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Title: Not nearly as good as the ASP 2
Review: I am a developer and teach sometimes as well. The book on ASP 2 was great. Easy to read and the students could understand it. This new book on ASP.NET is nothing like the old one. Explaining XML in the first few chapters is a waste of time, especially if you will not use it until chapter 20. It also doesn't explain things well. Since server controls are an important part of ASP.NET, I expected a lot of detail and examples. Having a single chapter with almost useless examples is not enough. I enjoyed looking at examples that had many properties that were not explained and tags that were not explained. It does not go into the Response, Request objects clearly. The explanation and use of Application and Session variables was pathetic. All in all, I would NOT recommend this book to a person who want to learn ASP.NET well, not even a beginner.
