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PUBLIC MARKS from tadanderson with tags books & architecture

May 2012

How Google Tests Software Book Review

Over all I found this book very educational and very entertaining!!!

Elemental Design Patterns Book Review

This book is a book I wish I had 15 years ago to help me put the basics of programming into their proper context. Learning how to make use of patterns over the years would have been much simpler had I read this book first.

April 2012

Designing Silverlight Business Applications: Best Practices for Using Silverlight Effectively in the Enterprise Book Review

Read this book. The author does a great job of showing us what we should be doing today with LOB application architecture and development.

Java Application Architecture: Modularity Patterns with Examples Using OSGi Book Review

Finally someone has put the most important software architecture practices into words. Within this book lies the concepts that are the heart of true agility.

Software Engineering Best Practices: Lessons from Successful Projects in the Top Companies Book Review

This is one of those books that should be read by every person with a relationship to IT. Testers, CIOs, CFOs, developers, architects, project managers, and agilists will benefit from this book. I highly recommend reading it. You will come out the back end of it with a complete new perspective on Software Engineering.

C# 4.0 The Complete Reference Book Review

Get the Complete Picture of C# 4.0. All in all I highly recommend this book to every C# developer!!!

March 2012

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Book Review

All in all if you are building SQL Server 2102 Reporting Services Reports, or if you are interested in learning how to, you owe it to yourself to get this book.

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 Unleashed Book Review

All in all I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants the complete picture of all the features BizTalk 2010 has to offer.

February 2012

The CERT Guide to Insider Threats: How to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Information Technology Crimes Book Review

Over all I think every single person that has anything to do with IT should read this book. Even if you don't deal with sensitive data, you are at risk for sabotage.

Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum Book Review

This book down to earth does not just regurgitate Scrum practices, it provides tons of advice and examples from past experience. The book is for all levels of individuals and teams involved with or thinking about getting involved with Scrum.

January 2012

Experiences of Test Automation: Case Studies of Software Test Automation Book Review

I highly recommend this book to everyone in the business of building software. Before you attempt to automate your testing, read this book!

Building Enterprise Systems with Open Distributed Processing Book Review

This is a very well put together book. I highly recommend this book to the software and enterprise architect looking to improve their modeling and design skills.

Dependency Injection in .NET Book Review

This book is not only about DI, it is about proper object oriented programming. Every .NET architect and developer should read this book.

.NET Architecture and Development Book Recommendations for 2012

Another year has gone by. Happy New Year everyone. It is time to update my book recommendation blog. There have been a ton of books come out this year both good and bad.

December 2011

Model-Based Development: Applications Book Review

If you are a programmer, or want to be one, of any language, you must read this book. There is not another one like it out there.

SharePoint 2010 Development with Silverlight Book Review

This book will take you to the next level of using SharePoint and Silverlight together. I can say that it did that for me.

Essential Windows Phone 7.5: Application Development with Silverlight Book Review

If you are considering Windows 7.5 development, you owe it to yourself to get this book, digest it, and then keep it by your side.

Data Integration Blueprint and Modeling: Techniques for a Scalable and Sustainable Architecture Book Review

Data integration is a complex, detailed, sometimes excruciating boring activity, which is not an activity for the light at heart. This book does a great job of digging into the details of the data transformations. It is not just a high level look at data integration, it gets into the weeds.

Java for Programmers (2nd Edition) Book Review

If you have never owned a Deitel book, you owe it to yourself to get one sometime. If you are a Java developer, or want to be a Java developer, I would recommend starting with this one.

November 2011

Java Performance Book Review

Being new to Java I am interested in finding out the low level nettigritty details of the Java HotSpot VM. This book was definitely the right choice for that.