Instant ASP Components [With CDROM]

by Greg Buczek

This guide to the popular yet difficult programming task contains pre-written components and is appropriate for use as a VB refresher or for programmers new to VB components. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072125527
• ISBN13: 9780072125528
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 4.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

...as a Corporate Trainer

As a corporate trainer I'm often confronted with more training issues than I have time for as far as traditional presentations etc. This being the case, using the online approach is an awesome option to have at one's disposal and Mr Buczek's book is an wonderful resource to have.Not only are the ready made scripts a huge time saver, they're also very educational. In other words, rather than being limited to standing on the shoulders of others, you're being given the tools to develop your own applications.I want to mention too that My Buczek is very approachable. On more than one occasion he's emailed with responses to questions that I had and that's enough to justify the cost of the book in and of itself.Great book...!

very useful and practical

This is extremely useful and practical book. It does'n waste your time on empty wordiness, but gives you just what you need to get it done. For me, a programmer with long experience needing to pick up just another technology, this was just what I needed. Got me going in no time. Thanks, Greg! Hope for more books like that from you.

Learning is a process in Instant ASP Scripts

Knowing a little about SQL and almost nothing about IIS or ASP I was able to use the scripts. They are designed with enough explanation of each line that after reading the book first I was able to implement them with no major problem. Some of the modules come without the data and a program to load the database. This was overcome by using the knowledge that was already taught to accomplish these tasks. The goal after all was to enable me to create the scripts and implement additional modules by myself. The goal was not to give me a system that I would never know how to or want to add additional functions to. I implemented several of the modules on SQL 7.0 with no changes so I assume they will also run on SQL 2000.I look forward to reading his other books.

Oops I did it again....

I my earlier review below, I stated that the material on the accompanying CD was a mess and laid partial blame on the author for this. Well, I was incorrect in laying blame where it didn't belong. I contacted the author and he was very helpful. So, I decided to give this book a higher rating (5 stars) because to me the most important part of the rating system should be the content of the book which is very good.

Thank you!

I have used the author's two previous books extensively and I am impressed by the thorough treatment he gives to the ASP applications he discusses. For me, learning is easier by example. I have some previous coding experience, but I have found that the way he presents examples and discusses the code line by line helps me tremendously reduce the amount of time it takes me to learn the material. More importantly, his examples directly suggest what I can actually do with the code. I usually know generally where I'm headed when writing code, but having more examples and applied techniques is what I find most helpful and the book has a lot of very good material to help with this - particularly in an area like components where I am on the fringes of my programming knowledge. I have the set of three books now, and I find them together to be a great reference library for ASP work. High praise, here - thanks again!