Effective REST Services via .NET – For .NET Framework 3.5, Kenn Scribner, Addison-Wesley, 2009
The efficient alternative to SOAP: use REST. 300 pages.
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Effective REST Services via .NET
Monday, August 16th, 2010NHibernate In Action
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
NHibernate In Action / Pierre Henri Kuaté, Manning, 2009
A book for programmers about the Hibernate framework for persisting information, and its port to .Net. 350 pages.
Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C♯
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C♯ / Robert C. Martin, Prentice Hall, 2007
Developers will want to read this book. With a foreword by Erich Gamma, of Eclipse fame. Hardcover, 700 pages.
Murach’s ADO.NET 3.5
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Murach’s ADO.NET 3.5 : LINQ and the Entity Framework with C# 2008 / Anne Boehm, Murach, c2009.
This is for the programmer who is developing web apps on Microsoft servers. It starts with very simple steps. Large format, 650 pages.
Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework / Steven Sanderson, Apress, 2009
This well written book for web developers starts slow but rapidly gets advanced.
- Architectural background to ASP.NET MVC, including Model–View–Controller and REST concepts.
- ASP.NET MVC framework with detailed coverage of all aspects of the framework and the official MVC development toolkit.
- Test–driven development in action.
- Translation and comparison of features in classic ASP.NET to those in ASP.NET MVC.
- Security and deployment issues, including IIS 7.0.
550 pages.
Introducing Windows 7 for Developers
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Introducing Windows 7 for Developers / Yochay Kiriaty, Microsoft Press, 2010
There is lots of new functionality in Windows libraries.
- Welcome to Windows 7
- Integrate with the Windows 7 Taskbar: Basic Features
- Integrate with the Windows 7 Taskbar: Advanced Features
- Organize My Data: Libraries in Windows 7
- Touch Me Now: An Introduction to Multitouch Programming
- Touch Me Now: Advanced Multitouch Programming
- Building Multitouch Applications in Managed Code
- Using Windows 7 Touch with Silverlight
- Introduction to the Sensor and Location Platform
- Tell Me Where I Am: Location-Aware Applications
- Develop with the Windows Ribbon, Part 1
- Develop with the Windows Ribbon, Part 2
- Rediscover the Fundamentals: It’s All About Performance
350 pages.
Programming Entity Framework
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Programming Entity Framework / Julia Lerman, O’Reilly, 2009
Programmers of data intensive apps in the Microsoft environment will find this book valuable. Well written, 600 pages.
Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework / Roger Jennings, Wiley, 2009
Programs using Microsoft libraries such as LINQ and ADO can be shorter and more abstract, at the expense of being unreadable if you don’t have access to books such as this one. 600 pages.
Essential Silverlight 3
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Essential Silverlight 3 / Ashraf Michail, Addison-Wesley, 2009
A book for programmers using Silverlight for rich internet apps. It discusses enabling GPU acceleration, among other things.
Pro C# 2008
Friday, August 28th, 2009Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 platform / Andrew Troelsen, Apress, 2007
A huge book! 1350 pages, hardcover.