Need Good Books on ASP.NET

Question

User-1976489802 posted

Hello

Just wanted to know of any good books on ASP.NET. I've used ASP.NET before but only briefly and now want to take it to another level. I've bought  ' ASP.NET Unleashed' by Stephen Walther but I havent found it that useful yet as its only a reference. Does anyone know of any good books that have helped them through development . Although I'm a beginner, I dont want a book that is too basic in order to throw it away after a few months. Apart from books what would be the best way to get into ASP.NET? Also does anyone know of any good C# books for beginners?

 

Thanks 

Answer 1

User-1205307838 posted

1) the book you have it is VERY good (keep it)

2) there is a lot of help , tutorials here:
http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartv20/aspnet/Default.aspx

3) and buy member ship at http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/ - they have tons of very good videos for everyone. I have lifetime membership with them for few years now & i always find something interseting there

 

Answer 2

User-1976489802 posted
What do people think of the Wrox  books?

Answer 3

User1906100655 posted
Wrox and Apress have the best of authors. Plus..... they have a huge range of books.

I suggest you to pick up few good books, read them and move for other book. You will learn few good things from all the books you read. One book  and one author is not sufficient for a massive asp.net.

Keep a tab on amazon, wrox and apress and other sites for books.

Read this books section too regularly.

I hope i am clear now.

Cheers!

Answer 4

User1188172786 posted

I've gotten used to the Wrox layout of their books.  I generally prefer them for beginner and mid-level topics.  No one has really wow'd me from an advanced topics perspective yet.  Maybe Apress but I need more books than I have to judge.

 

Answer 5

User-1976489802 posted
There are quite a few books on ASP.NET 2.0 that wrox publishes. Does anyone know which ones are the best for beginners? Have you used any of them? What's your verdict? Please give your thoughts as I will need to buy one.

Answer 6

User-567059494 posted

 

    Hi,

         Go through these books if you are a beginner.

       WROX-  ASP.NET WITH VB.NET 1.0

                    ASP.NET WITH C# 1.0

      When you feel your self litle comfortable in the above two book then go for UNLEASHED asp.net 2.0(This is a very good book with an indepth knowlege of every topic) I donot remember the publisher. You just tell the name Unleashed and they will understand.there is only one book in the market with that name.

 

      

Answer 7

User201647903 posted

Check out this site for good ASP.Net Books http://computerbookreviews.blogspot.com/ this one http://astore.amazon.com/computerprogrammingbooks-20/detail/1890774316/103-3139108-3291803 is specifically for ASP.Net 2.0 for C# and has 4.5 stars. 

Also, I have heard rave reviews for http://astore.amazon.com/computerprogrammingbooks-20/detail/0672328232/103-3139108-3291803 it has 4.5 stars too!

I also recommend http://astore.amazon.com/computerprogrammingbooks-20/detail/1590594967/103-3139108-3291803 - I have this one (for VB) and it is very good.  I hope this helps [:)]

 

 

Answer 8

User937138743 posted

You can use Wrox Or O'relly book (Begining version). Which will help you to get the initial knowledge.

Also you get free books from : http://www.pdfchm.com

Ahsan 

Answer 9

User-1853252149 posted

I've got shelves full of ASP.NET books (Amzon loves me, and as long as I occasionally order some sappy romance who-dunnit for her, my wife still does too...).  Most used is still ASP.NET Unleashed by Walther.  It's an okay learning book but it's a phenomenal reference.  My personal preference when learning were (still are):

ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution by Marco Bellinaso
Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition by Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Devin Rader, and Farhan Muhammad
Professional ASP.NET 2.0 by Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Farhan Muhammad, and Srinivasa Sivakumar
Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in VB 2005: From Novice to Professional by Matthew MacDonald
ASP.NET 2.0 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies by Doug Lowe, Ken Cox, and Jeff Cogswell

Either of the Professional ASP.NET 2.0 will be okay, you don't really need both.  I like Wrox's Programmer to Programmer series, and the Dummies book still gets used occasionally as a reference.  The Problem - Design - Solution books have always been great for me to learn from.  I've had other books that were good as well, but more specific, AJAX, Master Pages, Security, etc.

Jeff

Answer 10

User-1311022226 posted

I never tried ASP.NET Unleashed. My favorite ASP.NET book is ASP.NET for Dummies. You can peak through a free demo at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/web/tier2/vwd/

I also used the Wrox Starter Kit, but it was nothing more than that. Not that useful.

Answer 11

User2145227788 posted

Hi,

Can you please suggest any books on using JavaScript in Asp.Net (especially using JavaScript in Master and Content pages)? I cant find any suggestions in the web.  All I found was links to MSDN and few other blogs explaining about integrating JavaScript in Asp.Net but I feel it does not help a beginner like me.

 

Thanks

Hari

   

Answer 12

User-1631963038 posted

Appendix D at the end of the PDF document link below has a list of the best ASP.NET books that I've found:

http://www.mintiera.com/pdf/Wizards%20User%20Guide%20Part%20II.pdf 

 

The PDF is 10 meg but the list is catagorized by type of books.  There's a reference to a really good book on ASP.NET internal architecture.   And you already know about Walther's book.  Also, Appendix B of the PDF file has a nice introduction to table-less web page design using just CSS elements.

Answer 13

User-1631963038 posted

See my other post in this thread.  The PDF file I referenced also provides a good list of Javascript books. 

Answer 14

User-319574463 posted

Apart from books what would be the best way to get into ASP.NET?

Get a subscription to http://www.learnvisualstudio.net!

Answer 15

User918508837 posted

 There are really a lot of books and videos on the net.

It depends on your experience and background, say you're a novice to Web, then the intro videos would be just fine for you, and some 'beginner' series book. On the other hand, if you're an experienced developer, say Windows app developer, then a 'professional' series book would be good for you as learning through videos do not work as well as it is usually explained in books in a systematical manner.

My advise: "Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 Second Edition" by APress

 

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Answer 17

User-1148431695 posted

Hi,

You can try books from APress or Wrox. Usually these books contains detailed information about all the topics (basics to advance).

Also, the best way to get into ASP.NET is visit forums and participate in different threads by solving issues posted by others. You can also visit the forum "Getting Started" which provides information on how to start in ASP.NET.

I hope this helps. 

Answer 18

User336344729 posted

"This book is by far the best computer programming book I have ever bought. You can go into my upstairs closet and find 20-30 books that I have purchased since the days of VB6. All of them have a few useful pages in them, but all together, they could not add up to as much information as you have given me in the first 11 chapters of this book."

Answer 19

User-557560312 posted

Try Professional ASP.NET 4 by Wrox. This book really covers everything - topics required from a beginner's perspective to an advance programmer's guide.

By the way, any Wrox publication is great!

Answer 20

User-1546444994 posted

No offense, but I find those Unleased books not useful for learning. I have tried it once and never buy those Unleased books while I need to learn. (And if I need reference, I would just go online to check. Why waste your money while you can get it online?) For beginner, that is a hard book to use for learning. Why buy a reference book while you need to learn? It is like picking up a foriegn language dictionary while you don't speak any. Well someone can learn a new language that way, but ordinally folks (i.e. me) have to learn it in a proper way.

O'reilly book "Learning ASP.NET" is a good starting point. I have never regret in purchasing any O'reilly books.

Answer 21

User1135101045 posted

For more advanced stuff I found the following solid books

Pro ASP.NET 4 in C# 2010

Ultra-Fast ASP.NET: Build Ultra-Fast and Ultra-Scalable web sites using ASP.NET and SQL Server

Professional ASP.NET 4 in C# and VB