books by Matthew MacDonald     books:       Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5, Second Edition (Books for Professionals by ...9 reviews Matthew MacDonald Apress, 2008 A must have for serious WPF users What makes developers who migrate from WinForms, MFC, etc. excited on WPF is the plenty of paths that goes to the customization of built-in/user-defined controls. This book covers all aspects of control customization clearer than any other online article, or book on WPF that I've read. It's initially my primary source of information on WPF, as it has a broad coverage of topics with a well ...             Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (Beginning from Novice to ...5 reviews Matthew MacDonald Apress, 2007 Great Introduction to ASP.NET I have purchased (what feels like) hundreds of computer related books from Amazon.com (including other ASP.NET books), and this is the first one that I have ever felt the need to comment on. This is just a great book, in my opinion! I found the book to be very easy to read, and logical to follow - Matthew MacDonald's writing style is very effective in communicating technical information in a ...             Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, Second Edition (Windows.Net)16 reviews Matthew MacDonald, Mario Szpuszta Apress, 2007 Clear, concise, and comprehensive As I've come to expect from Apress books, this covers virtually everything I've needed to know coming from a programming background in other languages and frameworks, but no exposure to C# and ASP.NET. The explanations are clear, without the page-filling fluff that I've seen all too frequently in books from other publishers.             Access 2007: The Missing Manual15 reviews Matthew MacDonald Pogue Press, 2006 Excellent! This book is perfect for the novice. It guides you to the key components for MS Access without all the "techie" language. It also points out informative tips and clues to improve your database. This is specific for 2007, which really does make a difference since the security features have changed dramatically. There is a website for the examples. It is easy to download. The book states you ...             Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in C#14 reviews Matthew MacDonald Apress, 2005 Master of Controls Since the moment when I took this book in my hands and was able to make practice with the examples on this book, I was able to feel recognized the simplicity in the complexity of the controls. The examples are clear and very well done, impeccables and flawless a good thing for the newbie and the old programmer. I am enjoying the controls that allow me to click on them and assign my own ...             Office 2007: The Missing Manual7 reviews Chris Grover, Matthew MacDonald, ... Pogue Press, 2007 Everything you need to know I work with Microsoft Office everyday and this manual has tips and instructions on how to do everything you need and things you never thought of.             Excel 2007: The Missing Manual8 reviews Matthew MacDonald Pogue Press, 2006 Master Excel 2007 like nobody in your office! Based on the above listed reviews, mine is going to be short and sweet. This is a book to have if you need to get up-to-speed with the new version of Excel. MS Excel is a de-facto standard in spreadsheet software, whether you like it or not. This book will take you from A to Z on the subject of Excel 2007. It provides real-life examples to real-life questions. There may be more simple books ...             Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual19 reviews Matthew MacDonald Pogue Press, 2005 Absolutely great book! I have been searching for a good, fairly insightful, starter book on what to do to set up a website, that wasn't too advanced or way to boring. This is it! The author knows his stuff, brings it into the learning forum in such a way that you are excited to read the next section and re-read for additional insights previously completed sections. I am going to use this book, and will probably ...             Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (Beginning from Novice to ...8 reviews Matthew MacDonald Apress, 2007 Great reference for ASP.NET 3.5 Very thorough and easy to understand presentation of ASP.NET 3.5. I would recommend this book to beginners as well as those who already use ASP.NET and would like information about some of the differences between versions.             Your Brain: The Missing Manual8 reviews Matthew MacDonald Pogue Press, 2008 You don't need to be a brain surgeon to understand your brain... When you think about it, the thing we think *with* is one of the biggest mysteries to us. In Your Brain: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald, you'll gain some level of understanding about how the brain works, what makes it tick, and how you can manipulate it to work better. Even better, you don't have to be a brain surgeon to understand it all. Contents: Part 1 - Warming Up: A Lap ...             Silverlight 2 Visual Essentials (Firstpress) Matthew MacDonald Apress, 2008 Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug?in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It is a rules?changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it is able to host true .NET applications in non?Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non?Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X). Silverlight is still new and evolving fast, and you ...             