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Building a Web 2.0 Portal with ASP.Net 3.5

Warning: This book is meant for developers who already have prior knowledge of asp.net technology.

This seems like such an interestingly good book for those who already have some knowledge of ASP.NET technology. I unfortunately did not have prior knowledge of asp.net. But having read through it I felt the author wrote very interesting stuff. I have since started learning asp.net 3.5, hopefully I will be able to grasp the concepts in taught in this text.

If you are new to asp.net please buy asp.net beginner books like Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (Beginning from Novice to Professional) written by Matthew Macdonald. Or get another very good asp.net text(ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed) written by Stephen Walter.

Rating: 4 / 5

Wow this is a great book.

When I first opened up ‘Building a Web 2.0 Portal with ASP.NET 3.5′ I expected this to be just any old ASP.NET web development/admin book but I was very pleasantly surprised.

Brevity is the champ here, with this book coming in at just under 300 pages but man the content is dense. The focus is on managing and developing your ASP.NET 2.0 portal (as the title suggests). Here’s a McKinnon Overview:

01. Introducing Web Portals

02. Architecting the Web Portal

03. Building the Web Layer Using ASP.NET AJAX

04. Building the Data and Business Layers Using .NET 3.5

05. Building Client-Side Widgets

06. Optimizing ASP.NET AJAX

07. Creating Good Web Services

08. Improving Server-Side Performance

09. Improving Client-Side Performance

10. Solving Common Challenges

The focus is on portal development but I feel that all the content within is applicable to all .NET web developers. Applying Web 2.0 concepts, you will learn how to architect more efficient solutions in todays web world. You will learn the ins and outs and it will be fun at that.

Great book, pick it up today.

***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Rating: 5 / 5