Professional Active Server Pages 3.0
by Dan Denault
Need To Know Asp? Get This Book.
The team behind Professional Active Server Pages 2.0 has written a
definitive guide for the latest version of ASP included with Windows 2000.
This lengthy text offers a comprehensive look at the technology and is
geared toward seasoned professionals looking to truly master this
important development platform. The team of authors touch on almost
every topic a working ASP coder might be interested in, including what to
do when it all goes wrong. This title is divided into six sections that focus
on key aspects of ASP: the basics, ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), building
components for ASP, integration with BackOffice,
security/performance/scalability, and reference material. This organization
makes the book useful for both lengthy reads and quick daily reference.
The index and set of appendices are also quite comprehensive. Code
snippets of judicious size and summary boxes with key information such as
errors and function calls make the reading productive without being
distracting. Most of the material is presented in a structured topical tutorial;
however, an excellent XML newspaper case study provides a real-world

perspective on XML and ASP. While a number of working programmers
authored this guide, the groups expertise has been well-integrated to read
consistently. The team provides some error-preventing programming
procedures such as formatting and indenting code, being Explicit about
declarations, converting variables to the appropriate data types, using
good variable naming conventions, encapsulating script, and more.
Whether youre looking for information on utilizing components,
implementing certificates, or working with Active Directory, youll find
answers in this fine work. --Stephen W. Plain Topics covered: ASP basics
and versions, Active Server Components, ADO, XML data, components,
COM/COM+, ASP Script Components, C++ component issues, ADSI and
Active Directory, Message Queue Server, Collaboration Data Objects,
Exchange Server integration, certificates, performance optimization, site
load balancing, and ASP Object Model.
Personal Review: Professional Active Server Pages 3.0 by Dan
Denault
Obsolete??? Hardly. As I write this review, new Web page technologies
are being matured: jsp, php, chm (yech). New models are being matured:
Servlets, STRUTS, .NET. Classical ASP 3.0 is still quick, fast and
necessary for small to medium businesses, even enterprise-level
webpages. There's no better book to learn all the standards, applications,
basics, and advanced capabilities of ASP than THIS book.I love Wrox. I
started with their Beginning ASP 2.0 book (how I learned). This book, a bit
more advanced but in the beginning level, is still all you need to get things
going from single tiered applications to multi-tiered, database driven apps.
It goes into COM objects and other MS Services like Index. Really a one-
stop book.With this book and Google you have all the reference you
need.Note: ASP 3.0 is in no way, shape, or form similar to ASP.net.A
small, tiny complaint about this book is that it can be a bit wordy...just a
tad. And the index in the back could use a bit more improvement. The
info's still in there.
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