Hands on asp.NET learning recommendations

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I am planing to get my hands on asp.net. In my work I deal primary with databases but I would like to stay in touch with programming as well.

I do not have any particular project in mind so I thought that a book which would guide me through all the steps of developing an ASP.NET solution would be a good way to get me started.

After some search I found a book called ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution which claims:

Unlike many other ASP.NET books that show examples for individual pages or features, the example in this book is an integrated end-to-end site (written in C#). The entire book and site has been written specifically for ASP.NET 2.0, to use the ASP.NET 2.0 features wherever they make sense.

Additionally the source code of the final application called TheBeerHouse is available in CodePlex

Would you have any comments related to this choice? Are there any other better alternatives (books, blogs)

My aim is to learn ASP.NET 2.0, and doing so by creating a functioning product. I want to focus on .net2.0 at the moment so no LINQ, MVC etc.

As I do not have that much of spare time and as it will be my first contact with the web development I would need a book that would provide all the guidelines. For the same reason coming out with my own idea for the website is not an option.

EDIT

I understand that I need to learn vb/c# I said asp.net because I want to focus on web development as opposed to windows development. The question primary focus is on recommendations for hands on guided example of building a web applications with the asp.net

Answer 1

I'd recommend to have a look at ASP.NET official site. There you would find many resources, like video tutorials and starter kit web sites. Also a list of books about ASP.

Answer 2

I recommend to start by watching videos and screencasts at www.asp.net then by reading good books. Here is my list of recently published books which I recommend:

http://www.riaguy.com/books/

Also I would start learning ASP.NET MVC instead of classic ASP.NET - www.asp.net/mvc/