Visual Basic 2008 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Recipes: a Problem-Solution Approach)1 review Todd Herman, Allen Jones, ... Apress, 2008 Nice update and examples I was looking for a good summary of threading for a current project and this book provided the code I needed. It is one of the best books I have seen that explains the examples and concepts in well-tested fashion. Too many times I have bought books where the examples don't run on the latest software or they are written by C# programmers who don't know VB. Although some of the samples are ...             Google: The Missing Manual19 reviews Sarah Milstein, Jude Biersdorfer, ... Pogue Press, 2006 All you wanted to know about Google The problem with Google is that it does not seem to advertise all of its tools, or for that matter, all the functions within their tools. For instance, did you know that you could search for Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) with Google as see the auto history? Google: The Missing Manual provides an essential source that brings together all the tools and hidden functions in the tools and ...             Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmer's Cookbook (Pro-Developer)20 reviews Matthew MacDonald Microsoft Press, 2003 WOW!!! If you're familiar with VB.Net, then this is a great book for you to learn how to add those tricky little details that can make or break the professionalism of your Applications. If you are a beginner, you may want to book mark this book and get it when you feel more comfortable, because you will need it. Although just about everything can be learned from the MSDN Library and help files ...             Pro WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 3.07 reviews Matthew MacDonald Apress, 2007 I highly recommend this book for WPF developers or designers I really didn't need another book on WPF, at least that is what my girlfriend would say. I already own "Applications = Code + Markup" by Charles Petzold, "Essential Windows Presentation Foundation" by Chris Anderson, "Foundations of WPF: An Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation" by Laurence Moroney, "Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed" by Adam Nathan, and "Professional WPF ...             Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in VB 2005: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: from Novice to Professional)10 reviews Matthew MacDonald Apress, 2006 Outstanding Reference I teach a web application development course for experienced MIS undergraduate students at a huge southern university. This is the second edition of MadDonald's in VB I have used and will continue to use it as long as he keeps publishing them. My students will have had two programming courses in which they use VB and are very experienced with database design, SQL, and stored procedures. The ...             Excel the Missing Manual (Missing Manual)5 reviews Matthew MacDonald Pogue Press, 2004 From a basic start to as far as you want to go When I start to look at a book on Excel I first turn to the index and look up Pivot Tables. Pivot tables are an amazingly powerful tool that allows you to turn the data around (pivot even) and look at it from another point of view. It's also amazing that a high percentage of books on Excel simply ignore pivot tables altogether, or perhaps give them half a page. This book has an entire chapter on ...             Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to Professional)11 reviews Matthew MacDonald, Julian Templeman Apress, 2006 The best book out there I have read many books on ASP.NET, by far this book is the most well organized, user friendly book that will teach you ASP.NET I disagree with posts that says that this book is not for the novice. It takes you step by step from a subject to a subject and keeps you intrested in reading the book. This is my first book ever that I realy said to myself that I will have to take the time and ...             Excel 2003 for Starters: The Missing Manual2 reviews Matthew MacDonald Pogue Press, 2005 Learn Excel The Quick And Easy Way Another gem by Pogue Press!! I just finished reviewing another one of the books from this line and then I am hard-pressed to come up with a lot of things to say other than "buy it" for this book as well. Excel is probably one of the most well-known applications on the planet, forget about the ones just developed by Microsoft. If you are new to spreadsheets and want to learn how to create ...             Pro WPF with VB 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5 (Pro)1 review Matthew MacDonald Apress, 2008 At Last! A WPF Book for VB Developers. At last, someone has published a WPF book aimed at those of us who prefer to use Visual Basic for the code behind. This is another well-written and comprehensive piece of work from a widely respected author. Unsurprisingly, large chunks of content have been ported directly from his earlier WPF book, which was based on .NET 3.0 and has C# as the code behind. This makes complete sense as ...              search for books access, approach, beginning, controls, cookbook, creating, custom, developer, edition, essentials, firstpress, foundation, manual, microsoft, missing, novice, office, presentation, pro-developer, problem, problem-solution, professional, professionals, programmer, recipes, silverlight, solution, starters, visual, windows books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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