For Ado.Net-- Microsoft ADO.NET (Core Reference) by David Sceppa http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735614237 For Asp.Net-- That depends >From what I've observed and read, if you really want to understand how asp.net works "under the hood", Fritz Onion has two fantastic book (one version for vb.net and one for C# Essential ASP.NET With Examples in C# And http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201760401 Essential ASP.NET With Examples in Vb.Net http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201760398
Stephen Walther's ASP.NET Unleashed is a great reference if its used as a tool to learn WHAT Asp.net offers (in terms of server controls, ado.net, forms auth, etc) rather than HOW to use what asp.net offers. The reason: inline scripting is given disproportionate emphasis over object oriented development. If not used properly ASP.NET Unleashed can promote the creation of websites that consist of disjointed pages written in a brute force procedural style rather than the construction of asp.net web applications that use object oriented development practices. The latter practices allow you to take advantage of asp.net and the .net framework's strengths: classes, inheritance, polymorphism, properties, event driving programming, Code Access security, etc. While ASP.NET does deal with the fact that asp.net applications live in different paradigm than classic asp web sites, the book is thicker than a lot of telephone directories. The portions that cover object oriented methods for web application development are a small percentage of its whopping page count: 1459. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067232542X For vb.net developers, a strong supplement to Asp.Net Unleashed is: Building Applications and Components with Visual Basic .NET http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201734958 -----Original Message----- From: Travis D. Falls [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [AspNetAnyQuestionIsOk] ADO.net and asp.net I am looking for really good asp.net and ado.net books. Anyone have recommendations? Travis D. Falls | Sr. Software Engineer | 860.307.6014 | <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/saFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/saFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AspNetAnyQuestionIsOk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
