Brian Mains

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Pro Asp.NET MVC Framework (Apress) by Steve Sanderson
Rating: 5 out of 5 I believe Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework is one of the best books on the market about MVC. This book is crammed with a lot of information that you need to know as a developer. While he doesn't cover each subject fully (no book really...
Posted: Mon, Oct 19 2009 21:08 by bmains | with no comments
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Book Review for Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 By Matthew McDonald
I read Matthew McDonald’s book Pro WPF to bone up on WPF, XAML, and everything .NET 3.5 has to offer. I have to say that I was impressed by Matthew’s writing style, level of detail, and general knowledge that he passed onto the reader. This...
Posted: Mon, Jul 6 2009 20:32 by bmains | with no comments
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Book Review: Pro JavaScript Design Patterns
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Posted: Wed, May 27 2009 21:14 by bmains | with 1 comment(s)
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Book Review: Pro ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX from Wrox
There are quite a bit of books on the market about ASP.NET and AJAX. The book “Professional ASP.NET AJAX” from Wrox is a good overview of the AJAX framework. The authors of the book cover a wide array of subjects that you don’t find...
Posted: Sun, Mar 8 2009 14:43 by bmains | with 1 comment(s)
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Book Review: Practical JavaScript, DOM Scripting, and Ajax Projects by apress
The goal of the book "Practical JavaScript, DOM Scripting, and AJAX projects" illustrates what it takes to create an application solely in JavaScript. This book discusses projects in different genres: using mashups to pull external data, creating...
Posted: Sun, Feb 22 2009 20:42 by bmains | with 1 comment(s)
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Book Review: Outlook 2007 Programming
Working with Office product's API's can be a daunting task for several reasons. First, the API isn't always fully documented, and there can be a lot of gotchas for developers to find as they build an add-in for this popular software product...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28 2009 19:32 by bmains | with 1 comment(s)
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Book Review: Code Leader
The book Code Leader, written by Patrick Cauldwell, tries to get any leader of a project in any type of role up to speed on the latest technologies, concepts, or decisions that a code leader has to go through, such as build vs. buy, whether TDD practices...
Posted: Mon, Oct 20 2008 22:31 by bmains | with no comments
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Book Review: ASP.NET AJAX Programmers Reference
ASP.NET AJAX is a popular topic these days, from web service calls to server/client components. There are many facets to this framework, and this book covers the client-side components. The layout of the book is pretty consistent. It delves into the client...
Posted: Sun, Oct 19 2008 14:49 by bmains | with 1 comment(s)
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