A useful addition to the web developer's bookshelf. Strikes a good balance between being a reference guide (which it claims to be) and a more thorough (and easily understood) "how to" on ASP.

Some suggested improvements:

(1) Information on the GLOBAL.ASA file was a bit thin. Elaborate on differences between session vs. application scope; examples should show use of session- and application-wide variables at use in .ASP files.

(2) Chapter 19 ("The MyInfo Component") should be moved well toward the book's beginning, since newcomers to ASP will early on be exposed to the component (perhaps unwittingly) when building their home page using the Personal Web Server (PWS) Wizard. I've used previous revs of PWS in the past, but I was stumped at first by this new component and its use of XML.

(3) Better technical proof-reading is needed. I've found errata throughout the book, which can be annoying to the experienced and downright baffling to the newcomer.