Nice overview of how to implement 2.0 features.
10/6/2007
Overall, I think the book was a good investment and well worth the read. It lives up to everything that the title implies. The only reason that I didn't give it five stars is that the links for downloading the code have been broken since I got the book (several weeks now). It would be very helpful to have the project open and be able to reference the code directly rather that having to page back to revisit code that has already been covered, but is now being referenced as the project progresses.
Excellent Book
11/14/2007
As a recent college graduate I felt like I needed to know a little more about asp.net 2.0 before I started trying to code for a living. This book
blew me away with all it offered. Its simply the best book you can buy for learning to program using C# and Asp.net to create ntier architecture solutions.
A top ASP.Net 2.0 effort
12/2/2007For those who want to understand and work with sophisticated ASP.Net 2.0 websites and are familiar with many of the detailed aspects of the technology side of things, this book is a terrific find. After having pushed through the details of each of the major areas of .Net and having become Microsoft certified, it was still a leap to make some valuable use of what the .Net can be used as in the real world. This is where to go next to pull the syntax and the quality techniques together.
The "Pro" books have there place. There is an immense amount of technical detail to .Net. It is quite an advantage to have it pulled together in a tour from beginning considerations to final implementation of a very significant website example. Quite appealing is that being so complete, it serves ably two other purposes: a core for adaptation to many other website ideas and a takeoff point to even more advanced techniques without reinventing the wheel.
Great book to get up to speed on 2.0
12/28/2007This book is a great example of how to utilize VS 2005/Web 2.0 principles. There are a few components you can rip right out and utilize for other sites, it is a great addition to anyone's toolbox.
Not for beginners
12/29/2007Even in the books preface, it says it's not a book for beginners. It's geared more toward asp.net developers that have at least dabbled in design using Visual Studio. The book is more or less one big practical example. I recommend it for the novice+ developers of ASP.NET.