ASP.NET 3.5 for Dummies

by Ken Cox

Did you volunteer to create a Web site for the softball team? Is it time to take your small business to the next level and let your customers shop online? Well, you can relax! ASP.NET 3.5 makes creating a dynamic site faster and cleaner than ever before, and ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies makes it easier. First, you'll get an introduction to all the tools and terminology you need to understand ASP.NET. If you've used earlier versions of ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer, you can probably skip that part and jump right into what's new in 3.5. You'll make friends with LINQ and SQL, create sites in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express, and much more. Before you know it, you'll discover how data, track shopping cart contents, and whisk away bugs Create user interfaces with easy navigation Use the ListView control for sophisticated formatting Write LINQ queries Add a table to a database Create an event handler Take advantage of the drag 'n' drop feature that lets you write less code Put all the features to work to develop dynamic Web applications The softball team is going to love that Web site, and your customers might enjoy shopping on your site so much that you'll have to expand your business to fill all the orders! We can't promise that, of course, but we're pretty sure that ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies will make creating Web sites easier and a lot more fun.

436 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 15, 2008

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 1 out of 5]

Useless unless what you REALLY want is "Visual Web Developer for Dummies". From the introduction:
Microsoft has implemented powerful design-time tools in Visual Web Developer, so why not use them to be more productive?
Whenever possible, I favor the drag, drop, choose, and configure methods over typing code.

So if you want to understand how ASP works, write the code yourself, or use any other editor... you're out of luck. I'm just glad I borrowed this from the library rather than wasting money on it.