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Product Description ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed is the most comprehensive book available on the Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 Framework, covering all aspects of the ASP.NET 3.5 Framework--no matter how advanced. This edition covers all the new features of ASP.NET 3.5. It explains Microsoft LINQ to SQL in detail. It includes a chapter on the two new data access controls introduced with the ASP.NET 3.5 Framework: ListView and DataPager. With its coverage of ASP.NET AJAX, this book shows you how to take advantage of Microsoft’s server-side AJAX framework to retrofit existing ASP.NET applications with AJAX functionality. It also demonstrates how to use Microsoft’s client-side AJAX framework to build the web applications of the future: pure client-side AJAX applications. All code samples are written in the C# programming language. (Visual Basic versions of all code samples are included on the CD-ROM that accompanies this book.) - Take advantage of Microsoft’s new database query language, LINQ to SQL, to easily build database-driven web applications
- Learn how to use the new ListView and DataPager data access controls to build flexible user interfaces
- Take advantage of ASP.NET AJAX when building both server-side and client-side web applications
- Use the AJAX Control Toolkit to create auto-complete text fields, draggable panels, masked edit fields, and complex animations
- Design ASP.NET websites
- Secure your ASP.NET applications
- Create custom components
- Build highly interactive websites that can scale to handle thousands of simultaneous users
- Learn to build a complete ASP.NET 3.5 website from start to finish–the last chapter of the book includes a sample ASP.NET 3.5 web application written with LINQ to SQL and ASP.NET AJAX
CD-ROM includes all examples and source code presented in this book in both C# and Visual Basic.
Featured Customer Reviews  Excellent! - worthwhile,
April 11, 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33011-7
ISBN-10: 0-672-33011-3
I am a member of the Inland Empire .DOT NET users group (a Microsoft .NET programmer's user group based in Southern California) and have been a professional programmer / programmer analyst for about 22 years now. I was tasked with reviewing this book so I dug right in and started reading. I particularly was interested in this book because I have read at least 4 other books written by Stephen Walther, I consider his books to be among the best around. Now, this book has 1,890 pages in it, and it all deals with the topic of programming Microsoft ASP.NET websites, so I think it's safe to say everybody interested in ASP.NET will learn something useful about the technology.
Note: all sample code printed in the book is written in C#, which reflects the current market shift (I believe) towards the C# language. Sample code is available on the download CD in both VB.NET and C# programming languages.
The book covers pretty much any ASP.NET topic you could ask for, server controls, viewstate, introduction to the .net framework, page event lifecycle, code behind pages, asp.net server controls, ado.net data access, multi tier development, viewstate, master pages and themes, cascading style sheets, caching, application and session state, security, site navigation, the objectdatasource and sqldatasource controls, validation etc..
The newer ASP.NET topics I was especially interested in include topics such as LINQ, LINQ to SQL, ASP.NET server side and client-side AJAX, the new ASP.NET security and membership provider features and the new ASP.NET listview and datapager controls.
One topic that I did not see covered very well was WCF (windows communication foundation), but WCF itself is a topic that could cover an entire volume itself, it's not an easy topic to learn either.
The sample CD has a website called the "Code Sample website"; I compiled the source code and created the code sample website, with virtually no problems. One interesting thing about the Code Sample website is the code samples can actually be executed within the context of a "virtualpathprovider". In other words, one could post sample code onto the website and the code would dynamically execute in real-time within the code sample website. I thought that was neat.
Overall, the author did an amazing job covering the vast topics in asp.net, his explanations are very understandable and he does a good job providing numerous examples of working source code to illustrate his points.
I highly recommend ANY Stephen Walther book; he is certainly one of the best authors that I have come across in my readings. The sheer usefulness of the content of this book makes this a very worthwhile investment for any programmer interested in using Microsoft ASP.NET to build dynamic websites.
