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The
book is well organized for the amount of subject matter covered. I found it
somewhat daunting at first, since the author gets right into the new features
of ASP.NET without a lot of background and foundation theory. Some may find
this cutting to the chase as a feature, but the subject of migration is no
small task.
Going on to the page framework and configuration chapters,
however provided a more rewarding journey. The book provides some basic
knowledge needed for configuring and deploying an ASP application. This is an
important topic that many books do not cover as thoroughly.
The coverage of Web services is quite sufficient to get one
started on their way to developing web service based applications. The code
examples are well organized and easy to navigate and relate well to
illustrate the text. The book is not, however a guide on style or technique –
you’ll need to develop that elsewhere.
The sections on XML and ADO.NET are enough to get started with
a good understanding of how these topics are so importantly tied into ASP.NET
applications.
Overall, the authors provide a great deal of detailed
information without a lot of unnecessary verbiage. The book makes a
reasonably good reference worth keeping at hand.
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