Beginning Active Server Pages 2.0 (Beginning) (ISBN 1861001347)

Book Description:
ASP is the future of the web. With ASP you can make your web pages more dynamic, more efficient and more responsive to the specific requirement of your users. It is not just a technology and to get the best out of it you will be using it in tandem with HTML and with one or more of the web's simple scripting languages. You'll also see how to use ASP and ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) to put database content on to your web pages. This book will teach you everything you need to create useful real-world applications on the web.

Probably the classic "intro to ASP" book:
My copy of this book is completely worn out. As a senior developer at a dot com, I have lent out my copy to over 10 juniors when asked by them which book they should read to get started with ASP. This is after I myself have dogeared it, underlined it, etc. It's a great beginning book because it knows its target audience well, and caters to it. As such, it's great for the beginning to intermediate programmer of not just ASP, but also to those rather unfamiliar of client server and Microsoft DNA. SO it may be a little slowgoing for those who are already VB experts and have expereince with another similar technology (e.g. CFML, JSP). However, for those who are NOT experts, this book is very readable and illlustrates learning ASP with as much wit as a memorable college intro to programming course. Covers good ground as has some good reference projects. I would have liked a CD-ROM with the book though. It's such a great book 4.5 stars, really...

Must Read:
If you are a beginner, or simply need a refresher course on ASP this is the book for you. The authors give straight forward examples that effectively bring the power of ASP to you. WROX has established itself as a force to be reckoned with in recent years. I wish all of their books were only half as good as this one.

Buy Beginning Active Server Pages 3.0 Instead:
This book should be replaced with Beginning Active Server Pages 3.0 which would receive 5 stars from me. ASP 2.0 is old news now.

Good Companion to Beginning ASP Databases:
Makes a great companion manual to Beginning ASP Databases. What is missing in one is available in the other and vice versa.

Best book!:
This is a great book for learning ASP, in fact, it's the best, clearest intro book I've read on programming. It's organized, provides clear examples, explains HOW and WHY the scripts work... I was able to put together an ASP/SQL intranet project that actually worked within about 10 days, coming in with zero ASP experience and this book. I highly recommend it.