Re: What is .NET?

From: [at]} <Bob>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 22:16:04 +0000

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Hi,

I wrote:
>>I have found
>> a couple of books that look as though they're worth further
>> consideration, but for now I can't find my references - when
>> I do I'll post them.

CFB replied:
> A book I would recommend for the developer's view of .NET is
> 'Programming in the .NET Environment' by Damien Watkins, Mark Hammond
> and Brad Abrams. ISBN 0-201-77018-0.

I had a quick look round the bookshops earlier today. The book I was
thinking of is 'Think Microsoft .Net' by dePetrillo. I haven't read
it yet, but it seems like a good choice of first book for a quick
overview which doesn't go into details of code. Reviews on Amazon seem
ok, though the reviewer on the co.uk site has some gripes about
spelling errors.

The book by Watkins et al. certainly looks like a better long-term
buy. My inclination would be to spend a day in the library with
dePetrillo, and perhaps buy Watkins et al. later.

Two more books which look fairly good to me are:

Manassis, E "Practical Software Engineering: Analysis and Design for
.Net". This is too heavy on the RUP and UML for my taste, but it
presents what looks like a fairly complete case study.

Simmons and Rofail "Microsoft .Net Platform and Technologies" seems to
cover much the same ground as dePetrillo.

-- 
Regards,
 Bob
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