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Title: Good book for learning ASP.NET 2.0 basics
Review: If you are new to ASP.NET or have little to no programming experience this is a good book to start with. It will teach you the basics of ASP.NET 2.0, VB (No C# here) and some basic programming constructs.There are some errors in the book, which is why I did not give it 5 stars. One example of an error is on page 310 dealing with a HyperLinkField and the DataNavigateURLFormatString; this is something that apparently changed from the beta version the book was written with and the final release. (you need to convert this to template for it to work correctly). The book also touches on web parts but the code did not work, no errors just didn't work.If you know some programming and want to get beyond the dummies I'd recommend ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 Hours by Scott Mitchell, a very good book without the smarminess that comes with the dummies titles.
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