New Book of Rock Lists

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Quotations from Chairman Elvis -- Wisdom from the Hip-Hop Nation -- 10 Ways to Tell If a Rapper's Careers on the Way Out -- 21 Rockers, Rappers and Poppers Who'd Lose to Beavis & Butthead in a Meeting of the Minds -- 10 Worst Performers of All Time -- 30 Artists Who've Never Won a Grammy -- What Was the First Rock 'n' Roll Record? -- Famous Turndowns -- Famous Musicians Who Have Appeared on U.S. Postage Stamps -- Best & Worst Rock and Rap Movies -- 10 Best Things About MTV -- 10 Worst Things About MTV -- The 10 Best Metal Videos -- Fashion Accessories for the Serious Funkadelic Clone -- She's Your Lover Now: Best Non-Dylan Dylan Records -- Fab Five Freddy's 10 Favorite Hip-Hop Moments -- The Sons of Kenny G: The Dozen Worst Instrumentals -- Songwriters Who Never Wrote a Song -- The 30 Essential Metal Albums -- Hits at the Wedding Dance: The 75 Songs Most Favored by Mobile DJs -- It'll Never Fit If You Force It: The 10 Phoniest White Soulboys -- Dancin' with Mr. D: The Devil Music Top 40 -- Chuck D Picks 11 Hip-Hop Albums That No One Can Do Without -- Record Companies That Turned Down the Beatles -- The Ten Commandments of Love

Customer Reviews:

This Book Never Stops Being Interesting.......2001-02-17

I have owned two previous editions of "The Book of Rock Lists" and will soon be buying "The New Book of Rock Lists". Why? Because it's fun to read, witty, and incisive! The rock and roll heaven portion, where various deceased rock stars are broken down in terms of how they died, is definitely worth reading.

One or two others have already castigated author Dave Marsh for having somewhat of a left leaning bias in his stinging criticism of the PMRC and certain religious zealots, as well as his categorization of famous right wing rockers. I disagree with the reviewer who referred to Marsh as being "PC". However, if you turn your political filter off and you're not thin-skinned, you'll have some fun reading.

Rap, Rock Tough Acts To Follow In 2nd "Lists" Edition.......2001-01-30

Dave Marsh's original "Book of Rock Lists" was published in 1981 after Irving Wallace's "Lists" books were popular best sellers in the late 1970s. In his introduction to the 1994 update, he accurately mentions that his book "appeared on the cusp of the most important changes since the advent of rock and roll." He recalls the gradual fade of disco and punk styles and their meld into the raw, underproduced 1990s hip-hop and alternative rock.

That first "Lists" was quixotic, goring rock's sacred popular and critical cows while presenting chart statistics - as important to pop as to baseball fans -- as trivia under and around his sharp opinions. Moreover, Marsh's exhaustive knowledge and research exposed rock's lesser known masterpieces, having the effect of a recipe you had to try when you got home. The book re-established what made rock important to many.

By 1994, hip-hop and rap ruled charts, dominated fashions, entranced youth and alienated generations as R&B and rock and roll did for Marsh's generation. But Marsh (who collaborated with "Source" magzzine editor James Bernard on this edition) could not take the breezy, sarcastic approach with this style; to treat the music less than seriously played into the hands of perceived racists and authoritarians wanting it and its young, black artists silenced (Marsh's intriguing "enemies" and "fake friends" lists provide one example.)

Whether Marsh and Herbert admit it (they don't here), rap's use as rhythm as melody sears the music from its tradition and fails to compare with from the bebop jazz Marsh points it to in his list "Discredited Rock Theories." While some important musical statements used the form (one list links Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" and "White Lines" to a Mel Brooks novelty rap), most music fans, black and white, felt betrayed by the lack of continuity. Bob Herbert of the (#10 enemy) New York Times pointed out this week that rap "has so thoroughly broken faith with the surpassingly great, centuries-long tradition of black music in America. With rap, both the music and the poetry have vanished." Marsh and Herbert would strongly disagree, and the book suffers, rather than thrives, for that dichotomy.

