Active Server Pages for Dummies-W/Cd

Hatfield, Bill

ISBN 10: 076450603X / ISBN 13: 9780764506031

Published by IDG BOOKS 1999, 1999

About this Item

Small quarto, softcover, yellow and black glossy wraps, near fine. CD rom in plastic case at back. The first few chapters of Active Server Pages for Dummies are a fairly generic introduction to VBScript for non-programmers, with a dash of Javascript thrown in for variety. The middle portion of the book introduces the reader to components, objects, the structure of an Active Server Page (ASP) application, and database access. The useful tips scattered through the book are convincing evidence that the author actually has some practical experience with ASP in a non-toy environment. Second edition. CD gives you ASP samples, software, and more. ASP for Internet information Server 3, 4, and 5.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Active Server Pages for Dummies-W/Cd
• Publisher: IDG BOOKS 1999
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076450603X
• ISBN 13: 9780764506031
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Unknown
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Ready to create interactive Web pages? Then welcome to Active Server Pages For Dummies, 2nd Edition. In this guide, you'll see exactly what ASP is all about and how it works.

You may be a Web site or intranet developer for a company, or the owner of a personal or small business Web site, or a programmer who wants to get in on all the hot new technologies. In any case, you're always looking for ways to make your job easier and your Web site cooler. You probably

• Know how to use Windows NT or Windows 95/98 and your web server software, at least well enough to get around.
• Are familiar with HTML and have played around with some advanced tags.
• Have had at least a little exposure to a scripting language like VBScript, JavaScript, Perl, or REXX.
• Have worked with a macro language such as you'd find in a spreadsheet or other application.
• Have actually done some programming in Java, Visual Basic, C, or COBOL.

But don't worry. To get the most out of this book, you don't have to be a programmer or an HTML guru. Active Server Pages makes activating your Web site easy.

In Active Server Pages For Dummies, you'll discover

• What Active Server Pages is and how it fits into the world of CGI, ISAPI, ActiveX controls, and all the other Internet stuff that promises to make your Web site more exciting.
• What you need to know about the programming languages.
• How to use objects that are a part of your web server to get all sorts of information and to change the way things work.
• How to access database information from a Web page.
• What happens after you start to pull together the capabilities to create real Web applications.

Active Server Pages is easy. You've heard that said before, only to be overwhelmed with enough confusing gibberish to choke a camel. But with this guide, you can believe it.

About the Author

Bill Hatfield is an Internet consultant and the author of Visual InterDev?(TM) For Dummies??, Creating Cool?? VBScript Web Pages, and other bestselling books.