There are a number of good ways to go about finding a good primer. The best,
of course is to go to a large technical book store and flip through a few
candidate primers. Each author writes differently, with a different emphasis
and a different set of priorities. You'll want to ask yourself a few
questions while examining the various candidates:
Do you like the author's writing style? Is it clear, easy to understand?
Will the author leave you with questions or does the author anticipate your
areas of confusion? Are you the target audience?
Are there enough (too few? too many?) examples? Is the complete source
code available? Every book,
no matter how carefully edited has errors. Is there an errata sheet you can
access on the web?
Another question is whether the primer offers itself as a comprehensive
reference or as a tutorial? Some rare books are excellent at both, but most
books are better as one than as the other.
You want to be sure the book you buy is targeted at the version of ASP.NET
you'll be using (2003 or 2005) and the language version you'll be using (1.x
or 2.0)
I hope you will consider my book, Programming ASP.NET (O'Reilly). The 2nd
Edition is for ASP.NET 2003 and C# or VB 1.x. The new 3rd Edition is for
ASP.NET 2005 and C# 2.0.
I did not set out to reproduce the Microsoft documentation; but rather to
tell the story of how you go about createing web applications with ASP.NET.
I do provide extensive support for my books on my web site
(
http://www.LibertyAssociates.com) where you will find a sample chapter,
Table of Contents and Index and where you can buy the book at a 34%
discount. You will also find that my site provides the complete source code,
a link to the errata, and a FAQ. Finally, I offer a free private support
discussion center for questions that arise while reading my books.
Thanks and best of luck.
-j
--
Jesse Liberty
Author of .NET books for O'Reilly Media
Microsoft MVP
"boostngti via DotNetMonster.com" <u14890@uwe> wrote in message
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I have 4 years of programing exp. with Coldfusion, and I am begining to
learn ASP.NET C# and was wondering if some people could suggest some good
books.