"The New Book Of Rock Lists" will entertain rock or rap fans, but convert neither. The incongruence of the first book's hilarious lists play poorly against the later hip-hop updates. Chapters on "Dancing," "Criticism," "Broadcasting" (featuring sly Marsh commentary on today's radio scene), and above all, "History" try bridging gaps while revising the story ("Print the legend, not the fact," the first book exclaimed). Seminal figures like Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley and the Beatles each had chapters in the original version but now are tucked into larger chapters. The essential singles and LP lists from rock's first 25 years are sadly missed.

The book remains fun, teaching much to those willing to see pop music as seamlessly and meaningfully as Marsh has, wise and willing to connect folk and blues songs like "Stagger Lee" to a century's music and a people's history. The good news is that, regardless of music's standing by "Lists" third edition, it will be cohesive or disjointed and a better read in either case.

Lists or Opinions?.......2000-07-22

Looking forward to fun book along the lines of THE BOOK OF LISTS, I instead found myself assaulted by an opinionated trashing of a number of performers, a fawning over P-Funk that takes up three pages, (yes, a great band but George Clinton's names for himself as a list, PLEASE!)This book is far too involved with personal attacks to be interesting. I finished based on the idea that I wanted to see who was going to fall victim to the "critical axe" and at the end found this less than rewarding. Even factual errors like song titles (Zevon's "Carmelita" as Carmelita's Way" or Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak" as "There's gonna be a Jailbreak" were distracting. There is also whole chapters dedicated to rap which is interesting concept in this book of Rock lists. I read this type of book for snippets of info and a few laughs but I just found myself annoyed at the end.

New Book, of Rock..........2000-07-07

Dave Marsh has once again out-done himself. In New Book of Rock Lists, he adds to what has happend in the past ten years. The old book was excellent. From Elvis to the Who to the Ramones. This book recieves 4 stars!

PC hampers what could have been a good book.......2000-02-22

I shouldn't have been surprised when I bought a book by Dave Marsh that it would be riddled with politically correct opinions and venom for any performer who doesn't hew the left-wing line. (He lists famous "Right Wingers" near the end of the book, perfomers who may have at some point expessed an opinion slighly right of center, and of course that makes them right-wingers). His lists seem motivated by political concerns and "diversity" as well, which dampens their fun value. My other qualm with the book, and this is, I admit, a point of personal preference, is the seriousness with which the authors take rap music (if such an epithet as "music" can be applied to it). Rap is basically for teenagers, and the image of adults salivating over the likes of Ice T and Easy E. is pathetic. No, Mr. Marsh, the work of Grandmaster Flash does not exist on the same plane as that of Chuck Berry or Elvis Presley. Those men were musicians; rap "artists" are poseurs looking for attention and an easy buck. Still there are some interesting things here, and this is worth at least a casual browse.

