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ditogi  the archer ditogi@NOTCOLDmail.com	11/6/2001 5:50:36 PM Not rated I am curious if any of you have found any good .NET books? Also can anyone recommend a good win32 book? I am just starting to program for windows and I would like something that is geared towards someone who knows how to program fairly well, but hasn't messed with windows stuff yet. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Larry  Waldman larrywaldman@cmu.edu	11/6/2001 6:03:43 PM Not rated I can tell you one fundamental rule which will speed your development time infinitly. If you want to LEARN a topic, go with the publisher Wrox. They have spactacular books out on .NET (Professional C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET to, Introducing .NET, just to name a few) which really teach you well. The examples are well thought out and presented. Their reference books are also good, but if you want a really in depth reference book, go with O'Reilly. They have been doing good references for a while. Aside from that, I have to mention again how much I love Wrox's books. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Robert  Wlodarczyk Robert.Wlodarczyk@stonybrook.edu	11/6/2001 6:16:22 PM Not rated The books published by APress written by Eric Gunnerson are the best for learning C#! I love these! There's a second edition of the book. Also, the MS Press C# book is good too. Here are the links: Eric Gunnerson's book MS Press book Personally, I think that the APress .NET Developer series is great. I've seen the C# and the .NET Platform book and think that it's very good as well. I can't wait till more of the forthcoming books come out as well as the new MSPress books! [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Andrew  Ma ajmaonline@hotmail.com	11/6/2001 6:30:40 PM Not rated I have 2 Wrox books for ASP.NET. I think those are he only computer books I've ever bought. They're both great for learning the basics and stuff. They lack a few things that I'm looking for (that probably aren't even finalized yet. ie. passport login, etc...). [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Jon  Wright jdwright@purdue.edu	11/6/2001 11:37:05 PM Not rated Well as far as .NET books go, I'm about half way through David Platt's Introducing Microsoft .NET, and so far I like what I'm reading. It's doing a good job of explaining the fundamentals of .NET. A great windows programming book I can recommend to you is Programming Windows Fifth Edition by Charles Petzold, good book, lot of information in there. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Robert  Wlodarczyk Robert.Wlodarczyk@stonybrook.edu	11/7/2001 11:36:19 PM Not rated If you're doing VB Win32 programming, you NEED to pick up the BIBLE on programming with the Win32 API... It's by the VB guru Dan Appleman. This is the book if you want to order it off Fatbrain.com Also, Dan Appleman has a VB and Win32 Puzzles book which I haven't seen, but is very highly recommended by many people that I've spoken to. This is the puzzle book if you want to order it off Fatbrain.com [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Steven  Moon svm5@hotmail.com	11/13/2001 11:56:00 PM Not rated What are some suggestions on Java Books? Please be specific. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Steven  Moon svm5@hotmail.com	11/13/2001 11:57:29 PM Not rated Can you get any of Wrox's books online? If so were? [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Adam  Azarchs admeralthrawn@hotmail.com	11/15/2001 4:07:39 AM Not rated I've heard that Core Java, by Horstman and Cornell is one of the better Java books, but I havn't had a chance to read it yet. In general my favorite programming author is Herbert Schildt. Publisher doesn't matter much at all. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Ammon  Beckstrom devhood@byu.net	11/15/2001 12:09:46 PM Not rated Can you get any of Wrox's books online & What are some suggestions on Java Books? Please be specific. Steven, you can get Wrox's books online at Barnes and Noble, Borders (which is really Amazon now), or you can buy them on the first floor of the BYU bookstore next to the magazines (with the rest of the Programming books). As far as Java goes, I'd recommend Java in a Nutshell from O'Reilly and Associates. I've got a couple of their books on various topics and I think they're worth their weight in gold. They also have some new books on .NET, C#, and VB.NET that you might want to check out. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Jimmy  Wong jimmychunmanwong@hotmail.com	11/19/2001 4:20:28 AM Not rated You can try "Introducing MICROSOFT .NET" by David S. Platt. This book is really good for beginner. It first explains the reasons of the need of .NET then it will tell you what .NET can do and how it works( CLR...JITTER..OBJECTs etc), then eventually talks about simple examples of ASP.NET, .NET Web Services and Windows Forms. You won't become an expert after reading this book but you will definitely be able to understand the whole .NET framework!!! [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Jeffrey  Hanson jdhanson@purdue.edu	11/19/2001 4:08:50 PM Not rated I am looking to learn more about the .Net security. I have read the "Intro to .NET", but I am looking for something more than just a chapter. Anyone seen anything? Jeff [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Greg  McMurray mcmurry@cs.utah.edu	11/19/2001 8:39:10 PM Not rated Hey All, I just finished reading one of the Apress books, I think it was Introduction to C# or something, and it was just that - an introduction. I found only little tidbits of useful information to get me up and going with C#. I was hoping to see more examples of actually using libraries and things .... but it was mostly, "Here is how they do it in other languages, here is how we do it in C#". I was rather unimpressed with it. I would suspect there are some decent tutorials online to get some basic C# programming down. Anyone know of any? maybe we should add some to the tutorials section here..... [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Robert  Wlodarczyk Robert.Wlodarczyk@stonybrook.edu	11/21/2001 12:10:53 AM Not rated I just got a week or two ago the book I was mentioning prior... C# and the .NET Platform It's quite good. It's written by Andrew Troelsen and reviewed by Eric Gunnerson. The book covers many interesting topics beyond that of Gunnerson's Second Edition book. There's even a chapter on Web Services and Web Applications. Also covered is ADO.NET and a number of more advanced topics. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
J  J jones_jj@iwon.com	11/24/2001 3:23:03 AM Not rated There are some good tutorials on gotdotnet.com and csharpindex.com Both of these sites I've used and they have both come in very handy. You also may find something on msdn.microsoft.com that will go into more detail. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Jon  Wright jdwright@purdue.edu	11/25/2001 3:18:37 PM Not rated Something I just realized with Introducing Microsoft .NET by Platt, is that if you go to the books web site he has another chapter of the book about data access in .NET (specifically ADO.NET). It's about 26 pages long, just in case you want to see his writing style, and if you bought the book, it's an additional little bit of reading you can do (I kind of wished he'd put that chapter in the book). Oh well. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Mark  Lee chaos1111[at]hotmail[dot]com	12/5/2001 7:09:07 PM Not rated The best book on Win32 Programming is "Programming Windows" by Charles Petzold. It is one of the best computer books I have ever read. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Oren  Yeshua orenyeshua@hotmail.com	12/10/2001 9:12:28 AM Not rated I recently read Platt's book. It's a good introduction to the .NET Framework if you don't know anything about it and want to find out what .NET is all about. It even works through some code samples but you will need more if you want to start developing. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Oren  Yeshua orenyeshua@hotmail.com	12/10/2001 9:14:56 AM Not rated In response to Steven's request for Java books: Just go to the java website http://www.java.sun.com from there you'll find links to the Java Tutorial online and the Java API documentation. That's all you'll ever need to learn and program in Java. While you're there you can also download the latest JDK (Java Developer Kit) which has some great new features (especially if you're dealing with 2D graphics). Last Edited: 12/10/2001 9:16 AM EST [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
Khoi  Nguyen khoi2711@hotmail.com	12/11/2001 3:35:42 PM Not rated Anyone can recommend me a good C/C++ book for intermediate-level programer? I'm learning java right now and have a basic knowledge of C. [Top]  [Bottom]  [Listen]  [Edit]  [Reply]
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