.NET Programming Books

A list of recommended books in MS .NET Programming with reviews.

Programming ASP.NET
by Jesse Liberty, Dan Hurwitz
The ASP.NET technologies are so complete and flexible, your main difficulty may lie simply in weaving the pieces together for maximum efficiency. Programming ASP.NET shows you how to do that.
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The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide
By Brian Bischof
The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide is a quick reference for converting programs among the three primary Microsoft languages: Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Basic .NET, and C#. Bischof makes it easy for the thousands of Visual Basic 6.0 programmers today to take the knowledge they already have and use it to write for the .NET platform.
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Data Mining and Statistical Analysis Using SQL
By Robert Trueblood, John Lovett, Jr.
This book isn't designed to be just another theoretical text on statistics or data mining. Instead, it's aimed at DBAs, database administrators, who want to buttress their understanding of statistics to support data mining and customer relationship management analytics, and who want to use SQL, Structured Query Language.
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ASP.NET Developer's JumpStart
By Paul D. Sheriff, Ken Getz
Demonstrates the practical applications of .NET and ASP.NET by illustrating how to build Web-based applications using Web Forms and Web Services. Emphasis will be on good programming standards and practices. The student will be taken from an introduction of the VB .NET language to intermediate topics through a step-by-step approach, which gives the student the opportunity to try out the practices presented in each chapter.
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User Interfaces in VB.NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls
By Matthew MacDonald
User Interfaces in VB. NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, goes beyond simple coverage of the Windows Forms and GDI+ namespaces by combining a careful treatment of the API with a detailed discussion of good user-interface design principles. After reading User Interfaces in VB. NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, you'll know how to design state-of-the-art strategies, program graphics, and much more.
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Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET
By Nick Symmonds
Intended to be a comprehensive discussion of how to localize code using Visual Studio .NET. The author knows the advantages of preparing for localization in the design stage and the disadvantages of localizing a project after the fact, and he discusses both methods of localizing code in this book.
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.NET Security
By Jason Bock, Pete Stromquist, Tom Fischer, Nathan Smith
.NET Security shows you what you need to know by covering the different aspects of the .NET security model through detailed discussions about the key namespaces. The authors not only demonstrate how to write .NET code that can create secure systems within the .NET Framework, but also discuss ways that someone may try to break the security model in .NET, and how .NET prevents such intrusions.
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Doing Web Development: Client-Side Techniques
By Deborah Kurata
This book addresses the client-side issues that every Web application developer needs to know. Doing Web Development: Client-Side Techniques is designed for professional software developers who are moving into Web development. It provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of client-side Web development, including the basics of HTML, scripting with JavaScript, and understanding XML, schemas, and XSL.
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ADO.NET: From Novice to Pro, Visual Basic .NET Edition
By Peter Wright
Designed to get programmers up to professional level as fast as possible, ADO.NET: From Novice to Pro is aimed toward both developers who have little or no experience with ADO.NET (or with .NET in general) and programmers who are not comfortable with database programming. The autor moves readers from simple database access to the sophisticated manipulation of XML documents.
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An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET
By Dan Clark
As you work your way through An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET, you'll learn how to analyze the business requirements of an application, model the objects and relationships involved in the solution design, and finally, implement the solution using Visual Basic .NET. Along the way you'll also learn the fundamentals of software design, the Unified Modeling Language, object-oriented programming, and Visual Basic .NET.
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Advanced NET Remoting in VB. NET
By Ingo Rammer
This book offers in-depth coverage of the .NET Remoting Framework in Visual Basic .NET. The covers everything you need to know to use the framework and its capabilities in real-world applications, including the basics of server-activated objects versus client-activated objects, formatters, channels, lifetime issues, security, configuration files, and more.
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Writing Add-ins for Visual Studio .NET
By Les Smith
Writing Add-Ins for Visual Studio .NET explores in detail, how to create an add-in user interface, including toolbars, toolbar buttons, and multiple-level menus, as well as how to create a user interface in the system tray. The author also addresses the migration of add-ins from VB 6.0 to VB .NET for those developers who have previous experience in writing add-ins.
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Real World ASP.NET: Building a Content Management System
By Stephen Fraser
Building a Content Management System provides Web developers with a cost-effective way to develop a content management system within Microsoft's .NET Framework.
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Moving To ASP.NET: Web Development with VB.NET
by Steve Harris, Rob Macdonald
Moving to ASP.NET provides focused and thorough guidance on creating Web applications using ASP.NET, including both Web Form applications and Web Services. This book is targeted at current developers rather than novices, and assumes that readers will gain an understanding of companion technologies (such as VB .NET and ADO.NET) from other sources.
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