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The New Book of Rock Lists
Dave; Bernard, James Marsh
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New Book of Rock Lists : From the Beatles, James Brown and Brand Nubian to Elvis Presley, Prince, Pearl Jam and Public Enemy, All You'd Ever Want to Know about the Music, the People, the Hits and the Misses
Dave; Bernard, James Marsh
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
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At 7:20 pm on October 3, 1993, a nervous and shaky anchor broke into coverage of a soccer match to tell Russian viewers that their state television was shutting down. In the opening salvos of the parliamentary revolt against Boris Yeltsin's government, a mob had besieged the station's headquarters. A man had just been killed in front of the news director. Moments later, screens all across Russia went blank, leaving audiences in the dark. But in less than an hour, Russia's second state channel went on the air. Millions watched as Sergei Torchinsky anchored thirteen straight hours of coverage, often with the sound of shooting clearly audible in the background. Streams of politicians, trade union leaders, writers, television personalities, and other well-known figures braved gunfire to reach Channel Two's makeshift studios and speak directly to the nation. In one stunning moment, a famous actress extemporaneously pleaded with viewers not to return to the horrors of Stalinism. Boris Yeltsin, who had been glued to his television set like everyone else, later recalled, "For the rest of my life I will remember the anxious but resolute and courageous expression of Liya Akhedzhakova. . . her hoarse, cracking voice remains in my memory." In that time of crisis, television bound the nation together, a continuing emblem of legitimate authority which lent an image of stability and credibility to Yeltsin's besieged government. "Television saved Russia," the Russian president said. Changing Channels vividly recreates this exciting time, as television both helped and hindered the Russian nation's struggle to create a new democracy. From the moribund, state-controlled television broadcasts at the end of the Soviet Union, through Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost, up to Yeltsin's victory in the most recent Russian presidential elections of 1996, Mickiewicz charts the omnipresent role of television, drawing on interviews, public opinion surveys, research, and the television programming itself. Analyzing the rise of political advertising (sometimes with controversial US participation), the birth of journalists as opinionated television personalities, and the changing news coverage of coups, elections, and wars, she shows both how the gradual development of private, independent stations has begun to make real pluralism possible and how the authoritarian legacy of the Soviet state structure continues to affect Russian television even today. With television in 97% of all Russian households, and the nightly news watched by a viewership matching that for the Super Bowl in the US, the struggle for control over television became the struggle for control over the nation. Mickiewicz illuminates the efforts of those both in and out of power to control the media. Behind the momentous political changes are the stories of the men and women who chose to resist, test, or submit to the system. Mickiewicz offers brilliant sketches of these individuals: Yegor Ligachev, Gorbachev's second in command, a man of strongly held opinions who, in retirement, still orated loudly, even over tea; Boris Yeltsin, having not even put on his shirt yet, watching the early morning coverage of the attempted coup against Gorbachev; or the new breed of Russian journalists covering the war in Chechnya with footage of bombed out streets and charred corpses for privately owned NTV, despite continuing government intimidation. In vivid interviews, all the key players, including Gorbachev himself, offered Mickiewicz their unique insights and frank personal commentary. Drawing on these interviews and on her extensive research on the interactions of politics, economics, and society, Mickiewicz presents a rich and authoritative analysis of television in Russia. In many ways, Mickiewicz writes, no other country in the world offers television a greater opportunity and a greater role. Changing Channels tells the fascinating story of a truly modern phenomenon: the struggle to create genuine political pluralism, helped and hindered by the barrage of information, advertisements, and media-created personalities that make up modern television.

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Fascinating book........2000-07-06

Excellent source on the Russian media, development of the Russian television. Very well researched. Full of insights on the role of top Soviet and Russian government officials in the development of Russian television. Good combination of personal interviews with journalists, experts, government officials, and analysis of public opinion research data, focus group data as well as personal observations. A good source for both academic and interest reading. If you'd like to understand what is happening with the Russian television today, this is a must reading.

Changing Channels: Television and the Struggle for Power in Russia

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Changing Channels: Television and the Struggle for Power in Russia
Ellen Mickiewicz
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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ASIN: B000OKPFLU

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The Web application infrastructure ASP.NET, introduced as part of version 1.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework, provides the thin-client counterpart to Microsoft Windows® client development. With dramatic improvements in performance, productivity, and security features, Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 deliver a simplified, high-performance, and powerful Web development experience. ASP.NET 2.0 features a new set of controls and infrastructure that simplify Web-based data access and include functionality that facilitates code reuse, visual consistency, and aesthetic appeal. Now you can teach yourself the essentials of working with ASP.NET 2.0 in the Visual Studio environment—one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you're a beginning programmer or new to this version of the technology, you'll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for ASP.NET 2.0. Each chapter puts you to work, showing you how, when, and why to use specific features of the ASP.NET 2.0 rapid application development environment and guiding you as you create actual components and working applications for the Web, including advanced features such as personalization.

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This book is useless!!!!.......2007-08-17

Dont buy this book. Many omissions and typo errors. You will spend all your time trying to get the examples to work.

Houston, we have a problem.......2007-07-28

If you are a programmer who is smart enough to be hired by Microsoft -- this is the book for you. For the rest of us mere mortals -- buy something else.

Don't waste your time or money.......2007-04-18

One star is too high a rating. This book has far too many errors and omissions. You will find yourself having to debug the examples in the book. The published errata is a joke. There are 10 times as many mistakes. Weak.

