Recommendations on ASP.Net 3.5 tech book...
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Background: I'm an experienced .Net developer. Very fluent in C#, so-so on some of the language aspects introduced in C# 2.0, and want to push my experience into ASP.Net 3.0/3.5, LINQ, XAML, WPF, WCF, WF, etc. Generally, I hate buying tech books. Always seems to be that 60%-70% is fluff that I know, like glorified Hello World apps. But I definitely learn by doing, so I look for textbooks that do give step-by-step examples versus the cooking-show equivalent of "take sugar, flour, and egg...and poof on the CD included in this book you will find the complete project." So, I'm looking for any suggestions on good learning books for someone that knows their way around C# and VS2005, and is looking to ramp up on VS2008 and latest .Net features. Some books I would consider: -Apress Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition -Apress Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, Second Edition -MSPress Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET 3.5 -O'Reilly C# 3.0 in a Nutshell, Third Edition -Wrox Professional ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB -Wrox Professional C# 2008 Any recommendations regarding one publisher over another, one of these books in particular, or even another book I might not have considered is greatly appreciated! Cheers, Carl
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Background: I'm an experienced .Net developer. Very fluent in C#, so-so on some of the language aspects introduced in C# 2.0, and want to push my experience into ASP.Net 3.0/3.5, LINQ, XAML, WPF, WCF, WF, etc. Generally, I hate buying tech books. Always seems to be that 60%-70% is fluff that I know, like glorified Hello World apps. But I definitely learn by doing, so I look for textbooks that do give step-by-step examples versus the cooking-show equivalent of "take sugar, flour, and egg...and poof on the CD included in this book you will find the complete project." So, I'm looking for any suggestions on good learning books for someone that knows their way around C# and VS2005, and is looking to ramp up on VS2008 and latest .Net features. Some books I would consider: -Apress Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition -Apress Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, Second Edition -MSPress Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET 3.5 -O'Reilly C# 3.0 in a Nutshell, Third Edition -Wrox Professional ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB -Wrox Professional C# 2008 Any recommendations regarding one publisher over another, one of these books in particular, or even another book I might not have considered is greatly appreciated! Cheers, Carl
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Background: I'm an experienced .Net developer. Very fluent in C#, so-so on some of the language aspects introduced in C# 2.0, and want to push my experience into ASP.Net 3.0/3.5, LINQ, XAML, WPF, WCF, WF, etc. Generally, I hate buying tech books. Always seems to be that 60%-70% is fluff that I know, like glorified Hello World apps. But I definitely learn by doing, so I look for textbooks that do give step-by-step examples versus the cooking-show equivalent of "take sugar, flour, and egg...and poof on the CD included in this book you will find the complete project." So, I'm looking for any suggestions on good learning books for someone that knows their way around C# and VS2005, and is looking to ramp up on VS2008 and latest .Net features. Some books I would consider: -Apress Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition -Apress Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, Second Edition -MSPress Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET 3.5 -O'Reilly C# 3.0 in a Nutshell, Third Edition -Wrox Professional ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB -Wrox Professional C# 2008 Any recommendations regarding one publisher over another, one of these books in particular, or even another book I might not have considered is greatly appreciated! Cheers, Carl
Carl Lambrecht wrote:
-Apress Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition
Recommended. I bought it a month ago. Well written, and a good introduction to C#. I'm not sure if it will fit your needs, since you are already fluent in C#; it might be a little too introductory.
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Background: I'm an experienced .Net developer. Very fluent in C#, so-so on some of the language aspects introduced in C# 2.0, and want to push my experience into ASP.Net 3.0/3.5, LINQ, XAML, WPF, WCF, WF, etc. Generally, I hate buying tech books. Always seems to be that 60%-70% is fluff that I know, like glorified Hello World apps. But I definitely learn by doing, so I look for textbooks that do give step-by-step examples versus the cooking-show equivalent of "take sugar, flour, and egg...and poof on the CD included in this book you will find the complete project." So, I'm looking for any suggestions on good learning books for someone that knows their way around C# and VS2005, and is looking to ramp up on VS2008 and latest .Net features. Some books I would consider: -Apress Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition -Apress Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, Second Edition -MSPress Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET 3.5 -O'Reilly C# 3.0 in a Nutshell, Third Edition -Wrox Professional ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB -Wrox Professional C# 2008 Any recommendations regarding one publisher over another, one of these books in particular, or even another book I might not have considered is greatly appreciated! Cheers, Carl
Professional .NET 2.0 Generics (Wrox) Pro WF (Apress) - now has a .NET 3.5 edition, I own the 3.0 edition - very well written and was recently mentioned on MSDN. Learning WCF (O'Reilly) - I don't own this book but I'm working through chapter 1 which is available online. Plus it was recommended by a colleague and has had near-universal good reviews. Her boss's book, Programming WCF Services, is more comprehensive but poorly written IMO. Main difference is that Michelle explains what she's doing, Juval Lowy just lists the features interspersed with his own enhanced classes and explains almost nothing. Both Learning WCF and Pro WF suit your criterion of
Carl Lambrecht wrote:
I definitely learn by doing, so I look for textbooks that do give step-by-step examples
Another good thing about Pro WF is that the examples generally work out of the box. BTW, Learning WCF is based on .NET 3. However, Michelle has also provided the code for VS 2008/.NET 3.5.
Kevin