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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:00 am Post subject: need some knowledge resources

anyone have suggested reading for learning:

- Java
- VB Script (or is it similar enough to VB?)
- ASP

?????

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:54 am Post subject: Re: need some knowledge resources

hohlecow wrote:
anyone have suggested reading for learning:

- Java
- VB Script (or is it similar enough to VB?)
- ASP

?????

My suggestion for VBScript/ASP (remember, most ASP is just VBScript anyways - and yes, the syntax is VERY similar to VB) would be any of the Wrox publishing books on ASP.
A few of those are as follows:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764543636/qid=1059486646/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/002-5396156-0684011
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1861001266/qid=1059486727/sr=1-56/ref=sr_1_56/002-5396156-0684011?v=glance&s=books

As for Java, I'm not sure (not exactly a Java expert myself).

Now, I assume you're talking ASP/VBScript, and not ASP.NET (with the newer .NET framework), yes? If your intention is to learn ASP.NET, my suggestion would be to learn that, rather than learning ASP first, and then trying to figure out the differences between ASP and ASP.NET (and there are many differences).

hohlecow wrote:
anyone have suggested reading for learning:

- Java
- VB Script (or is it similar enough to VB?)
- ASP

?????

Java:

Java: How to program

Review wrote:
How to Really Learn Programming, January 24, 2003
Reviewer: Charles E. Brown (see more about me) from New Milford, NJ USA
Let me begine by saying that the Deitel How to Program Series are the best programming books on the market. Now let me back-up that statement:

First of all, they assume the student is beginning with no knowledge whatsoever. The first chapter is Computer 101 with just identifying the basic components of the PC and the history of programming.

Secondly, the first 6 chapters focus in on the fundimentals of ALL programs. It is only in chapter 7 that we start to explore Object Oriented Programming.

Thirdly, the exercises at the end of each chapter are designed to make you think. You will not knock these exercises off in a few minutes.

There is a book within a book here that also discusses the fundamentals of Object Oriented Analysis and Design using UML modeling.

For those of you who have troubles conceptualizing OOP principals after chapter 7, you might want to supplement this book with Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java.

I cannot recommend this series highly enough. If you get through it, you WILL know Java and, more importantly, you will be a solid programmer with skills applicable to other programs.

The Advanced Java book is excellent also and should be followed with the completion of this book.

If I have one reservation, and just a minor one, it is that some of the exercises may be a little too mathematical in nature (things like linear regression). However, handled properly, it could greatly add to the learning experience.