C# and .NET Books
In the last few days I had the chance to check out some new titles from O'Reilly, one is "C# 3.0 Cookbook 3th Edition" and the other is "Programming C# 3.0 5th Edition". I'm not a real fan of language based books, but the evolution of C# through it's 3 versions, arises the need for this kind of books. "Programming C# 3.0" is a book that covers all the aspects of the language from variable declaration to lambda expressions. I like that it doesn't limits the content to sintax but includes chapters and examples that cover some important technologies related to .NET like ADO.NET, LINQ and WPF. For the beginer, I think it's a nice book.
By the other side, "C# 3.0 Cookbook" is a nice tool for the experienced C# Programmer. I like specially the LINQ, Exceptions and Generics sections, because many titles cover those topics in a "non practical fashion" but this title gives a more realistic approach to take advantage of the language and the .NET Framework. It explains many scenarios where the programmer can apply the concept directly to it's case. Congrats to Jay, Stephen and the O'Reilly team for this title.
While I was writting this, I remembered another nice title from O'reilly written by Michelle Leroux Bustamante, It's called "Learning WCF". This is a VERY nice book covering from the introductory to the advanced concepts of this amazing technology called WCF. Congrats to Michelle for this.
Ricardo Gonzalez Vargas
Software Development Consultant
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
rgonzalez@mvps.org