| Beginning ASP.NET E-Commerce in C#: From Novice to Professional (Expert's Voice in .NET) |  | Authors: Cristian Darie, Karli Watson
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With the latest incarnations of ASP.NET 3.5 and SQL Server 2008, programming dynamic data–driven web sites with Microsoft technologies has become easier and much more efficient than ever before. Fewer mouse clicks and fewer lines of code can now enable more powerful features and the tools you needâVisual Web Developer and SQL Server 2008 Express Editionâare free. In Beginning ASP.NET E-Commerce in C#: From Novice to Professional, you’ll learn how to best use the free development tools offered by Microsoft to build an online product catalog. You will gain an intimate understanding of every piece of code you write. This understanding will enable you to build your own powerful and flexible web sites efficiently and rapidly with ASP.NET 3.5. - Build a complete site, including a shopping cart, checkout, product searching, product recommendations, control panel, customer accounts, order processing, and much, much more.
- Explore new challenges and theoretical concepts, which are carefully analyzed and explained throughout the book, with each feature you add to the web site.
- Learn to handle payments by integrating PayPal and DataCash into your site.
What you’ll learn - Use Microsoft’s Express products to build an online product catalog.
- Add payment processing with PayPal and DataCash.
- Expand your site’s product listing through web services.
- Implement an order pipeline.
- Take advantage of SEO techniques to publicize your site.
Who is this book for Developers wanting to build professional e–commerce sites using the latest .NET technologies. About the Apress Beginning Series The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to knowâbut without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you thereâit is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!
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 Great ASP.NET 3.5 Book April 23, 2009
F. Stepanski
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Among the many ASP.NET books out now, very few actually go through and help readers how to create large-scale web applications. There are plenty of reference books available explaining how to use the many ASP.NET controls and c# langauge techniques showing you snippets of code but thats about it. In the job market today, people need to understand how to put together (from start to finish) a usable web application that can be used in the "real-world".
This book (as its previous ASP.NET 2.0 version) explains to its readers how to create from scratch a web application using techniques that you would see in a real-world application.
Of course it is a limited database, but it is something that you can build upon and use many of the techniques in other similar web applications.
The book first starts in explaining the database structure (The Balloon Shop) and hoow 3-tier architecture works in a web application today. The presentaion tier, the business tier and the data tier. All these "tiers" are just objects that you create in ASP.NET and C#. The presentation tier would be your web forms (controls and such), your business tier would be all the code (defined in classes) that will interact with the presentation tier and the data tier will be your database and any remaining functions. This is the real web applications work and the author explains it very well.
VS 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Express is used so you dont have to spend any money on other tools (free from Microsoft) and the author goes through all the database tables while explaing database basics such as tables, keys, SQL statements and stored procedures. A very nice database intro.
The author then goes into detail explaining all the classes (explaining how to create classes and why they are useful) that will be used in the application.
Other real-world issues in developing web applications are discussed like performance, error handling, error pages, administrations issues, interacting with 3rd party components, etc.
After you read this book, you should be well versed in developing a pretty sophisticated ASP.NET 3.5 web application.
I highly recommend this book.
Build Your E-Commerce Site Fast June 7, 2009
Matthew H. Sawyer (Shelby Township, MI USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought the previous edition of this book, which targeted Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005, so I was drawn to get the latest edition, which targets Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008.
Christian Darie and Karli Watson do a phenomenal job in this edition (as well as the previous edition). They present both the theoretical aspects of e-commerce as well as the practical application. Everything is offered as an exercise, so you're not just getting a lecture--you get to put that theory into practice.
The book is broken down into logical steps, with each chapter building more and more onto the site. Very early on, you get to build a lot, so if you're looking to show someone a prototype site, you don't have to digest the entire book before you get started. Darie and Watson do a great job of letting you start playing right away.
Darie and Watson use generic code for data access, rather than SQL Server-specific code, so if you're an Oracle or mySQL fan, you can use them.