ASP.NET for Rocket Scientist's.......2007-04-05

Okay I should read reviews more often! I picked up this book as a couple of the other MS Press books I have have been great. This book says you don't need to know anything about ASP.NET. Well after 5 chapters of painful reading and examples I feel like my brain is about ready to leak out of my ears. Considering I have 9 years of classic ASP/PHP development experience I find this rather amusing.

If your going to pick up this book you should have good fundamental understanding of C# 2.0 because this book isn't going to teach you. You will also need to get hold of Visual Studio 2005. You can try with MS Visual Web Developer Express but I fear you'll be wasting your time.

I've read much better.......2007-03-23

I'm relatively new to ASP.NET, and I got this book because it's used for a class I'm taking in ASP and ColdFusion right now.

I just finished reading chapter five, and I have to say I'm pretty disappointed. It's a shame that the book is called "Step by Step", because that term really couldn't be further from the truth when it comes to this book (in my opinion at least). Chapter five was composite controls, which isn't really hard but a pretty important intermediate concept. Not only is it in the first half of the book, but the entire chapter just felt rushed. The book didn't even provide all the code needed to make the project work (for example, I had to figure out the code for a button to process a request for a palindrome checker. It ended up not being too hard, but I have school assignments to frustrate me, I don't need a learning resource to do the that for me.) The code from the book also had several errors that turned up problems in Visual Studio which I also had to spend a good 15-20 extra minutes fixing.

Granted, I'm only on chapter five so far but I don't feel as though I've learned nearly as much from this book as I have in others. If you're a beginner I'd try looking elsewhere.

Microsoft ASP.NET Programming with Microsoft Visual C# .NET Version 2003 Step By Step

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Microsoft ASP.NET Programming with Microsoft Visual C# .NET Version 2003 Step By Step
G. Andrew Duthie
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ASIN: 0735619352

Book Description

Teach yourself how to write high-performance Web applications with ASP.NET and Visual Basic .NET - one step at a time. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamental tools and technologies, including the common language runt

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Bad Code.......2006-03-18

It's really frustrating to try to learn from a programming book where the author's code doesn't work! None of the examples I tried would actually compile without my having to "fix" his code. In most cases that worked out ok, but in some cases I never really knew if my "fix" was a legitimate way to solve the problem or if it might cause problems later. Not a good way to learn!

I was robbed.......2005-11-20

This is the least useful book I have ever bought. It doesn't have anything useful and didn't answer me any questions I had. No wonder it was so cheap. I spent $9.95 for the book from Amozon, but I feel like I was robbed. I can give it to you for free if you ask for, but I would be guilty if I do, becuase it would waste your valuable time. Look at other's review and I was not the only victim, don't buy this one, it is 100% garbage.

Someone should have proofread this book.......2005-05-27

As an ASP developer who has not used Visual Studio, I found the first chapters of this book very insightful. The author does a good job explaining ASP.NET and its differences with ASP coding.

But if there's one thing that I can't stand in a programming book, it's a lack of proofreading of the code given in the book and poor programming practices displayed. This book, unfortunately, has a lot of that.

An example (from page 216):

Label6.Text = "Final Balance: $" + CalcBalance(Convert.ToInt32(TextBox1.Text),
Convert.ToInt32(TextBox2.Text) / 100,
Convert.ToInt32(TextBox3.Text),
Convert.ToInt16(DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Value)).ToString();

private string CalculateBalance(int Principal, double Rate, int Years, int Period)
{
double result;
double NumToBeRaised = (1 + Rate + Period);
result = Principal * System.Math.Pow(NumToBeRaised, (Years * Period));
return(result.ToString("C"));
}

This is to be a Compound Interest Calculator.

If you enter this code, as given in the book, it won't run. There are several errors:

Error 1) In the calling procedure, it's CalcBalance. In the function, it's CalculateBalance.
Error 2) If you fix that oversight and run it, your result is the same as the given Principal. Why? Because the function calls for a double Rate variable, and yet the calling routine converts the Rate to an int variable. If you change "Convert.ToInt32(TextBox2.Text) / 100" to "Convert.ToDouble(TextBox2.Text) / 100", the result is correct - sort of...
Error 3) The result will be displayed as "$$67,537.12" instead of "$67,537.12". The reason for the double-$ is that the function converts the result to a currency string, but then the calling procedure adds an extra "$".