Any programmer interested in SOA (service oriented architecture) however, would do better to buy a book for that specific topic (asmx web services) or wcf (windows communication foundation). As I stated, SOA in itself is a topic that could easily cover 700-800 pages by itself. One must realize though, that the target market for the asp.net 3.5 book is for those programmers who want a broad understanding of all the technologies involved in asp.net 3.5, this book is excellent for that. I truly believe this book has useful content from the beginner to the seasoned veteran programmer and is well worth any investment you would make in this book.
Only book on ASP.Net worth buying,
April 01, 2010 This is by far the best book available on ASP.NET 3.5. The copious examples are shown in C#, with VB code available on an attached CD. Examples are what most new coders need to master this complex skill. I have not read anything on this subject that is explained more clearly. The prose is mostly excellent, though very concise and explanations are minimal. Fortunately, the author focused on sample code. That is a good thing, but a tough read for beginners.
The book is not perfect. The examples are sometimes hard to follow and sometimes don't cover useful real-world examples. Furthermore, the ObjectDataSource is not as well covered as it should be, which slightly obsoletes the book. Much ink is wasted on the SqlDataSource. Also, the coverage of Object oriented data management constructs is minimal. And that is the most important concept in dotnet development with datases. If you are starting a new dotnet application, start with the ObjectDataSource. Put your data reads, updates, calls to stored procedures in one or more separate classes. This code does not belong in the page.
The above not withstanding, based on a comparison of over 12 books on this subject, this is the only book I would buy at this time. However, a decent book for beginners is "Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# and VB" by Darie and RuvalCaba.
I am a webmaster and a full time SQL Server and Visual C# programmer.Book Review for ASP.NET Unleashed,
March 12, 2010 This is one heavy book, and I don't only mean only in subject content. The book weighs 5.8 lbs. Why? Well, it has 1,892 pages of complete ASP.NET instruction. If you wanted to read this book before falling asleep at night, you'll need a table to put it on, or your wrists will break. I really would like to have seen this book broken up into two volumes; with that said, let me say also that this is a fantastic book for learning ASP.NET. If you can stay focused and work through this very lengthy, but complete book, you will learn ASP.NET. In my opinion, if you are a beginner with ASP.NET, you might want to get a beginner's book.
This book was written using C# code in its pages; however, you can get all of the VB.NET code from the accompanying CD. So, you've got both C# and VB.NET code covering the same subjects through the entire book.
The author does not use code-behind pages in this book, which surprised me. All of the code for ASP.NET and C#/VB.NET is placed into the same ASPX page. In addition, there is no mention of the Model-View-Controller (aka MVC) concept being used with ASP.NET. If you want to learn about MVC, you will need to buy a book specifically to learn that concept. It isn't in this book.
All of the ASP.NET Controls and Rich Controls are covered, as well as use of Validators, creation of Master Pages, data access using SQL Server 2005 Express, ADO.NET, LINQ to SQL, the SQLDataSource Control, Site Navigation, Remapping URLs, use of Login Controls, Application State, Caching, use of AJAX for both client and server side, using the AJAX Control Toolkit, and ultimately, you are shown how to make a code sample web site.
This is an extensive book, perfect for use in colleges and universities, and for anyone who wants to make the effort to learn ASP.NET on their own. What I really like about this book is that it covers all of the aspects within ASP.NET (excepting MVC) extensively, with lots of screen shots and source code. Each program is fairly small and easy to understand. As you work through each program, your knowledge and experience with ASP.NET will increase, building competence and confidence in your coding skills with Microsoft's way of developing web sites.
I hope you enjoy this book.
Great Book,
January 10, 2010 This is a fantastic book. Stephen Walther gives you very good code examples that build on best practices explained in previous examples. Very thorough explanations help you understand what each example is about and also explain alternative ways for different situations. This is "THE" book for ASP.NET 3.5. This book is worth every penny!Great reference,
December 17, 2009 I work with ASP.NET 3.5 day in and day out and I keep this reference book close at hand. While it's certainly true that nowadays you can get almost all the technical info you need online, this book provides a good reference to get you up to speed on new topics quickly, and it often provides code examples that can be plugged in immediately. It's also good if you just want an overview of the framework as a whole, what version 3.5 offers, and where things are going.
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