ASP.Net 2.0 Web Parts in Action : Building Dynamic Web Portals

  Author:    Darren Neimke
  ISBN:    193239477X
  Sales Rank:    232797
  Published:    2006-09-01
  Publisher:    Manning Publications
  # Pages:    456
  Binding:    Paperback
  Avg. Rating:    5.0 based on 7 reviews
  Used Offers:    12 from $19.77
  Amazon Price:    $29.69
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ASP.Net 2.0 Web Parts in Action : Building Dynamic Web Portals
  
"A must-buy for every ASP.NET developer using Web Parts."
Scott Guthrie
General Manager
Microsoft Developer Division

"Squeezes the full potential out of ASP.NET Web Parts."
Andres Sanabria
Lead Program Manager
ASP.NET and Server Application Frameworks

Using Web Parts, ASP.NET developers can create portals with the same advanced features found in sites such as Live.com and Google ig.

ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action demystifies portal design, development, maintenance, and deployment. In over 400 code-packed pages, ASP.NET expert Darren Neimke shares his deep understanding of the controls and services that make up the portal framework.

This book will help you to code like a guru but think like a user. For example, you'll discover how to use Web Parts to reduce four-step actions to a single click with a strategically-placed edit button. Learn to balance features and usability to make your portals both look good and work well.

ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action gives you the tools you need to move your ideas off the whiteboard and bring them to life. Find out how to provide the personalization options your users want while preserving the look and feel of your portals with solid designs and custom chrome. Create usable information dashboards and tackle tough interoperability questions with confidence.

All the information in this book is performance-tested. Author Darren Neimke walks you through Web Parts concepts including static and dynamic connections, WebPartManager, SQLPersonalizationProvider, and the hot new ASP.NET Atlas framework.

Whether you're creating custom solutions or adding Web Parts to SharePoint 2007, exploring Atlas or dabbling in gadgets, ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action will get you started and guide you as you build successful portals using ASP.NET Web Parts.

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01-15-08 5 (NA)
(Hide Review...)  My Go-To Reference Time and Time Again
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When I began to work on a web portal using .NET 2.0 in mid-2006, I found out about this book and anxiously awaited it's publishing. I wasn't disappointed. The material covered in this book goes into such great detail and is so full of great ideas that I recommended the re-writing of our portal using Darren's book as a basis of our new design. This was money well spent.
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01-15-08 5 (NA)
(Hide Review...)  Really helpful
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When I first started looking at Web Parts I couldn't quite grasp how they were different from other web technology. Darren was able to clearly describe how individual parts are created, and how to integrate them into a cohesive whole and helped me enormously in building modern websites.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-10-04 05:12:42 EST)
01-10-08 5 1\1
(Hide Review...)  Complete Guide for ASP Web Parts
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This a very thorough and complete guide to ASP 2.0 Web Parts. After reading this book, I gained more knowledge than reading countless internet articles, numerous blogs and a few cumbersome books on subject. This book is a MUST Buy for anyone who needs to understand and/ or implement ASP 2.0 Web Parts. One added new value is the concepts outlined
in his book also work on ASP 3.5.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-01-15 08:21:47 EST)
09-11-07 5 1\1
(Hide Review...)  A must buy book if your working with webparts
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A must buy book if your working with webparts. Darren (The author) is also extremely helpful if you post web part related questions on his forum. The book is clear, concise and well organised. You will not be disapointed!

Ps. I have bought many many tech reference books from Amazon over the years. This is the first time I have ever posted a review. This book has been an invaluable reference for a large project I am currently working on.

Paul Hale (Domainscanners)
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-01-11 04:20:22 EST)
08-30-07 5 1\1
(Hide Review...)  Excellent introduction on web parts
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An all in one great introduction to web parts and even to some advanced techniques.

Web parts are a strong web UI element and this book has done a great job of talking about ALL the things that are necessary for proper web parts development.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-09-12 01:38:28 EST)
01-11-07 5 7\7
(Hide Review...)  The BEST Web Part Resource
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This book introduces and explains a lot of concepts with Web Parts. This book SHOULD BE your starting point if you want to do any kind of web part development.

Key concepts:
- Web Part Connections
- Zones and how web parts behave inside them
- Tips & Tricks to get web parts to behave like they look in SharePoint
- Page Life cycle with web parts
- AJAX and web parts (little light on that topic)

I have done some basic web part development and read other articles on the web. This book by far brought a lot of concepts together and allows you to build a portal based on web parts.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-08-31 01:11:23 EST)
12-12-06 2 0\1
(Hide Review...)  Examples have errors - No response on forum
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This book is laid out in bits and pieces. It could have been a little thicker and concise. The "Authors Forum" is lame too.

Advice: Skip this book...
(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-12-19 13:18:37 EST)
11-16-06 5 4\4
(Hide Review...)  Great Book on the Web Part Framework
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Although SharePoint 2003 allowed us to create Web Parts, it was tedious and you couldn't use it outside of SharePoint. Microsoft upped the ante with the release of ASP.NET 2.0. You can create Web Parts in ASP.NET 2.0 and use them in both ASP.NET web sites and SharePoint 2007.

Darren has written a very solid book on Web Parts. This book covers different areas of the Web Part framework and the author does a very good job of explaining the subject in a clear manner. Darren starts at the beginning (explaining portals and web parts) and moves to more advanced areas. Darren also covers areas such as SharePoint, AJAX, and discussing other portals such as Live.com (including how to build a gadget).

I did run into a few issues with the book's source code but after posting the issues on the book's forum, Darren had a fix for me within 12 hours. This book also covers some areas which I have not seen before such as splitting out the catalog into a separate web page. There are numerous extensions discussed where I said out loud: "I didn't know it could do that!".
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(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-01-11 14:23:45 EST)
  
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