ASP in a Nutshell
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Overview
ASP in a Nutshell provides the high-quality reference documentation that web application developers really need to create effective Active Server Pages. It focuses on how features are used in a real application and highlights little-known or undocumented features.
This book also includes an overview of the interaction between the latest release of Internet Information Server (version 5) and ASP 3.0, with an introduction to the IIS object model and the objects it comprises. The examples shown in this section and throughout the book are illustrated in VBScript.
The main components of this book are:
- Active Server Pages Introduction. Brief overview of the ASP application paradigm with examples in VBScript. Also included is an introduction to Microsoft's Internet Information Server 5.0, the IIS object model, and the objects that it comprises.
- Object Reference. Each object is discussed in the following manner: descriptions, properties, collections, methods, events, accessory files/required DLLs, and remarks, including real-world uses, tips and tricks, and author's experience (where applicable). The objects—Application, Response, Request, Server, Session, ObjectContext, and ASPError, as well as ASP Directives, Global.ASA, and Server-Side Includes—all follow this paradigm.
- Component Reference. This section follows the same paradigm found in Object Reference. The discussion covers all of the additional components included with IIS, such as ActiveX Data Objects, the Ad Rotator, the Browser capabilities component, the File System Object, and more.
- Appendixes. Gives examples in one or two objects and components using Perl, REXX, and Python in ASP.
Like other books in the "In a Nutshell" series this book offers the facts, including critical background information, in a no-nonsense manner that users will refer to again and again. It is a detailed reference that enables even experienced web developers to advance their ASP applications to new levels.
Concise and comprehensive, this three-part desktop reference explores Microsoft's Active Server Pages object model, the powerful server technology used to create Web applications with any scripting language. This is a reference and guide for developers, and it assumes familiarity with ASP, Web application development and related technologies such as ActiveX and COM.
Synopsis
ASP in a Nutshell, 2nd edition, provides the high-quality reference documentation that web application developers really need to create effective Active Server Pages. It focuses on how features are used in a real application and highlights little-known or undocumented features.
Library Journal
ASP (active server pages) technology is a model of dynamic information service, which means the user gets customized information rather than static, designed-for-everyone html pages. ASP also has an open-source initiative, which gives legs to ASP outside of Microsoft; presently it runs on everything from Microsoft to Unix/Linux, Mac, and SGI. This manual is not for beginners, but this is a highly lucrative area at the moment. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewIf you're an experienced developer working with ASP 3 and IIS 5.0, here's the authoritative, real-world ASP reference you'll use every day. Building on his best-selling first edition, A. Keyton Weissinger offers detailed insight for making the most of ASP 3 and the IIS object model, followed by a comprehensive reference focusing on real-world applications and illuminating underpublicized ASP features that offer you powerful opportunities.
ASP in a Nutshell, Second Edition presents detailed coverage of every key ASP object: when you'd use it, how it works, its properties, collections, methods, events, any accessory files or DLLs you'll need, and (in many cases) tricks from the author's personal grab-bag. Weissinger introduces preprocessing directives, server-side includes, GLOBAL.ASA, and much more. You'll also learn how to use the powerful components that ship with ASP 3.0 and IIS 5.0, including its ADO 2.6 support and prebuilt components for ad and content rotation, browsing, CDO-based workflow and messaging, content linking, page counters, file access, logging, permission checking, and more.
Four valuable appendices cover ASP Intrinsic Objects, conversion of CGI/WinCGI applications to ASP, ASP on alternative platforms (e.g., ChiliSoft); and configuring ASP applications on IIS.
—Bill Camarda, bn.com editor