The Weekend Crash Course series consists of 30 sessions over a period of three days. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon. Naturally, readers can adapt their learning to whatever schedule best suits their needs. Active Server Pages 3 Weekend Crash Course is written to meet the needs of the reader who is new to ASP. However, through the use of carefully constructed roadmaps at the beginning of each session as well as pre- and post-assessment software on the CD-ROM, the book is also quite accessible to the reader who already has some knowledge of ASP.

Learn JSP fast! With JSP Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed on developing dynamic Web sites using Java Server Pages in a single weekend! JSP Weekend Crash Course explains how to use Java Server Pages to deliver dynamic web content. It explains client-server architecture, installing a JSP development environment, and how to write JSP servlets. Other important topics include: handling exceptions and errors in JSP; effectively using JSP with Java Beans, XML, and JavaScript; tracking users with sessions and cookies; and using the JDBC to set up, connect, and access a database from a JSP web page.

Learn Linux fast! With Linux Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed on configuring and using the most popular Linux OS distributions available today -- in a single weekend! Linux Weekend Crash Course consists of 30 sessions that teach you the core concepts of Linux over the course of a single weekend (from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon). Naturally, you can adapt this learning pace to whatever schedule meets your needs. Coverage crosses a broad range of topics, including: installing Linux; using Linux for the first time; configuring the X Window System; installing and troubleshooting a printer; multimedia applications; and monitoring systems.

Quickly learn MySQL -- the leading open source relational database management system! With MySQL Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed creating MySQL database applications in a single weekend! This book is for Web Developers and Programmers with no prior knowledge of MySQL. This crash course will help you learn how to use MySQL to get database applications to work quickly on the Web.

Learn Visual Basic .NET fast! With Visual Basic .NET Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed on designing and developing programs with the newest version of the world's most popular programming language -- in a single weekend! Visual Basic .NET Weekend Crash Course will have VB .NET would-be programmers coding in fifteen hours. Veteran author Richard Mansfield guides you through the Visual Basic .NET language and tools and enables you to create next-generation applications for the Microsoft.NET Platform. People who want to learn Visual Basic .NET quickly and people who know 'traditional' Visual Basic benefit from Richard's expert coverage of topics that include: The new Visual Basic.NET IDE; Labels, Buttons, Boxes, and Dialogs; Images, Pictures, and Shapes; Procedures, Variables, and Scope; Comparison, Math, and Logical operators; Arrays, Looping, and Branching; Bug fixing; Designing, building, and accessing ADO+ databases; Classes and Objects.

Open the book on Friday evening and by Sunday afternoon ñ- after completing 30 fast, focused lessons - you will have mastered the skills necessary to begin creating robust, dynamic, data-driven web applications with ASP.NET. In just one weekend, expert developer Robert Standefer leads you into the new world ofMicrosoft.NET, and enables you to create robust, dynamic, data-drive web applications. Starting with ASP.NETbasics, Robert teaches you what you need to know to begin creating ASP.NET applications quickly, and easily. This book is a must have for any developer building web applications on Microsoft's new .NET Framework.

Learn JavaScript fast! With JavaScript Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed programming JavaScript applications in a single weekend! This book begins at the beginning and assumes no prior JavaScript experience. You'll learn the essentials of JavaScript from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon.