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Active Server Pages for Dummies

1 rating: 5.0

A book by Bill Hatfield

Active Server Pages (ASP) is 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 Dummiesproves that … see full wiki

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Author: Bill Hatfield

Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc

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Truly a best buy on Active Server Pages

Jul 18, 1998

by Jerry_Saperstein
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

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I spent several hours browsing ASP books at my local (and very well stocked) library and at the bookstore whose name won't be mentioned here. None of the ASP books I looked at seemed comprehensible to a beginner.

Normally I avoid "Dummies" books like the plague. Most I've seen are poorly written, disorganized and rarely leave with me a feeling that my money was well-spent.

Hatfield's "Active Server Pages Dummies" I'm very pleased to say is the exception.

Within 30 minutes of receiving the book from Amazon, most of my unanswered questions about Active Server Pages were resolved. Mr. Hatfield takes the beginner from A to Z in a measured, thorough pace that addresses each point completely and in context.

An added bonus for me was the appendix on Microsoft VisualInterdev. I had spent several hours the night before banging my head against the wall trying to figure out how to use it.

With Hatfield's excellent example I was up and runnin! g with VisualInterdev literally in a matter of minutes.

I've browsed every other ASP title available and for the beginner, nothing even comes close to Bill Hatfield's "Active Server Pages for Dummies." It is terrific.

Jerry

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