Sam said
No doubt the author knows subject matter. Before releasing this book, some one should have asked several people who dont know asp.net to actually use the book and learn form it by following step by step in each of the chapters to the 'T', they would have found out that they cannot do it.
Too many errors, and missing steps. This is not a step by step book, it should be called "Missing steps book", it is not for some one who does not already know asp.net; then again if you already know why would you want to get this book anyway.
Talking Wall said
I've been a software developer since 1987. I've been doing .Net work since 2006. Most of the asp.net and C# stuff I picked up by reading books and experimenting. I've read many, many teach yourself type books over the years and this is among the worst. Sure, you will learn some things but you will tear your hair out trying to get through the exercises. It's clear that this book did not get close attention from the editing staff and certainly no one actually worked through these exercises. There are fields and properties that are declared with one name and then used with a different name: Example:
Text{ get... set...} and then used in the methods as PalindromeText.
Fortunately, I had enough experience to figure things like this out but a newbie would be hopelessly misled. The chapter on Webparts doesn't mention ANYTHING about the required infrastructure and configuration that needs to be in place in order to use Webparts. Chapter 8 "A Common Look and Feel" is missing steps in both the master pages and themes section.
This is a very shoddy piece of work and if I were the editor and author I would be totally ashamed of this product. No way would I put my name on this work.
James B said
Easily the worst written book, on any topic, I have ever read. Filled with errors and typos, I could not get a single piece of code to work as written. The author leaves out essential points, and jumps around from point to point like a squirrel on meth. The text is virtually unreadable, and most of the code is useless. The author and publisher should be made to publicly apologize and compensate anyone unfortunate enough to have wasted their time on this book, which they apparently put an insultingly low amount of effort on.
I could say more, but then I would waste even more time on this book, which does not deserve it. Trust me, do not waste a penny, or even more valuable, your time and brain cells on this.
maddog said
I have worked through the first six chapters and it just gets worse and worse. The code, both in the text and the CD is laced with errors. There are sudden jumps with no explanation. I do think the choice of topics and the examples are well chosen but the book book is so sloppily edited that it is not worth the time and money. This is more like a rough draft than a final copy. I am an experienced C# programmer and this book has caused a lot of frustration and time waste.
I would be ashamed to have my name on something this shoddy.
Doug said
Dont buy this book. Many omissions and typo errors. You will spend all your time trying to get the examples to work.
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