Recommended Books?

Hello Everyone,
I a total n00b when it comes to ASP let alone windows servers. I'm wondering what books you used to learn it, or any excellent references you can provide? I've been using php and want to move over to something that will actually pay.

Thanks!

 

Are you looking to learn to program just web applications or Windows desktop applications too? For web applications, there are plenty of ASP.NET books out there and one is the same as the next, just pick the top seller on Amazon. If you want to learn app programming too, start looking at the WPF books, it truly is the future of where app development is headed. All of the WPF books by Apress are worthwhile.

 

you will even find number of free online e-books. but be certain what you actully need. asp.net c# or asp.net Vb etc. find out some common stuff regarding .net framework then you go for specified c# or vb.net
Best Luck

 

great info guys

 

Anytime I have to learn a new technology, I always go for the "...for Dummies" series. I find these really userful then I progress to more advanced.

 

Go over to Microsoft's official ASP.NET web site. There are loads of videos for noobs...

Also, I've been doing ASP development for over 10 years, and have found the following sites to be great reference/example sources over the years:

http://www.asp101.com/
http://4guysfromrolla.com/

This one is not ASP-specific, but is my all-time favorite web-development resource:

http://www.w3schools.com

 

I definitely advise the Head First Design Patterns book - easy to read and funny. It's in Java but it teaches you the fundementals of good design pattern usage.

 

I prefer wrox publications. asp.net books from them are pretty good. I used them to learn ASP.NET. For windows application using .Net you can try Manning's book. It is really good.

 

if you know php, you really dont need to buy a book to learn asp.. Just take a look at sample asp scripts... its really not that hard to pick up the syntax... Plus using visual studio makes it insanely easy to learn.

Download a copy of Visual Web Developer 2010 Express for free

 

Good Knowledge sharing and Informative Posting ...Thanks For Sharing..

 

Go for C# if you have a background of C or C++. Any language which supports .NET should be learn first in order to get familiar with ASP.NET.

 

For ASP.Net 3.5 i would prefer WROX publications as it provides each n every detail regarding asp.net.The language used in it is also very simple so its easy to understand.Just follow it and you will learn quickly

 

Hello kylecorley ,

Thanks for these link.