There is no single best book to be had; you'll want to go to a good
technical bookstore and examine a few (perhaps based on recommendations
here). Ask yourself if you're looking for a tutorial or a reference book
(few books are great at being both). Does the book have the right number of
examples, and are they clearly explained? Is the material presented in a
logical and coherent order? Does the publisher have a reputation for
creating high quality books that are well edited?

Other factors to consider is the author's availabiliity: does the author
offer source code and a place to ask questions?

Of course, I hope you will take a look at my book: Programming ASP.NET 2nd
Edition (O'Reilly). You'll find that it is a comprehensive tutorial with
many examples, all of which are written both in C# and VB.NET. Further, I
offer source code, a FAQ, an errata and a link to a support discussion site
on my web site: http://www.LibertyAssociates.com.

Good luck in your search.

-j


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Jesse Liberty
O'Reilly Author
http://www.LibertyAssociates.com



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I'm after suggestions for the best books around for creating, using and
displaying controls in ASP.NET (by "displaying", I guess I'm talking about
CSS). I'd like a book that uses VB.NET for its examples and ideally uses
Visual Studio 2003.

(Probably a common thread in the newsgroups, but things do move on...)

Thanks in advance

Griff

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If you're looking for a book on control building (which I assume you
are, since you posted this to .buildingcontrols), *the* book to have,
IMO, is:

Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Server Controls and Components
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/ASPScripts/Goto.asp?ID=170
ISBN: 0735615829

This is a must-have book for any serious ASP.NET control developer...

--

Scott Mitchell
mitchell@4guysfromrolla.com
http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com

I give a big thumbs up to Jesse's book

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I give a big thumbs up to Jesse's book

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