Overview
Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology has become wildly popular with web developers. However, the techniques for developing custom ASP components, not to mention the inevitable snags and pitfalls, are not well documented. What's more, the successful ASP component developer must be a jack-of-all-trades, with some knowledge of COM and COM+, threading models, and the ASP object model, as well as a mastery of one or more language tools and development environments.
That's where Developing ASP Components, 2nd Edition, comes in. Its first section explores the topics everyone needs to know to develop effective ASP components:
- Configuring the ASP development environment.
- ASP components and the Component Object Model (COM).
- ASP components and threading models.
- ASP components and Component Services, which provide a variety of services to ASP components.
- The objects, properties, methods, and events available in the ASP object model.
ASP components are language independent, and developers increasingly tend to use more than a single language tool. Thus the remainder of the book focuses on ASP component development using one of two major development tools—Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual C++ (with the ActiveX Template Library)—along with a number of other languages, such as Perl and Delphi. Each section focuses on the issues that concern the ASP component developer using that particular development environment. These issues include:
- Accessing ASP's intrinsic objects.
- Accessing data using ADO.
- Creating n-tier web applications with VB.
- Handling persistence using MFC along with Visual C++/ATL.
It's this strong focus on two major development environments, along with a thorough grounding in essential ASP topics, that makes Developing ASP Components the definitive resource for the ASP application and component developer.
Synopsis
This guide to developing a custom Active Server Page (ASP), the preferred choice for developers creating dynamic, data-driven Web and e-commerce sites, is updated and improved, and includes feedback and successes of the first edition. "Lucid, detailed. Great for beginners, full of substance for experts".—Charles Carroll, "www.com".
Booknews
Explains how to create custom component object model (COM) components that interface with active server pages (ASP) and Microsoft's internet information server (IIS). Separate parts cover component development using Visual Basic and Visual C++. The second edition has been updated to reflect IIS 5.0, ASP 3.0, and Windows 2000. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
To be an effective ASP component developer, you need to know more than ASP: You need familiarity with COM, COM+, threading, and a whole lot more. This book covers all of it, showing you how to build robust ASP components with either VB or Visual C++, as well as helping you avoid the poorly documented pitfalls that have snagged all too many ASP developers. Start with the basics: ASP component services, the ASP object model, and how to integrate ASP components with scripted ASP pages. Then, focus on sophisticated techniques specific to your development environment, including persistence solutions that leverage MFC and ATL; server-side VB components for XML programming; and more.Explains how to create custom component object model (COM) components that interface with active server pages (ASP) and Microsoft's internet information server (IIS). Separate parts cover component development using Visual Basic and Visual C++. The second edition has been updated to reflect IIS 5.0, ASP 3.0, and Windows 2000. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)