Microsoft Silverlight Books

Decent book

Very thorough book, and at 1600+ pages, it ought to be. That being said, there are some weaknesses. I have read parts of the book, and then later when trying to retrieve same information, could not find it in the index. This was frustrating having to re-read entire chapters until I found what I was looking for.

Also, there is no background information on OO techniques. While technically not the purpose of the book, it would be nice to know how pages can be inherited from one another and how that technique differs from, say, using Master Pages.

Another thing the book did NOT have that I was hoping it would is detailed information on how to programmatically add controls to an ASP.Net web page. Nothing in the book at all.

Last but not least, the book claims to explain ASP.Net in VB 2008 yet some of the examples are clearly C# syntax. This is a typo for sure, but frankly an unacceptable one in my opinion. If I wanted a C# book, I would have purchased one.

Steve F.
29 September, 2009

Great Book - Covers Everythin about ASP.NET From a Professional point of view

Excellent Book, includes hundreds of detailed examples that cover everything from ASP.NET From basic concepts to Client Side Programming, From Chapter 7 to 14 it explains different types of data access techniques including Linq, ADO.NET, SQL Server Classes, Datasets, and XML.
On Part 3 you Will learn how to build ASP.NET Websites using Custom user Controls, Themes and Master Pages, and also how to define and bid Site maps. In this section you will also learn all about CSS and how it works in conjunction with HTML or XHTML.
Another interesting Section is the Security Section, It explains how to authentificate forms and create memberships to control access for specific users.
The Last Section talks about client-side Programming including JavaScript, Ajax and the most interesting one, Silverlight (the Flash Killer).


JORGE_C
09 May, 2009

Excellent reference with good samples

This book is packed full of good information. Lots of good samples including implementing real-world solutions. Nice chapter on custom server controls.

James Stark
09 April, 2009