DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Books

First Thoughts on Wrox Beginning ASP.NET MVC

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:16:02 GMT

Simone Chiaretta writes about the new Wrox book that he and Keyvan Nayyeri are writing and is entitled Beginning ASP.NET MVC. This book targets beginner ASP.NET MVC developers.

Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books, Ever

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:16:02 GMT

In this post I proudly present the Top 100 of Best Software Engineering Books, Ever. I have created this list using four different criteria: 1) number of Amazon reviews, 2) average Amazon rating, 3) number of Google hits and 4) Jolt awards.

Pro ASP.NET 3.5 Book on Sale for $16!!!

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:39:33 GMT

Building on the revolutionary ASP.NET 2.0 release, ASP.NET 3.5 adds several key new developer features including AJAX, LINQ, and a new CSS designer in Visual Web Developer 2008. The dramatic reduction in code that developers realized from the more than 50 new server controls in ASP.NET 2.0 now allows developers the time to make their applications more interactive with AJAX, to work with data in their preferred language with LINQ, and to build visually attractive and consistent standards-based sites with CSS.

Download Free E-Book: Introducing SQL Server 2008

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:49:33 GMT

learn about major new features in SQL Server 2008, including security, administration, and performance. Downloading the book require registration.

VSTS & TFS recommended Books

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:51:06 GMT

very good Recommenition for VSTS and TFS Books

Recommended Books

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:01:03 GMT

List of very interesting books for developers from Oren.

Professional Visual Studio Extensibility - Finally Released

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:05:19 GMT

Keyvan Nayyeri announced the final availability of his Wrox Professional Visual Studio Extensibility book.

Ayende's "Building Domain Specific Languages in Boo" book

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:45:13 GMT

The book is now available for as part of the Manning Early Access Program. Chapter 1 to 4 are already there, but they are there in their nearly raw format. That means that they have not been edited yet, and I didn't put in the results from the review cycle that we did yet. Ayende would appreciate any feedback that you have on the book, the topic, the code, etc.

Books on LINQ

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:12:23 GMT

Some of the books available on LINQ

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:46:02 GMT

To improve impressions of mainstream software development - which, presumably, should be based upon the foundations of computer science - it comes upon the shoulders of each developer to educate him or herself with the knowledge necessary to give this discipline proper attention. Developers cannot push off this responsibility to management or "the priority setters." It is up to each of us to give software development the respect it deserves and educate those around us, accordingly.

Ancient Scrolls of Wisdom

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:26:53 GMT

What we can learn from software engineering books that are more than a decade old (like mythical man-month, peopleware etc.)

Influential Books

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:16:01 GMT

Jeremy Miller shares a list of books that have influenced him, mainly on software design, patterns and programming methodologies.

Audio Books for Software Development

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:40:33 GMT

Are you looking for audio books about software development? Do you need more to listen to on your long commute? Do you just prefer to listen to books? Are these audio books that you would purchase? What audio books do you want?

Design Pattern Links, Articles, eBooks, etc

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:16:01 GMT

Having noticed the many common patterns in programming, I have begun studying GoF Design Patterns in an attempt to internalize and integrate them into my development thoughts. This article is an attempt to catalog all the links to various Pattern articles, tutorials, and other resources I have stumbled upon in my research

CodeFetch: Search through source code in programming books

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:16:01 GMT

Select a language, and search for code. It is as simple as that. The search displays the code along with what book it was found in and provides an Amazon link to buy the book.

5 Books Every Developer Should Read

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:46:01 GMT

Which books should you read/buy when you are a programmer? Five books are featured here that should help every developer. The books are not specific to any language so it doesn't matter if you are a Java, Python or .Net programmer

What makes a good programming book?

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:01:02 GMT

During the last couple of years, I've been reading quite a few books about various programming topics and related technologies. Some of them take a very practical approach with a lot of examples and some take a more philosophical approach and some books are somewhere in between.

Book Review: Professional DotNetNuke 4

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:31:02 GMT

Looking to learn about DNN running on the ASP.NET 2.0 framework? Well look no more, here's the book for you. In this article, I will provide you with a chapter by chapter breakdown of the new book. From the personal perspective of DNN founder, Shaun Walker to learning how to distribute modules, skins, and components of DNN. In addition, at the end of the article, Wrox has been kind enough to provide WWWCoder.com with a free downloadable chapter from the new book.

Announcing Our Book! (Windows Developer Power Tools)

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:31:01 GMT

Announcing the Windows Developer Power Tools book that features open source and freeware tools to improve the development lifecycle.

Enhancing Microsoft Content Management Server with ASP.NET 2.0 book

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:24:23 GMT

The book is written for developers who work with Microsoft Content Management Server, and want to update their skills to take advantage of the latest offerings in ASP.NET. If you are an MCMS developer who hasn't yet got into ASP.NET 2.0, this book is an ideal introduction to the most exciting features of ASP.NET 2.0, and how you can make them work for you.

More Atlas Resources (Videos, Articles, WebCasts and Books)

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:49:01 GMT

Scott Guthrie lists a number of new Atlas links, videos and screencasts.