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Summary: An excellent introductory real-world book
Comment: All that is necessary to start programming using dotNet is the free download dotNet SDK (137M, 7M SP2) from MSDN and the source code (200K) for the book at Manning.com. In fact the author recommends holding off getting MS Visual Studio DotNet because he feels that it gets in the way of learning (p xiv). The SDK contains the MS C# compiler; the book has a 30-page Appendix A as an intro to C# language. He indicates in the text (p xiv) that VisualBasic.net and C# are getting very similar syntaxically, so the reasons to choose one over another is blurring. Most of his examples includes both. So you can hold off on that $1K expense for VStudio dotnet, or use the cheaper MacroMedia Dreamweaver MX... P>The client browser needs to be at IE 5.01 or later and Net Framework RT1.0, MDAC 2.6 RT, need to be installed which contains the framework libraries necessary to display the enhanced attributes of dotNet. The client OS can run on Win98 and higher. Your Win2K Server needs IIS 5.0 + security upd, and MDAC 2.6; a legacy WinNT4 server needs SP6a updaters and MDAC.The author has a tutorial that quickly goes from the ubiquous hello program to a video poker game metaphor to illustrate how to use object oriented C# techniques with COM, IE, ADO.net, XML, Client/Server, Remote Services, SOAP, Forms, ASP.net, and finally a WAP based program. What a tour de force!! Although this book is as comprehensive as possible in a short 300 pages, after listening to a local MS SQL Server UG on ADO.net, one needs a thicker reference for heavy lifting. I would highly recommend Dino Esposito's "...ASP.net and ADO.net" (0-7356-1578-0), for more content oriented websites. It has the most comprehensive description of the wild and woolly Data Grid.
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Summary: Great for developers, essential for architects
Comment: Concise, follows a logical path, well balanced. Gives a good insight into C# programming. Covers essential topics for Software Architect and Systems Engineer. Buy it! You will go through .Net boot camp and you will enjoy it.
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Summary: Good, very good book
Comment: Thin, easy-to-read and very useful book
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Summary: Incredibly succinct
Comment: I was leading a tutorial on .NET for our developers and have been looking around for a concise book to use that packs useful information and not fluff.Fergal Grimes knows his subject and moreover he can enunciate it well. This is an excellent book to pick up .NET, whether you come from a J2EE, CORBA or COM/DCOM background. There are nice nimble examples that keep things interesting and allow the reader to see the trajectory from whichever platform they have been developing before. This book is recommended to users that are already somewhat familiar with distributed computing - intermediate to expert.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Incredibly succinct
Comment: I was leading a tutorial on .NET for our developers and have been looking around for a concise book to use that packs useful information and not fluff.Fergal Grimes knows his subject and moreover he can enunciate it well. This is an excellent book to pick up .NET, whether you come from a J2EE, CORBA or COM/DCOM background. There are nice nimble examples that keep things interesting and allow the reader to see the trajectory from whichever platform they have been developing before. This book is recommended to users that are already somewhat familiar with distributed computing - intermediate to expert.
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