asp.net illustrated as alternative to unleashed?

Hi, I'm looking for a book to learn asp.net, but I also want one that will have
meat that will carry me through beyond something like "asp.net for
dummies."  Few seem to review asp.net illustrated (3 reviews on Amazon,
with little detail).  What would be a good choice?

Hi

Have a look here. http://www.asp.net/community/books/

True that displays a whole lot of books available in this chapter, but provided
you for a reference.

I personally prefer Dino Esposito's books (For crisp explanation of internals of
how something works in .NET), Jesse libety (For a great overview and some
intersting samples)

I am told that Professional ASP.NET 2.0 (Updated edition) a good book for
getting a good start on almost every functionality of ASP.NET.

Once we graduate out of these, i suggest ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming:
Problem - Design - Solution by Marco Bellinaso. This is got a 5 star rating from
Scott G himself. It deals with how to develop a full fledged n-tier model of
ASP.NET web site.

Thats my take.

VJ

Hi

Sorry missed this. Besides what i said, have you had a look here at
http://www.asp.net/learn/. It is a great place to start with a lot of written /
video / sample tutorials.

Hope that helps.

VJ

Thanks! I've spent a good amount of time learning from the great stuff here:
http://www.asp.net/learn/ but I haven't exhausted it all yet.  Earlier I was
looking at http://www.asp.net/community/books/ .    It's a bit overwhelming
looking at each and reading amazon's reviews.  

 
So, on these boards Professional ASP.NET 2.0 is recommended over ASP.NET 2.0
IllustratedandASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed? 

 
I'm sure there is no over all best "starter with all the meat" book. 
What's best for one person is not best for another.  I'm wondering if I could
have some insight into the various book's different slants .... or perhaps a
good book that follows and/or supplements this: http://www.asp.net/learn/

 

ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution looks very
interesting.  If I weren't a beginner I'd jump on that one, since it appears to
go into the "why" aspect and the understanding that goes beyond pure
information.  I'll definitely look at this once I'm ready.

Hi 

Very rightly put, books are a "matter of preference". ASP.NET
unleashed that you had mentioned, I have found that as an excellent desk
reference which covers almost everything under ASP.NET. It is worth a buy
anyday.

I pesonally do not prefer books that have more content on teaching you how to
drag and drop controls from the Visual studio IDE. They teach you how to do
things fast - but do not go beyond that, where in for developers drag and drop
cannot help them mostly in real time. So if you are buying books for ASP.NET
2.0, my suggestion is to skim and see how much of the content is drag and drop
and how much is hand coding. 

Can I refer you here - http://forums.asp.net/p/1063034/1530983.aspx#1530983.
Mentions about a similar topic.

Hope that helps and "Happy Reading and coding".

VJ