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PUBLIC MARKS from tadanderson with tags books & programming

September 2010

Silverlight 4 in Action Book Review

Finally someone has given Matthew MacDonald some competition when it comes to Silverlight books. This book is a great read.

August 2010

Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration Book Review

The author does great job of getting you up and running quickly. If you are interested in integrating Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010, then this book is a must have.

Professional Silverlight 4 Book Review

Finally someone has given Matthew MacDonald some competition when it comes to Silverlight books. This book is a great read.

May 2010

Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook Book Review

All in all I recommend this book for anyone who wants an introduction to WCF and ASMX Services, REST and WCF Data Services, WCF RIA Services, the datagrid and dataform.

April 2010

Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010 Book Review

This is a pretty sweet book. There are a ton of features in Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This book does a great job of covering all of them that are related to Application Lifecycle Management.

CLR via C# Book Review

There are plenty books that show you what you can do with C#. This book shows how C# does what it does and tells you why. There is no better advanced C# book available on the market.

Pro WPF in C# 2010 Book Review

I highly recommend this book to anyone getting into WPF with .NET 4.0.

Beginning WF Windows Workflow in .NET 4.0 Book Review

All in all, this is a good book for getting into the guts of WF 4.0. It is a nice introduction.

December 2009

November 2009

Pro Silverlight 3 in C# Book Review

This book is by far the best resource for Silverlight 3.0. This is a must have book for any developer working with Silverlight 3.0.....

October 2009

Dependency Injection Book Review

If you want to build software that is modifiable, this book is a great place to start.

September 2009

WPF Control Development Book Review

WPF is a vast topic. This book does a great job of zeroing in on some of the most powerful functionality WPF has to offer and assembling it in a very concise format....

July 2009

.NET Security and Hacking Tool Belt - Tools, Books, Videos, and Sites

There are a ton of tools and books out on security and hacking. I have listed some of the tools, books, videos, and sites I keep in my security tool belt....

June 2009

Effective REST Services via .NET Book Review

If you want to learn the ins and outs of RESTful Services using .NET technologies, this book is the ticket...

Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework Book Review

If you are going to adventure into the ASP.NET MVC Framework, you will want this book by your side.

May 2009

Requirements Engineering: From System Goals to UML Models to Software Specifications Book Review

This is not for the happy go lucky requirements gatherer. It is a detailed breakdown of everything requirements engineering for software intensive systems. It will make you think.

April 2009

C# VB.NET and ASP.NET Refactoring Book Reviews

Both of these books are great. Each has it's own unique sections, while at the same time they cover the same refactorings, smells, and Object-Oriented Design Principles in detail.

Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice Book Review

I recommend this book for the beginner, as well as the experienced, software architect. It is a must read.

February 2009

Programming Entity Framework Book Review

This is definitely the book to have by your side if you are programming with the ADO.NET Entity Framework 1.0....

January 2009

Architecting Software Intensive Systems: A Practitioners Guide Book Review

This book does an excellent job of introducing the reader to the soft skills needed to succeed as a software architect.....

September 2008

PDF Documentation Available for Composite Application Guidance for WPF June 2008

Microsoft has made the documentation for Composite Application Guidance for WPF–June 2008 available in PDF format.