Blink Monitor » .net http://blinkmonitor.com News on technology books in the Ottawa Library via RSS feed. First, click in the tag cloud below at the right. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:31:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Start Here! Fundamentals of Microsoft http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/10/start-here-fundamentals-of-microsoft/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/10/start-here-fundamentals-of-microsoft/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:01:33 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=4533 Start Here! Fundamentals of Microsoft .net Programming, Rod Stephens, – 2011

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Programmers will want to read this. But, at 1700 pages, this book needs some ruthless editing.

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For programmers developing user interfaces for Windows applications. 1100 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/06/pro-wpf-in-c/feed/ 0 Windows Application Development (MCTS Exam 70-511) http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/02/mcts-self-paced-training/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/02/mcts-self-paced-training/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:16:11 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=3677 book coverMCTS Self-paced Training Kit (Exam 70-511) Windows Application Development With Microsoft .net Framework 4 By Stoecker, Matthew A. (- 2011)

If you want to get certified this will help.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/02/mcts-self-paced-training/feed/ 0 Professional Silverlight http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/01/professional-silverlight/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/01/professional-silverlight/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:32:50 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=3539 book coverProfessional Silverlight 4, Jason Beres, 2010

For programmers who are designing a Rich Internet Application (RIA) on Microsoft Windows. Contains lots of example code. 800 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/01/professional-silverlight/feed/ 0 Professional Windows Phone 7 http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/01/professional-windows-phone-7/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/01/professional-windows-phone-7/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:28:35 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=3533 book coverProfessional Windows Phone 7 Application Development Building Applications and Games Using Visual Studio, Silverlight, and XNA, Nick Randolph, 2010

This book for programmers is well written, looks useful, and has lots of example code in C#. 550 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2011/01/professional-windows-phone-7/feed/ 0 Effective REST Services via .NET http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/08/effective-rest-services-via-net/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/08/effective-rest-services-via-net/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:09:29 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=2949 book coverEffective REST Services via .NET – For .NET Framework 3.5, Kenn Scribner, Addison-Wesley, 2009

The efficient alternative to SOAP: use REST. 300 pages.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/08/effective-rest-services-via-net/feed/ 0 NHibernate In Action http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/03/nhibernate-in-action/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/03/nhibernate-in-action/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:29:51 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=1928 book coverNHibernate 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.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/03/nhibernate-in-action/feed/ 0 Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C♯ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/02/agile-c%e2%99%af/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/02/agile-c%e2%99%af/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:31:22 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=1815 book coverAgile 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.

]]> http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/02/agile-c%e2%99%af/feed/ 0 Murach’s ADO.NET 3.5 http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/02/murachs-ado-net-3-5/ http://blinkmonitor.com/2010/02/murachs-ado-net-3-5/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:11:25 +0000 rleir http://blinkmonitor.com/?p=1751 book coverMurach’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.

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