What is a really good book to learn ASP.Net? I am an ASP Classic Web Developer who needs to learn asp.net?

I am an experienced web developer who needs to make the move from ASP to ASP.Net. I'm looking for a book which I can read through which will help me get started. Also what version should I start with? 2.0, 3.5 What language? C# or VB.net? Which Visual Studio? 2005 or 2008?

What is a really good book to learn ASP.Net? I am an ASP Classic Web Developer who needs to learn asp.net?
It would be best to start with ASP.NET 2.0 with VS 2005 right now.





C# is more common, hence its better to learn C#. However if you used to develop using VBScript, you might find the syntax of VB.NET easier to follow.





For good books you can choose from the following list:


- Wrox professional ASP.NET 2.0


- Apress - Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005 From Novice to Professional


- Apress - Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 Databases From Novice to Professional


- Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference [MS-Press 2006]





Hope this helps
Reply:OK... I've had a lot of students in your position. Classic ASP (and no Windows Forms) programming... you are going to have two main hurdles to get over


1) You will need to get use to event driving programming.


2) You will need to understand object oriented programming (and VB6 object based programming does not count)





Therefore, I suggest that you learn CSharp instead of VB. You can check my arguements at http://www.dmbcllc.com/Articles/WebDevel...





Make sure you start with Visual Studio 2008 and get a book that is geared toward the IDE rather than books that basically show you how to do everything in notepad.
Reply:The best thing for you is to go through the ebooks on ASP.NET and than decide upon buying the actual book. You can find numerous ebook on ASP at www.pdfchm.com. First you need to register here and than login to find the ebooks. Finding ebooks is little but tricky here. Just click on the ebook cover and than click on (external link) found on right bottom corner of the page. It than takes you to the download page of ebook.
Reply:The latest is always better.


I was always conflicted of the migration from ASP to VB.NET but it is inevitable. I personally hate both languages and prefer PHP but the best book I found is by Sams (Walter). Well, best by standard but still pretty ugly and nasty by all means.


Good luck.

gardenia