books about: programmer     books:       Professional ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB (Programmer to Programmer)26 reviews Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, ... Wrox, 2008 This one Rocks... er... Wrox!! Bill, Scott, and Devin really did a great job pulling together key topics in ASP.NET 3.5. This book is huge... weighting in at 1,584 pages not counting the online resources and index. It basically covers everything any developer would want to brush up on or learn completely from scratch. I was only looking to learn about caching for scaling issues( and it was a great chapter 23), but I learned ...             Beginning SharePoint 2007: Building Team Solutions with MOSS 2007 (Programmer to Programmer)7 reviews Amanda Murphy, Shane Perran Wrox, 2007 Great Introductionary SharePoint Book When I started learning SharePoint, one of the biggest fundamental problem I had was to understand the new terms used in SharePoint. Sites, Site Collection, Web Application, Site Column, Content Types are some of those terms. Without understanding these basic terms, its hard to understand power of Sharepoint. Doesn't matter whether you are great SharePoint programmer or administrator, you need to ...             Beginning ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB (Programmer to Programmer)20 reviews Imar Spaanjaars Wrox, 2008 Drink Coffee, Coffee, Coffee, lots of them! I give this book full set of stars because of the tremendous effort made by the author to simplify the process. My only problem with this book is. It is too slow as to the way it explains the subjects. The author directs you to download the example files but then totally crawls when it comes to "using the project files." The book in packed with information but it should have been written ...             SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Exam 310-06515 reviews Katherine Sierra, Bert Bates McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2008 An excellent book! It helped me a lot! An excellent way to get SCJP! Thanks Amazon for the quick delivery!             Visual Basic 2008 Programmer's Reference (Programmer to Programmer)8 reviews Rod Stephens Wrox, 2008 Another Excellent Stephens Book! I have taught programming for about 20 years in a local college. I have several other Rod Stephens books so when I needed a book to help me with the new features in Visual Basic 2008, this book was my first choice. I was not disappointed. At over 1000 pages it covers just about everything you might need, whether you are a beginner or an expert. The good explanations are backed up by good ...             Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers)11 reviews Andy Hunt Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008 Loved! Pragmatic Thinking and Learning Really enjoyed the book, Andy's insight and research really hit home for me. After reading it "consider the context" has become my mantra, knowing the Dreyfus Model has given me good insight into the different stages of learning and I've even bought some fresh colour pencils to start Mind Mapping. The book is chocful of practical examples that are fun and sometimes down right amazing... ...             The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master129 reviews Andrew Hunt, David Thomas Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999 A must read for every programmer The book is a must read for every serious programmer. Authors shares their expertise in software development and the book is filled with a lot of advises and tehnologies to be used in software development process. If you are a pragrammtic programmer or want to become one, the book is a must read. It will confirm what you will already know and bring new things to you. The book can be a learn start ...             Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job, 2nd Edition (Programmer to Programmer)64 reviews John Mongan, Noah Suojanen, ... Wrox, 2007 Awesome Book! Must have for everyone preparing for Software Development interviews As heard, the best interview preparation book I have ever read. Examples make it much more interesting. Recommended for everyone taking the S/W Development Interviews!             The Productive Programmer (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))14 reviews Neal Ford O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008 Concise work for productive, common sense development This is a terrific book for boosting your productivity in two areas: how you work, and how you code. The first section of the book, Mechanics, focuses on tools you can use to boost your productivity as you're working with your system. Ford launches off into an exploration of lots of little crazy tools that help you automate or ease repetitive tasks. You'll find lots of goodies from virtual ...             Core Animation for Mac OS X and the iPhone: Creating Compelling Dynamic User Interfaces (Pragmatic ... Bill Dudney Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008 Mac OS X Leopard introduces a fantastic new technology that makes writing applications with animated and cinematic user interfaces much easier. We'll explore this new technology by starting with the familiar concepts you already know from the pre-Leopard development kits. Then we'll see how they apply to the new frameworks and APIs. We'll build on your existing knowledge of Cocoa and bring you efficiently up to speed on what Core Animation ...             Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) Brian Knight, Erik Veerman, ... Wrox, 2008 The new edition of the successful previous version is 25 percent revised and packed with more than 200 pages of new material on the 2008 release of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Renowned author Brian Knight and his expert coauthors show developers how to master the 2008 release of SSIS, which is both more powerful and more complex than ever Case studies and tutorial examples acquired over the three years since the previous ...             Expert SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (Programmer to Programmer)14 reviews Brian Knight, Erik Veerman Wrox, 2007 perfect addition to BOL there is a lot of advanced features of SSIS that I needed to learn, that BOL and Google seraches were not helping with. This book was a great help. It is advanced, and not meant to be your primary resource or used for learning SSIS.             Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide8 reviews Ron Cody SAS Publishing, 2007 Great for preparing for a job and SAS Base exam When I started learning SAS from this book, I had two goals in mind: 1. Improve my SAS skills for a SAS programmer job. 2. Pass SAS Base certification exam. I decided to use this book and not SAS Certification Prep guide because SAS certification Prep Guide wouldn't teach me how to program like Cody's book did. Cody's book gives lots of exercises to practice. However, when I took a SAS ...             Beginning XML, 4th Edition (Programmer to Programmer)52 reviews David Hunter, Jeff Rafter, ... Wrox, 2007 Great XML Reference Book. Other than the fact that you can tell that the book was written by 5 different guys because of the the difference in writing styles between chapters, overall it is packed full of information and a handy reference.             Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) Brian Knight, Ketan Patel, ... Wrox, 2008 Loaded with unique tips, tricks and workarounds for handling the most difficult SQL Server admin issues, Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration is a how-to guide for experienced DBAs. Understand how to manage and monitor the SQL Server, automated administration, security, change management, performance tuning, scaling and replication, clustering, and backup and recovery. This updated edition includes new information about Change ...             Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (Programmer to Programmer)31 reviews Brian Knight, Allan Mitchell, ... Wrox, 2006 Very informative! So far this book is great for basics. It gives a great overview of all the options you have to create a SSIS package. I had previously purchased the expert version because I had DTS experience and realized SSIS was totally different. So I bought the professional version and it's filled in a lot of gaps. It's also got nice tutorials at the end of the chapters that help you to create a basic SSIS ...             Professional Visual Studio 2008 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)2 reviews Nick Randolph, David Gardner Wrox, 2008 `everything you wanted to know about Visual Studio 2008 but were afraid to ask' Let me start with a disclaimer: I know Nick Randolph and Dave Gardner personally through my involvement with the Perth .NET user group. They are both very talented and skilled developers and active in their support of the developer community. I tried not to let this fact bias this short review too much! I reviewed the Visual Studio 2005 predecessor of this book some time ago, and I think the ...             Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide, Second Edition58 reviews Dave Thomas, Chad Fowler, ... Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2004 Excellent Book - Must Have for any Ruby Developer First and foremost, this book isn't a beginners guide to ruby, it doesn't hold your hand from "Hello, world", and it expects you to already know the basics of programming. Also, this book isn't a tutorial, it's a reference book first and foremost, and while it *does* guide you through some of ruby's basics that's not the primary intent. While there are excellent tutorials for learning ruby on ...             Professional SharePoint 2007 Development (Programmer to Programmer)13 reviews John Holliday, John Alexander, ... Wrox, 2007 Good for a beginner I was given this book by one of the Author (John Holiday) during a training on Enterprise Content Management. I have collected quite a few books on SharePoint most proclaiming to be a developers guide but they have chapters after chapters devoted to configuring WWS 3.0 or MOSS. However, this book gives you a very good start and provides step by step guide on creating various solution. I ...             Access 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference (Programmer to Programmer)9 reviews Teresa Hennig, Rob Cooper, ... Wrox, 2007 Extremely Good Text I've been using Access off and on since Windows 95 and Access 2. This is absolutely one of the best texts on VBA I have read. Examples are clear, and appropriate; and explainations are complete without being longer than the need to be. 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