Fixing these three errors will solve the problems, but obviously no one tried this code before the book was published.

And a couple of picky points just because I'm so irritated with something so glaring as these errors.

Error 4) Since the function returns as a string, why then convert the result to a string in the calling procedure?? It's unnecessary.
Error 5) The code uses default naming of objects instead of taking 1 minute to give some meaningful names, like txtPrincipal instead of TextBox1.

Two stars for having no thought to the simplest details.

Not Really Good for Beginners.......2005-04-22

I expect that this book will help me learn ASP.NET thru VB.NET. I am very frustrated, it didn't really help me to easily understand the simple thought of ASP.NET thru VB.NET. For beginners like me, I will not suggest this book. Much better to browse the web.

This book is just bad.......2005-02-26

I started this book with a background in both VB and classic ASP, with the goal of upgrading my knowledge to ASP.NET. I'll state that I think this book is just bad.

It seems that half the book presupposes that you have extensive knowledge of classic ASP, and the other half assumes that you've never used any sort of scripting language before. The examples are horribly simplistic to the point that they have absolutely no relation to modern web applications. But, you won't understand large parts of the book unless you have a background in programming.

The first two parts (six chapters) could actually be somewhat useful to a true beginner. They start slow and build up some very basic skills.

Part 2 is a little different. Chapter 7 on web forms is fairly decent, but could use to be longer. Chapter 8 on server controls is just poorly written. Chapter 9 on accessing date is AWFUL. It presupposes you have a fairly good background in traditional database access with something like ADO, so it's definitely not for beginners. For instance it compares the DataReader object to a read-only forward-only cursor, but if you don't have a background in data access you aren't going to understand how cursors work. This is right next to where he explains that the password key "Specifies the password to use to log into the SQL Server database." Yeah, DUH. Also, a bulk of the chapter is devoted to working with XML data but the chapter sets out to work with databases. For a 68 page chapter it conveys surprisingly little actual new information. No time is given to explaining how databases have traditionally been accessed and used in actual working applications. I just wanted to scream as I read it.

Chapter 10 on creating custom server controls and chapter 11 on creating web services are very brief introductions to some fairly advanced and complicated topics. They provide simplistic examples and then expect you might be able to actually use the knowledge you gained in the chapters. Yeah right.

Chapter 13 is aimed at beginners on deploying ASP.NET applications. Chapter 14 on tracing and debugging is actually not bad. (Not good either.)

Also the book is based on using Visual Studio .NET. I'll state that I have a bias against using IDEs for simple scripting, so I won't comment on appropriateness here. But be forewarned that three-quarters or more of the examples involve VS.NET.

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Where is the first step?

Microsoft ASP.NET Step by Step
G. Andrew Duthie
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ASIN: 0735612870
Release Date: 2001-12-19

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Aimed at all developers of all levels who want to program Web applications on Windows, Microsoft ASP.NET Step by Step provides a perfectly pitched introduction to the world of ASP.NET ideal for those with a little experience with the older ASP standard, but also suitable for the raw beginner.

This text sets a high standard for clarity and approachability, as well as excellent production value, with color printing (using blue) to highlight important points. The author assumes little programming knowledge on the part of the reader and the focus is on using ASP.NET with Visual Basic .NET (with a nod to C#) to create real Web applications, rather than getting bogged down in the richness of the new .NET platform. Essential material on the structure of ASP.NET pages (with a new emphasis on event handling), Web form control processing, and database basics (with ADO.NET) make for a worthwhile tour of the fundamentals you need to get productive with ASP.NET in a hurry. Sections on programming language basics will also bring the novice along. Throughout this text, the author provides highlighted sections of what's new and different in ASP.NET, which will bring readers who have used the older ASP version onboard with the new platform.

Later chapters show off more advanced techniques, like creating custom server-side controls and a good introduction to the much-touted Web services used with ASP.NET. While these sections add depth to a capable tutorial, it's the rock-solid tour of the basics that makes this book a winning choice for busy Web developers. Final sections on the new caching abilities in ASP.NET are a must for running your applications effectively, as is the discussion on the nuts and bolts of deploying Web applications.