For those in computer science, Darie and Watson put good emphasis on writing modular, cohesive code and also adhere to good coding standards as well as code commenting. The end product is robust, self-documenting, easy-to-follow code. You'll be up and running in no time!
I would have save a lot of money if I'd found this book first! November 24, 2009
Lisa Z. Morgan (Petersburg, VA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently decided to add C# 2008 to my quiver of developer weapons, and I bought a LOT of books on the subject. Most were pretty good, one (SAMS Teach Yourself C#2008 in 24 Hours) was excellent, but none of them targeted exactly what I needed to know. I bought a lot of texts telling me stuff I already know, like how to use the Visual Studio IDE and what classes and methods and properties are. What I really wanted to know was how to implement a robust, data-driven web site using C# 2008, including how to manage data effectively with datasets and use style sheets and CSS for layout. Bits of this were in all my books, but Beginning ASP.Net E-Commerce in C#2008 was like a perfect distillation of just the stuff I really needed/wanted to know. As an experienced VB.Net developer, this book led me right to new material I could use right away, with only a little review of the basics. It really isn't a beginner programmer's book, but for an experienced developer looking to add a new language and tool set, it is ideal.
The writing is clear, the narrative voice pleasant and not at all dry, the examples to the point and useful. If I could only keep one C# book on my desk (I have the Kindle DX so I can keep them ALL in one hand!) it would be this one. Well done, to the point, and USEFUL.
Review of Beginning ASP.NET E-Commerce in C# December 26, 2009
Cecil T. Champenois Jr. (Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA)
This is an excellent book for learning Microsoft web development; and, when you are finished working through the book, you will have created a working ASP.NET E-Commerce site. How much better can that be? How many books will get you to that point? I know of only two books for ASP.NET (so far) that will do that for you; but, of the two books, this one is much more valuable in terms of the depth of usable knowledge you will gain immediately, as you work through each of the chapters. You will both learn C# and ASP.NET. It would help if you had some C# knowledge already, but the book's approach is to assume you are a novice.
For example, you are going to learn seven main things by using this book:
(1) How to use the Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition (very close to Visual Studio 2008) Integrated Development Environment, also known as IDE.
(2) You will learn the C# 2008 language by application of it in each chapter.
(3) How to create databases, tables and stored procedures using the SQL Server 2008 Express Edition.
(4) ASP.NET 3.5. You will build several actual web pages, learn to use the Master Page, and build a complete, usable e-commerce web site.
(5) Search-engine optimization.
(6) Setup of a payment system, such as PayPal and DataCash integration.
(7) Deployment of the web site.
If you want an excellent road-map to developing an e-commerce web site, this is an excellent book for accomplishing it using C# and ASP.NET. Upon completion of this book, not only will you have built a usable website and have a template for future web development, but you will have also gained excellent developer skills in the C# language and ASP.NET.
You will literally go from "Novice to Professional" by using this book as your guide.
A Unique book... January 5, 2010
Fernando Turi (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
This book is unique. It is one of those few books in the market that you can take from the introduction up to the last chapter and everything you try will work... on the first try!
The books covers the entire construction of a "simple" e-commerce site... "simple" in the beggining, just to get your e-shop running quickly. But in the last chapters, you start adding complex features that really spice things up a bit. Also, the authors gives you some hints on how you should expand the functionality of the site in case you are interested.
In my opinion, this book is a must buy.
The only "drawback" that I can find is that it should probably include a bit of Ajax on ASP.NET. If they did that, it will just be the best book in the market... but the book never states that it will teach you that, so I can't substract a star because of this.
If you were looking for a book on building e-commerce sites on ASP.NET, don't look anymore, this is your book. Highly recommended for beginners on e-commerce with a base on C# and ASP.NET. It is better that you, at least, know the tools before reading this book, you will be able to get a lot out of the book that way.
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