If you have read the first edition of this book, this second edition may look familiar. However, the book has more pages - about 1000 (edition 1 had about 600). There are several additions, especially topics on MTS and Message Queue, which are very good in themselves. "A case study in compatibility" is excellent guide for all, to develop for a varied set of browsers. A whole chapter is dedicated to transactions, a prelude to the chapters on E-Commerce case study and MTS.The best part is an extended reference at the end of the book, and this time JScript is also covered.I have a few comments about this book1. The book should have been thinner, with some chapters on CD-ROM2. You must be at intermediate level to use this book, else you could get lost easily. Beginners, don't yet touch this unless you know VBScriptIn short, without a doubt, the best book ever written on ASP.