Hands On Visual InterDev 6

In the first two chapters, author Sharon Podlin presents a quick overview of InterDev's features and the many important features of the integrated development environment. The first project--developing a resort travel site--introduces you to the basics. The author walks you through the process of gathering content, creating a new Web project, formatting pages, working with themes, and expanding the site. While this approach accelerates learning, you'll need to do some experimenting of your own to fully round out your expertise.

After the basics, you'll be shown how to create a database-driven project. You'll learn how to connect to Microsoft SQL Server, construct queries, work with data-bound controls, connect to other Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) sources, and write some VBScript code. The final project illustrates how to work in a multideveloper corporate environment. It introduces Visual SourceSafe version-control software, security levels, multimedia, and other advanced features.

This title offers a fine first taste of this powerful development tool, but it is strictly focused on the features of InterDev. Once you've used it to learn the product, you'll be ready to look elsewhere for references on bigger-picture topics, such as overall Web design and promotion. --Stephen Plain