Michael's Coding Den: Books

"Crouch" start in SharePoint

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:36:28 GMT

Recently I was parked into the SharePoint 2007 project, which is overly customized. Luckily, it relates to WSS then to MOSS. After the first week spent in this project I understood that the SharePoint is the only application when you need to read the RTFM before starting it :) Because, despite how you good as developer it doesn't make any sense with gettin' into the SharePoint. All that specific stuff relates to understanding the SharePoint structure and how it works. Without this knowledge you will fail even with the simplest task.

So, the SharePoint architecture is the vital thing you need to know when you start in this area, but where to start from first? I've scrutinized the resources and found the next book very useful for SharePoints newbies

Amazon.com: Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Pro Developer) (Pro Developer): Books: Ted Pattison,Daniel Larson

ISBN: 0735623201
ISBN-13: 9780735623200

Book is really good, and describes all necessary aspects which are required for the quick start in SharePoint

Mirror: Crouch start in SharePoint

"Programming Windows Workflow Foundation" Book Review

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:00:31 GMT

Programming Windows Workflow Foundation: Practical WF Techniques and Examples using XAML and C#
by K, Scott Allen

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Published the review of this book on our team blog: http://devkids.blogspot.com/2007/04/book-review.html

"Windows Developer Power Tools" book review

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:26:46 GMT

O'Reilly published the following book:

Windows Developer Power Tools: Turbocharge Windows Development with More Than 140 Free and Open Source Tools
by James Avery, Jim Holmes

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In this books authors described the most important tools and libraries that must be used in work by each developer.

The covered topics are:

Web libraries
WinForms libraries
General Code Libraries
Generating code libs
Alternative .NET IDEs
Creating documentation
VS IDE add-ins
Tools to analyze and test your code
Tools for the continuous integrations
Tools for the team collaboration
Bug tracking tools
Debugging and troubleshooting applications
Tools to tightening up the security
O/R Mapping Tools and libraries
Tools, libs and add-ins to enhance Web Development
and more another tools

I found this book really useful and rate is as "must-read".

Strongly recommend to read.

Book: Visual Studio .NET Tips and Tricks

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:13:42 GMT

Minh T. Nguyen published his free e-book "Visual Studio .NET Tips and Tricks". Paperback is available too.

I'd like to recommend this book to everybody who use Visual Studio in his work. Author describes the aspects of how to make work with VS IDE more comfortable and pleasant - disclosing hot keys, tips, guidelines for the everyday developer's work.

Must-have reading.

Book's List

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:23:04 GMT

IT books I've read recently and recomend others to read


	"Expert ASP.NET 2.0 Advanced Application Design" by Dominic Selly
	Good book about using ASP.net in distributed system. Describes internals of ASP.net. Not for beginners.

	"Microsoft SQL Server 2005 New Features" by Michael Otey
	Overview of SQLServer 2005 main features with samples. Good descirptions and sampels. Rather usefull for those who start exploring this product

	"Learning SQL on SQL Server 2005" by Sikha Saha Bagui, Richard Walsh Earp
	Good book describing the SQLServer 2005 language specific. Like it.

	"Customizing the Microsoft .NET Framework Common Language Runtime (Pro-Developer (Paperback))" by Steven Pratschner
	A great book for understanding the underpinnings of the .net runtime: how it works, what it does and how it integrates with C++ and COM. Hornessing all your C++/COM knowledge you can exploit the flexibility and customizability of the CLR to create Host for a variety of applications, from databases to cell phones.

	".NET Gotchas" by Venkat Subramaniam
	Excellent book with bulk of practical .NET advices

	"C# Cookbook, 2nd Edition (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))" by Jay Hilyard, Stephen Teilhet
	C# solutions and recipes that are used in everyday work. Second edition is for .NET 2.0

	"The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity (2nd Edition)" by Alan Cooper
	Book describes interaction design. Author analazes several applications and shows what, where, and how should be designed to give users comfortable application.

	"XML for Data Architects: Designing for Reuse and Integration (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)" by James Bean
	Book is about practical using XML Schemas in transaction-based and message-based enterprise application. Author gives practical examples and describe prons and cons for each case with detailed description what's working in reality

	"Enterprise Services with the .NET Framework: Developing Distributed Business Solutions with .NET Enterprise Services (Microsoft .NET Development Series)" by Christian Nagel
	Detailed description of .NET Enterprise Services with practical samples

	"Programming .NET Web Services" by Alex Ferrara, Matthew MacDonald
	Good book for those who is working with WebServices. Describe WS wide

	"Building XML Web Services for the Microsoft .NET Platform" by Scott Short
	One more good book for WS developers.