Amazon.co.uk Review
Plenty of books have been published on ASP, but many lack the technical depth to teach you how to build a complete ASP-driven site. Look no further, because
Active Server Pages 3.0: Your Visual Blueprint for Developing Interactive Web Sites delivers a visual, step-by-step approach to building dynamic Web applications using ASP.
This book is a sort of toolbox, sporting a simple format that guides readers through straightforward examples. Instructions and demonstrations are given for over 100 core tasks, each of which is broken down into two-page lessons with accompanying screen shots that illustrate them visually. Along the way, you will learn how to work with cookies, query strings, database connections and custom error messages.
The "Apply It" section takes you one step further than the core lesson by illustrating fine touches such as delivering user-friendly error messages. The "Extra" section gives examples of important shortcuts, tips, and tricks such as how to abort the execution of a for...next loop. Both elements include ready-to-run code. A "Reference" section includes most commonly used VBScript and ASP statements for easy access.
As a bonus, the companion CD-ROM includes all the sample code from each of the two-page lessons, shareware versions of additional programs to be used with ASP pages, and an e-version of the book. This is an indispensable and valuable guide for novice ASP programmers. --Stephen W. Plain
Product Description
Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional–level computer topics. Inside you′ll discover step–by–step screen shots that demonstrate over 100 key Active Server Pages tasks, including:
- Processing data from a form
- Creating a cookie
- Using query strings
- Encoding a URL
- Creating a custom component
- Locking application variables
- Using a Windows script component
- Connecting to a database
- Creating a custom error message
- Using the File Access component
The companion CD–ROM includes:
- Shareware versions of WEB–ED Page and Scripting Editor and ASP Express
- Evaluation versions of Edit 2000 and Visual InterDev 6
- Plus, all sample code and an e–version of the book.
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