Can anyone recommend a good ASP book?

[demnan]

I'm taking a new job and I have to switch from Cold Fusion to ASP and get up to speed pretty quickly - I'll be maintaining an existing application.

I'm an experienced Cold Fusion person and I have studied some of the major languages like Java, C++, VB, etc.

[meegbear]

1. ASP or ASP.NET?

[demnan]

2. I have to say I think it's ASP

but to be honest, I don't know the difference.

[Joe Power]

5. You better find out

There is a huge difference.

[Odonata]

3. O'Reilly has always been good to me

Whether you'll be working in ASP or ASP.NET environments O'Reilly has great resource books. What languages will you be working in?

[demnan]

7. VB script

[Odonata]

11. Then you'll be dealing with ASP

I work in both ASP and ASP.NET formats. They both have their pros and cons.

Nice Meezer!

[demnan]

12. Thanks

you can see more my Meezer Pad Thai here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=243x5625

Yours is cute too!

[demnan]

8. Thanks

and welcome to DU :hi:

I have ASP in a nutshell. I'll start with that.

[Shrek]

4. Try "ASP for Dummies"

I'm a Java & C++ guy and it got me going pretty quickly. Not very in-depth, of course, but you can always get a more complete reference later.

[FloridaPat]

6. Sams' book have always been pretty good at explaining and

showing examples.

[Junkdrawer]

9. If it's ASP.NET, try the QuickStart that comes with Framework...

it's free and it's interactive.

[Dirty Hippie]

10. I teach this stuff

The best book for beginners is Murach's ASP.NET book.

http://www.murach.com/index.htm

I've reviewed a boat load of books on different programming languages.

The Murach books are the best!