Hmm, this is off topic, no? If you're playing the 2.0 game, you don't have a lot of choices, so get like an "introducing" book, like "Introducing ASP.NET 2.0."
I read the SitePoint book, "BYO web site...", it was good for getting the concept. The best book I read was the one I got for free for downloading some presentations. The latest site like this is the www.learn2asp.net site, you sign up, click the download button 3 times and wait a month for your book to show up (free software, too!). When they did this a couple years ago, the book they sent was "Coding Strategies from the Microsoft ASP.NETTeam" and it was great at taking me through how the server worked, how requests work, what happens when you bind data, etc. That was a MS Press book, and is honestly the way I would go (especially if you can score it for free). I recommend Microsoft Press books. -nathan strutz http://www.dopefly.com/ (don't worry, the site is still running on cf and will be for a long time) On 4/26/06, Plunkett, Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone have a suggestion for a good book for getting quickly up to speed > with ASP.Net for someone experienced in ColdFusion? I find the O'Reilly > "Programming ASP.NET" completely unhelpful for some reason. It may just > be > because the examples are always in two languages, not really sure > though. I > find that very distracting. > > I know C# already, but a _good_ book with examples in VB would be fine > also. > > The problem I have is that I need to be able to separate what is good > practice from what is just fluff that they throw in for people who don't > know how to code for the web. For instance, I knew in CF not to use > CFInsert and the weird CF canned form controls. It is not clear from what > I've read on ASP.Net if their canned form controls are actually necessary > or > not. > > Thanks, > Matthew > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:238797 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
