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13 Responses to “Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 E-Commerce in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional”

1. Anonymous Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 3:47 am

   5.0 out of 5 stars
   Great book
   I am into this book halfway as a part of my personal training program having completed a couple of other books first. This book seems to give the whole package.

2. Yu jie Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 3:55 am

   If you’re reading this then you’re probably new to ASP.NET 2.0 or you want to build an online store using ASP.NET. This is money well spent. This book is an excellent step-by-step tutorial for building an online store. AND it’s just packed with ASP.NET, C# and SQL Server programming tips. I bookmarked these tips as I was building my web site and now I find myself turning back to it to implement these goodies.

   The authors have outdone themselves. I really really like this book. I own the 2002 Wrox version as well so I can tell you that “ASP.NET 2.0 E-Commerce in C# 2005″ has been completely updated! It is a fantastic tutorial for anyone new to ASP.NET and the best reference for more experienced programmers who may be new to e-commerce. The authors will walk you through (in detail) the creation of a fully functional online store.

   One nice feature is that the authors don’t assume anything. They explain each step as the book progresses. Are you in a hurry? No problem. The first few chapters are enough to get a basic store up and running. Subsequent chapters continue to build onto this existing solution. So you can get started fast and then add on features as you learn or have time.

   I also find this book to be a valuable reference to more experienced programmers because it is chock full of developer tips. There is a great example of building a key word search, and search ranking system with SQL Server. The authors touch on error handling and how to show custom error messages in a way that anyone will find helpful. Other handy tips include:
   * Real-word examples of how to use SQL OUTPUT parameters.
   * How to send automatic email alerts when the application encounters an error.
   * How to use C# static classes to cache information and improve performance.
   * How to build an order pipeline!

   The information on using PayPal’s payment gateway, PayPal API and credit card processing is worth the cover price alone. There are five chapters on how to wire up your own order processing system. There’s even a whole chapter devoted to integrating your ASP.NET web site with Amazon’s web services.

   I highly recommend this book for anyone new to ASP.NET or new to e-commerce. It’s hands down the most thorough ASP.NET e-commerce book I’ve ever read. And I can also recommend it to more experienced programmers who are looking for a good e-commerce reference. Don’t let the title fool. It’s a great tool for anyone who wants to make money using ASP.NET. I cannot say enough good things about it so I’ll close with the table of contents…

   TABLE OF CONTENTS
   1. Starting an E-Commerce Site
   2. Laying Out the Foundation
   3. Creating the Product Catalog: Part I
   4. Creating the Product Catalog: Part II
   5. Searching the Catalog
   6. Improving Performance
   7. Receiving Payments Using PayPal
   8. Catalog Administration
   9 . Creating a Custom Shopping Card
   10. Dealing with Custom Orders
   11. Making Product Recommendations
   12. Adding Customer Accounts
   13. Advanced Customer Orders
   14. Order Pipeline
   15. Implementing the Pipeline
   16. Credit Card Transactions
   17. Integrating with Amazon
   A: Installing the Software
   B: Project Management Considerations

3. Xakery Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 4:01 am

   This book is simply the best book on ASP.NET 2.0 when working with Databases. Not only does it help with E-commerce but you can apply the principals to other programming projects for dynamic websites. The Author responds to e-mail questions VERY QUICKLY with helpful responses. There simply isn’t another book that covers ASP.NET 2.0 better. I have used many books but none had as helpful of an author as Christian Darie.

4. Xaria Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 5:30 am

   This would be the best book for introducing someone new to asp.net 2.0. The book is very practical and does it job
   educating the idiot like the beginning word suggests in its title. I have notice in later chapters 8 onwards where the author refers to a control when the code is hard coded into
   the aspx page. This can be confusing in a beginner book.
   I felt that the authors did not do justice by giving partially completed code from chapter 12 onwards. My motivation kind of died after that since there was alot of compilation errors and so forth for a beginners book. It is hard to understand how the other reviewers where able to get the rest of the code running without going through the same problems that I am having.
   Unfortunately like other programmers I don’t have time to debug author’s code.

5. Laird Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 5:43 am

   4.0 out of 5 stars
   Great Book – Arrived In a Timely Fashion
   Great book. Taking me through all the ins and outs of E-Commerce. It’s not perfect with some documented errata on the website. But more than adequate for any coder with a pulse.

6. Bash Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 6:31 am

   5.0 out of 5 stars
   Estou muito satisfeito de ter este livro !!!
   Dos ultimos livros que tenho comprado, assim como os da serie Head First da O’Really este livro superou muito as minhas espectativas.

7. Xia Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 8:06 am

   5.0 out of 5 stars
   Excellent book
   It’s an excellent book, the book teaches you how to develop a site in three layers (presentation, business and data) in my ishe goal of this book.

8. Dwayne Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 10:18 am

   5.0 out of 5 stars
   Essential Book for ANY E-Commerce .NET 2.0 Developers!!!
   ‘Beginning ASP .NET 2.0 E-Commerce in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional’ by Cristian Darie and Karli Watson is one of the most unique and important books out there for anyone…

9. Othello Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 11:50 am

   5.0 out of 5 stars
   Great ASP.Net 2.0 E-Commerce Primer/Reference
   This book covers it’s topic E-Commerce very well. It also takes advantage of the new features found in ASP.Net 2.0 including some of the new ADO features.

10. Bailey Says:
    July 21st, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Great book
    It is cover a lot of great part of asp.net 2.0. It is easy to understand and implement. Some code is very profession and hard to understand.

11. Emerence Says:
    July 21st, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Magnum Opus
    This book is a masterpiece. The title is a little misleading (in a good sense) as the book not only covers ASP.NET but also the basics of SQL Server and ADO.NET programming.

12. Hussein Says:
    July 21st, 2009 at 6:06 pm

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Best code you’ll ever find.
    There’s not much more I could add to these reviews, because they are the exact same thing that I have been telling every one concerning this book.

13. Kaede Says:
    July 21st, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Good comprehensible book
    The book is truly for a novice, but only newbies to C# and not, say, Java, will survive chapter 3 of the book.