 2.5 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,082,900 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Active Server Pages (ASP) are the best way to create dynamic Web sites--that is, Web sites based on the contents of a database--under Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and other Microsoft Web platforms. Active Server Pages for Dummies proves that despite the initially intimidating appearance of some ASP code, the system isn't hard to learn and can be a lot of fun.

The book delivers a carefully structured introduction to ASP technology. The examples aren't all academic, either--you'll find code (printed and on the companion CD-ROM) for a date-stamper, a banner-ad rotator, a guest book, and even a near-real-time chat room and a system for managing classified ads.

Though this book includes sections on VBScript and JScript, you'll probably want to combine it with a language text if you are unfamiliar with at least one of those languages. Still, the language material that's here serves as a good introduction to the basics and enables you to make sense of the scriptable ASP objects which make the technology so powerful.

Though this isn't an object reference, the author explains the capabilities of each major server component and provides example code that uses many of them. That's the strongest aspect of this book in fact--the excellent example code you can learn from and adapt to your purposes. --David Wall, Amazon.com

Topics covered: Basics of ASP, VBScript, JScript, the ASP object model, server components, database connectivity, Visual InterDev and popular ASP applications. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Active Server Pages (ASP) technology is now of importance to Web masters, IT professionals and programmers who are familiar with HTML and languages such as Visual Basic, JavaScript, Perl and C++. The open development environment provided by Active Server Pages gives developers the flexibility to combine HTML, scripts and ActiveX server components to create Web-based applications. With ASP, developers can create Web pages that allow site visitors to view personalized and regularly updated informtion. In this guide, readers will find complete information on using ASP's open application environment - incorporating scripting languages and using ActiveX server components that can be written in anything from COBOL to Visual Basic to Java. The book includes information on how to incorporate database files into an ASP application. Readers will find out how to use ASP for business solutions, such as extending sales and customer service to the Web and providing access to corporate databases to any browser on an intranet. There is also a section on how to use Web tools in conjunction with ASP. The enclosed CD includes sample scripts, ActiveX server components and sample Active Server Pages. Databases, images and other files that can be tied together with ASP technology are also included.

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2.0 out of 5 stars XP Pro Required, 26 Nov 2004

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This review is from: Active Server Pages for Dummies (Paperback)

The book will give you a basic understanding of ASP but be warned...if you are a dummie you will struggle. If you have XP you will require the Pro edition just to view the samples. Though indicated as 'Revised and Updated' the book has never heard of XP which gives you an idea of the publishing date (1999). It also makes alot of assumptions on your programming abilities which is not really treating the reader as a dummie. Not the easiest read for a total beginner and definately not recommended for a Dummie. You'll need some programming experience to get anywhere with this book.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Extremely good book to start with, but no depth, 10 Aug 2001

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It teaches you the basics of ASP to a minium level at a very easy rate - anyone could program a site based on its content.

However - dont expect any thing more! Very little depth beyond the basics and it has some strange ways of doing things.

I recommend this to start from and Professional Active Server Pages to take you further - you do kinda need both books - but when your done, you know ASP well.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very worthwhile investment, 13 Nov 1998

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Previous to reading this book, I knew only that ASP meant Active Server Pages and that you could access databases with it. I knew nothing else, and this book gave me all the information that I was looking for.

I found the examples very useful, especially in terms of accessing databases which is really why I bought it. The CD comes with all the source code, and I'm now happily ASPing away!

I only have one criticism (and it's a small one); I would like to see a bigger section on VBScript, and perhaps a command reference at the back of the book.

Well worth the money.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good tutorial of basics but contains errors
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