ASP.NET C# Microsoft Visual Web Developer books

JonD · 25 Jun 2006 at 00:30

Im looking to learn ASP.NET with C# and im looking for some good books.

Ive found the following on Amazon: Click

Thats the professional edition but I noticed that they offer a bundle with the beginners edition which would be good to cover everything.

Ive coded C, C++, Java, PHP, MySQL, SQL, xHTML, CSS, javascript etc before and looking for a new challenge.

Microsoft Visual Web Developer seems to be the program to use so Im looking for a book which explains how use this properly.

Does anyone know if these are any good or know any books which are good to learn ASP.NET with MS VWD?

* Id rather learn with a book than online video tutorials.

Berserker · 25 Jun 2006 at 00:37

With a few exceptions, I find that beyond a basic concepts ('get you started') tutorial, books are a waste of time (and money). Same with video and professional training 'courses'. I'd much rather learn the basics then dive in and use online reference manuals where needed. Having said that, I have a habit of picking up new languages/languge variations fairly quickly.

If you're a books person, then sorry this hasn't helped. Just don't see the need for people to buy books just because they think it's the done thing after being expected to buy a set of course books at college or whatever.

JonD · 25 Jun 2006 at 13:30

When I wanted to learn PHP and bought a book and it taught me so much and it was very easy to learn.

I just find it easier to have one window open where I create the website and referencin a book than having multiple windows open.

paulsheff · 25 Jun 2006 at 18:52

I read asp.net unleashed, Dummies Asp.net and Dummies Asp.net 2.0 and found it really difficult to get a grasp of everything.

I then tried Asp.net 2.0 cookbook from O'Reilly, Asp.net 2.0 a developer’s notebook also by O'Reilly and also Dummies Asp.net 2.0 everyday Apps.

The last three reference Visual Studio in most of their instructions (code rather than design view) but I would recommend going through everyday apps first as it made a lot of what I had read before and didn't see how I could put into practice make sense. It works mainly in C# but does have the VB there as well to show you how you could work with that.