Synopses & Reviews
Get Up to Speed on Active Server Pages 3-in a Weekend! The big day is Monday. The day you get to show off what you know about Active Server Pages. The problem is, you're not really up to speed. Maybe it's been a while since you worked with ASP. Or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we've got a solution for you - Active Server Pages 3 Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused lessons, you'll be able to jump right in and start creating dynamic Web content with ASP. It's as simple as that. The Curriculum Friday Creating Your First Web Site Evening: 4 Lessons, 2 Hours
* Introduction to Web Programming and Active Server Pages
* Setting up the Environment
* Creating Your First Web Site
* Writing Your First Code
Saturday Mastering the Essentials Morning: 6 Lessons, 3 Hours
* HTML Basics
* HTML Lists and Tables
* Processing User Input
* Responding to the User
* Understanding Variables and Data Types
* Working with Strings
Saturday, continued Afternoon: 6 Lessons, 3 Hours
* Working with Numbers and Dates
* Decisions Structures
* Looping Structures
* Subroutines and Functions
* Creating Structured Code
* Getting Other User Information
Evening: 4 Lessons, 2 Hours
* Creating a Database
* Introduction to SQL
* Introduction to ADO
* Debugging and Error Handling
Sunday Tying It All Together Morning: 6 Lessons, 3 Hours
* Introduction to the eOrganizer
* Creating the eOrganizer Database
* Creating the eOrganizer Structure
* Building the Notes Manager
* Building the Link Manager
* Building the Task Manager
Afternoon: 4 Lessons, 2 Hours
* Building the Contact Manager
* Building the Event Manager
* Creating the eOrganizer Home Page
* Where to go Next
For more-information on Hungry Minds, go to www.hungryminds.com Bonus CD-ROM
* All sample code and auxiliary files
* Assessment software to help gauge your progress
* ASPUpload component for file transfers to and from your server
* Plus a trial version of HomeSite 4.5
System Requirements: PC running Windows 95 or later, Windows NT 4 or later. See the About the CD Appendix for details and complete system requirements.
Synopsis
The Weekend Crash Course series consists of 30 sessions over a period of three days. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon. Naturally, readers can adapt their learning to whatever schedule best suits their needs.
Active Server Pages 3 Weekend Crash Course is written to meet the needs of the reader who is new to ASP. However, through the use of carefully constructed roadmaps at the beginning of each session as well as pre- and post-assessment software on the CD-ROM, the book is also quite accessible to the reader who already has some knowledge of ASP.
About the Author
About the Author Eric A. Smith is an author, consultant, and trainer specializing in Active Server Pages, Visual Basic, and SQL Server. He is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. He has written, edited, or contributed to ten books covering Visual Basic and Web technologies. He is also a frequent contributor to industry magazines, such as Visual Basic Programmers Journal. Eric also runs a series of Web sites devoted to his favorite technologies: VB Techniques (vbtechniques.com), ASP Techniques (asptechniques.com), and SQL Techniques (sqltechniques.com). He also maintains sites for several of the books he's written, including this one (aspcrashcourse.com). He is also the creator of the Ask the VB Pro site, currently part of the DevX.com site. Eric volunteers as an Emergency Medical Technician and is currently active with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. If you have comments, questions, or suggestions about this book, you can reach him via e-mail at
[email protected].
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Friday.
PART I-Friday Evening.
Session 1-Introduction to Web Programming and Active Server Pages.
Session 2-Setting up the Environment.
Session 3-Creating Your First Web Site.
Session 4-Writing Your First Code.
Part I-Friday Evening Part Review.
Saturday.
PART II-Saturday Morning.
Session 5-HTML Basics.
Session 6-HTML Lists and Tables.
Session 7-Processing User Input.
Session 8-Responding to the User.
Session 9-Understanding Variables and Data Types.
Session 10-Working with Strings.
Part II-Saturday Morning Part Review.
PART III-Saturday Afternoon.
Session 11-Working with Numbers and Dates.
Session 12-Decision Structures.
Session 13-Looping Structures.
Session 14-Subroutines and Functions.
Session 15-Creating Structured Code.
Session 16-Getting Other User Information.
Part III-Saturday Afternoon Part Review.
PART IV-Saturday Evening.
Session 17-Creating a Database.
Session 18-Introduction to SQL.
Session 19-Introduction to ADO.
Session 20-Debugging and Error Handling.
Part IV-Saturday Evening Part Review.
Sunday.
PART V-Sunday Morning.
Session 21-Introduction to the eOrganizer.
Session 22-Creating the eOrganizer Database.
Session 23-Creating the eOrganizer Structure.
Session 24-Building the Notes Manager.
Session 25-Building the Link Manager.
Session 26-Building the Task Manager.
Part V-Sunday Morning Part Review.
PART VI-Sunday Afternoon.
Session 27-Building the Contact Manager.
Session 28-Building the Event Manager.
Session 29-Creating the eOrganizer Home Page.
Session 30-Where to Go Next.
Part VI-Sunday Afternoon Part Review.
Appendix A-Answers to Part Reviews.
Appendix B-What's on the CD-ROM?
Index.
End-User License Agreement.
CD-ROM Installation Instructions.