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This Book Review chapter is for readers to post their reviews of software development related books. Reviews are intended to provide you with information on books that others consider useful and of value to developers.

Book Reviews - .NET 

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Title / Updated Author Score  
Book Review: WCF 4.0 multi-tier services development with LINQ-to-Entities
Updated: 3 Sep 2010
A review of "WCF 4.0 multi-tier services development with LINQ-to-Entities"
C#, Windows, .NET, WCF, LINQ, Dev, .NET4, EF
 
Peter Ritchie 4.00
Teach Yourself ASP.NET In 21 Days
Updated: 10 May 2003
Review of Teach Yourself ASP.NET In 21 Days
C#, VB, Windows, .NET1.0, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Erik Westermann 3.60
Book Review: Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader's Guide - C# Edition
Updated: 13 Sep 2005
This is a quick review of the new Murach C# book for ASP.NET 2.0.
C#, Windows, .NET, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Mike Kitchen 3.44
Review: Murach C# by Joel Murach and Doug Lowe
Updated: 13 Jun 2004
This is a quick review of the new Murach C# Book.
.NET1.1, Dev
 
ChasP 3.25
An Excellent Reference for Managed C++
Updated: 4 Jun 2003
Book Review of Programming With Managed Extensions for Microsoft Visual C++.NET 2003
C++/CLI, VC7, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev
 
markmalin 3.12
.NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide
Updated: 24 May 2003
Book Review of .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide
C#, VB, VC7, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Erik Westermann 2.92
Programming ASP.NET
Updated: 2 May 2004
Book Review of Programming ASP.NET
C#, VB, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Erik Westermann 2.89
Visual Basic .NET Business Objects - Rockford Lhotka
Updated: 4 Sep 2003
A review
C#, VB, Windows, .NET1.0, .NET1.1, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Member 96 2.68
Murach's C# 2005 - Joel Murach
Updated: 28 Jul 2006
A review
C#2.0, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
jasonsalas 2.47
Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Business Application Development
Updated: 28 Nov 2011
A review of the book Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Business Application Development.
C#4.0, VB10, Cloud, .NET3.5, Win7, MySQL, Silverlight, SQL2008, VS2010, Dev
 
Member 7656529  

Book Reviews - Enterprise Architecture 

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Title / Updated Author Score  
Review: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture - Part 1 of 3
Updated: 30 Nov 2005
Review of Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler
C++, C++/CLI, C#, VB, Windows, .NET, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, GDI+, ADO.NET, WebForms, Dev, WinForm
 
Levi Rosol 3.63

Book Reviews - General 

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Title / Updated Author Score  
Writing Great Code Vol 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level
Updated: 30 Dec 2009
Review of Randall Hyde's Write Great Code Vol. 2
C (Objective-C), Java, ASM, Architect, Dev
 
Proto-Bytes 4.68
Reviews of Two New Books from O'Reilly about HTML and JavaScript
Updated: 19 Oct 2010
I got two new books from O’Reilly about HTML 5 and JavaScript (ECMAScript 5): "Mark Pilgrim - HTML 5: Up and Running" and "Shelley Powers – JavaScript Cookbook".
HTML, Design, Web
 
outcoldman 4.67
Beginning XML with DOM and AJAX: From Novice to Professional
Updated: 5 Dec 2006
Sas Jacobs’ book ''Beginning XML with DOM and AJAX: From Novice to Professional'' published by Apress is a wonderfully succinct introduction to the world of Web development, which today means being able to manipulate XML in any of its various forms.
Javascript, XML, HTML, XSLT, Windows, .NET, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, Ajax, Dev
 
Bill Albing 4.45
Programming in the .NET Environment
Updated: 7 Oct 2003
Book Review of Programming in the .NET Environment
C#, VB, Windows, .NET1.0, .NET1.1, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Erik Westermann 4.36
Code Complete (2nd ed.) - On Every Desk?
Updated: 31 Jan 2007
900 pages that fill the gap between the coder and the developer.
Architect, Dev
 
peterchen 4.19
Creating Your Own Freaking Awesome Programming Language
Updated: 19 Nov 2011
Review about the Creating Your Own Freaking Awesome Programming Language Book
ASM, Python, Ruby, CEO, Architect, Dev, Design
 
RobLazarus 3.70
Pro SQL Server 2005 Database Design and Optimization
Updated: 9 Aug 2008
Review of Louis Davidson's Pro SQL Server 2005 Database Design and Optimization
SQL2005, Architect, DBA, Dev, Design
 
Paul Conrad 3.42
The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
Updated: 12 Jan 2003
Book review of The Art of Deception
 
Erik Westermann 3.15

Book Reviews - Work issues 

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Title / Updated Author Score  
The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World
Updated: 14 Jul 2002
Book Review of The Career Programmer
 
Erik Westermann 4.35

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