-- Accelerated track for professional programmers learning how to work with ASP. -- Provides a great tool for companies and developers seeking to make their transition into e-commerce with its large on-going case study of an e-commerce web site throughout book. -- In each chapter, users can test out real world situations with hands-on examples of using ASP in a real website. (Examples will be available as a download on Osborne's site.) -- Covers vital e-commerce issues like security and reusability -- Learning by doing pedagogy based on author's teaching and consulting experience. Walks the user through building an ASP-based web application from the ground up.