Best ASP.NET book?

[JonTheBaller]

I have a lot of programming experience, including C# and .NET, but no ASP.NET experience. I had an idea for a web site I wanted to create, both for fun and to learn, and I was looking for the best book that would help me with this. I am looking for a book that I could use as both a reference and for real world examples which I could learn from. I want to stick to developing in C#, so no ASP.NET with Visual Basic.

 

[torpid]

If you have a lot of experience with .net already then you probably won't even need a book. Try poking around on the tutorials on www.asp.net and www.4guysfromrolla.com

 

[JonTheBaller]

Originally posted by: torpid
If you have a lot of experience with .net already then you probably won't even need a book. Try poking around on the tutorials on www.asp.net and www.4guysfromrolla.com

Thanks, I'll check those out 🙂.

By the way, what database is most seamlessly integrated into C#/.NET? Does Microsoft provide one free with IIS? Or should I just get MySQl?

 

[torpid]

The most integrated in the VS environment is sql server. It also has the most code examples. You can get a "lightweight" version of it called MSDE. Should be on any visual studio cd.

 

[StageLeft]

asp.net in a nutshell is decent, with a good bit of reference material in it.

 

[JonTheBaller]

bump

 

[Descartes]

Essential ASP.NET by far, imo. torpid is right in that you could probably pick up what is needed by simply reading documentation, a few articles, etc.; however, this book covers the fundamentals of how MS architected ASP.NET, and that's highly valuable information that not every book contains.