A final section highlighting the changes between ASP and ASP.NET will help introduce you to the .NET version quickly, as will the bulleted lists of task-based tips at the end of the chapter. With its Step By Step series, Microsoft Press has apparently added a winning format to its catalog, and ASP.NET Step by Step shows off its advantages with a new emphasis on approachability, excellent use of color (all too rare in programming books), and an excellent set of examples and material on the most important aspects of the new ASP.NET. This title is quite simply one of the best available getting-started guides to Web development on .NET. --Richard Dragan

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This title is the ideal step-by-step introduction for developers who want to learn ASP.NET scripting technology, which offers powerful new possibilities for writing clean, reusable, scalable code for Web pages. It offers a solid, practical introduction to ASP+ and related technologies, including the common language runtime, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, and the Microsoft .NET Framework. It also provides real-world examples and code samples to help developers solve daily Web challenges.

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Book Deserves More Credit.......2005-02-08

I have to disagree with other reviewers who said that this book should not be called a step by step book. Although I admit that the style is a bit dry, once you get into the programming examples in Part IV, the step by step format this author uses is perfect for someone like me, with some programming background in VB.Net, but without web programming experience, who is trying to learn ASP.NET. Not only that, but there is adequate explanation of concepts instead of just telling you what steps to follow. I would have liked to have seen more examples using Visual Studio .Net as well as Notepad, but the author gave enough instructions that I was able to follow the examples in Notepad and repeat them again in Visual Studio to see how it's done using the code-behind technique. Another thing I liked about the book is that all the examples I tried actually worked, unlike some other books out there purporting to teach ASP.Net. The dry chapters in Parts II and III are also necessary to include as a reference. I am under a tight deadline at work to learn how to create web pages and I am finding this book to be one of the best for getting me up and running.

Typos make this book useless.......2004-07-22

It's not really a step by step book, and having made it halfway through, doing all the examples, I haven't learned much more than how to type. Granted, I have learned a little about syntax, format and other generalities.

There are so many typos and outright errors, though, that I'm giving up, and moving on to another book.

Not the Steps I was Looking For.......2004-06-09

You would think that, with a title that includes the phrase 'step by step,' this book would help you learn ASP.NET in a step-wise approach including examples and maybe even exercises. Unfortunately, this is not the case. I found this book disappointing.

"ASP.NET Step by Step" contains articles that give a good theoretical understanding of ASP.NET. Had I been looking for this sort of information, I would have found this book more useful.

The content of the book is good. It just isn't right for me.

Recommend: Questionable
Keep for Reference: No

Not a "Step - By - Step" Book.......2003-11-28

I purchased this book with the hope of having a relatively straight forward book that would walk me through the creation of an ASP.net Application "Step-by-Step". I guess I had set my hopes too high. I am already 300 pages into the book and I have only encountered one really useful example (in my opininon).
This book does contain some very useful information, but it should not have been called a "Step-By-Step" book.

Just a side note: C# is mentioned occasionally but this book is mainly discusses VB.net.

Where is the first step?.......2003-10-09

This is not a step by step book; it was designed as reference type of book. I'm not rating the contents of this book. I'm rating the disappointment this book will cause the readers. If I buy a book with a "step by step" clearly indicated on its title, I'm expecting to be walked through a project explaining the different features of ASP.net. Instead the author has used a style that is totally alien to the phrase "step by step". He should have looked at other "step by step" books to see how they present their subject to the reader before he committed himself to writing this book.

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Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning the latest enhancements in ASP.NET code name Orcas. ASP.NET continues to be an important application platform that delivers a simplified, high-performance, and powerful Web development experience. Building on your familiarity with the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual C#®, you can teach yourself the essentials of working with ASP.NET in the Microsoft Visual Studio® environment one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you re a beginning programmer or new to this version of the technology, you ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for ASP.NET and begin building practical Web applications and Web services. Includes a companion CD with code samples, data sets, and a fully searchable eBook.

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