Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))9 reviews Solid Quality Learning Microsoft Press, 2006 Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) A very good material for beginers. I would have like to found this material when I first took a DB class...             Beginning Regular Expressions (Programmer to Programmer)6 reviews Andrew Watt Wrox, 2005 Very Helpful + Excellent Introduction to Regular Expressions + Good Description of what I've Been Doing But Didn't Know It + common simple ideas             CLR via C#, Second Edition (Pro Developer)40 reviews Jeffrey Richter Microsoft Press, 2006 Are you a .NET developer? What? You haven't read this book? + CLR + C# = MSIL On Steroids. + Another 5 star from Richter + Fun to learn about virtual machines in general...             Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (Microsoft .NET ...29 reviews Krzysztof Cwalina, Brad Abrams Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005 Passionate About Quality? + Good ideas for a Framework designer + One of the best on the subject + Simply the best + A must have for any C# Developer or Architect             Applied Microsoft® .NET Framework Programming (Pro-Developer)88 reviews Jeffrey Richter Microsoft Press, 2002 The Definitive Book for Deep .NET Knowledge + Best general CLR book out there + What more could you want + Best CLR/FCL Internals Coverage + Must read for .Net developer             Professional UML with Visual Studio .NET13 reviews Andrew Filev, Tony Loton, ... Wrox, 2002 Nice book to integrate UML/Visio/dot net skills There are better books to train developers in individual skills - UML, Visio, dot net. But this book does a nice job tying them altogether - it won't teach you how to model, etc. but does a very good job in applying and integrating all the skills. There are some annoying typos, but no ...             Programming Microsoft® Visual C#® 2005: The Language (Pro Developer)34 reviews Donis Marshall Microsoft Press, 2006 It's all there + a must for all interested in c# 2005 Not only is this book a complete reference, it has relevant examples. This author seems to have years of real experience and it shows. The sections are logically ordered so that everything i'm looking for is in easy reach. This book has saved me a lot of time.             Unified Modeling Language User Guide, The (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)81 reviews Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005 Sorry, I am not using UML directlly. I am using tools which supports UML. When I am using tools supported UML, I often search key concept with this book. Because this book is an user guide. I made some sequence charts, so I use some functions of UML. I can not understand which architecture is good or not. I think there are little idea about that.             Windows Forms 2.0 Programming (2nd Edition) (Microsoft .NET Development Series)26 reviews Chris Sells, Michael Weinhardt Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006 Outstanding + An excellent "go to" resource for WinForms development + Excellent book - honors the reader's intelligence + Terrific book which is still highly useful + An exceptional work             Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 Poster Pack4 reviews Jeffrey Richter Microsoft Press, 2006 Love these. Don't understand the other reviews. I have these posted next to my desk and they are wonderful. I won't bother refuting the other reviews, because I don't understand what they are talking about. Maybe the need glasses.             Definitive XML Schema (Charles F. Goldfarb Definitive XML Series)32 reviews Priscilla Walmsley Prentice Hall PTR, 2001 My Schema Reference Book + Clear and useful + Great Reference Book + A Useful companion to the official standard             Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))18 reviews Rebecca Riordan Microsoft Press, 2005 It works for this beginner I'm new to ADO, and ADO.NET 2.0. I found this book to be a useful learning tool. I'd purchased two other ADO.NET 2.0 books before this one, and tried using them. But realized I needed a beginner's book. I've just finished the 1st four chapters. And I'm happy with the book, and what I'm ...             Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Inside Out4 reviews Mark H. Walker, Nanette Eaton Microsoft Press, 2003 MS Office Visio 2003 Inside Out + As always - the Inside Out series is outstanding + an almost GREAT book Very good general reference. Met my expectations and meets my needs.             Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML : A Practical Approach (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) ...26 reviews Doug Rosenberg, Kendall Scott Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999 More practical...but still a tad too much for my tastes I liked a lot of the book but still felt much of it was too much BUFD, at least for what I do. As with any UML book or article I find myself lost between the similarities and subtle differences between many of the diagrams. I figure that if I am lost then surely the business experts and ...             Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction96 reviews Steve McConnell Microsoft Press, 2004 Invaluable, Well Presented Information + Every Programmer Should Own This Book + A classic book + Great start for building a cohesive dev team             Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0: Programming Smart Client Data Applications with .NET (Microsoft .NET ...23 reviews Brian Noyes Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006 Excellent ! If you want to build data driven apps, you have to read this book + Great Book + Truly understanding the datagridview + 5 Stars from a DotNet Expert... + Best book out on database use             Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows (Dv-Mps General)19 reviews Jeffrey Richter Microsoft Press, 1999 classic for user mode programmer + Best book on the Win32 API ever written. + A BREATH OF FRESH AIR !!!!! + Classic Windows             Programming C#: Building .NET Applications with C#204 reviews Jesse Liberty O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 This might just be the only C# book you'll ever need + Good writing style, lots of good content. A natural first step for me when looking for a book is to see what O'Reilly has available. This book was the first hit in my search results. And that hit was a homerun. Jesse Liberty has written a rare Dot Net book, a book that does not waste precious text (read time) editorializing on the ...             Unified Modeling Language User Guide, The (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)81 reviews Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005 Sorry, I am not using UML directlly. I am using tools which supports UML. When I am using tools supported UML, I often search key concept with this book. Because this book is an user guide. I made some sequence charts, so I use some functions of UML. I can not understand which architecture is good or not. I think there are little idea about that.             Programming C#: Building .NET Applications with C#204 reviews Jesse Liberty O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 This might just be the only C# book you'll ever need + Good writing style, lots of good content. A natural first step for me when looking for a book is to see what O'Reilly has available. This book was the first hit in my search results. And that hit was a homerun. Jesse Liberty has written a rare Dot Net book, a book that does not waste precious text (read time) editorializing on the ...