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Rating: 5 out of 5
Really neat and fun book
If you have been VB Developing for a while, then you probably know know Macdonald's name by now. Well, his book is really cool and typical of Matt's work. The book is geared toward mid level developers, but I think beginning developers will save themselves a lot of 'learning curve' time by reading it, and advanced developers will certainly appreciate many of the concepts he puts forth. There are many things that in it that are every day tasks, but I totally disagree with the reviewer that said there's not much new in this book. As far as a cookbook goes, there is going to be some common stuff in it. That's what it's all about. There are many tasks that most every program entails. But Matt has some great implementations and there is a ton of stuff that I really doubt every developer already knows. I've recommended this book to two of my friends, and while they are both C# developers, they both really liked it. Go ahead and pick up a copy, you'll like it.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Fast answers to 318 problems
This is exactly the book I've been looking for. It has practical how-to code that covers every aspect of the (impossibly huge) .NET framework. Recipes are lean, well explained, and very practical. This is one book I know I'll return to again and again. And when I'm done with the 318 recipes in here, I hope to get more online (the author has posted new recipes at his website http://www.prosetech.com/vbcookbook -- hopefully more will come in the future). Overall, I can't say enough about this book. Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Solid reference, resource
I wish I had this book a year ago when I first started developing with .NET! Even though I'm no longer a newbie, I'm already using this book as a one-stop reference. I tested it against other books, and this one gave me the quickest solutions for making thread "wrappers", serializing objects in different ways, and writing a timer-based Windows service (three tasks I had in an average week).Overall, this cookbook has a little bit of everything, and the dense examples and explanations are so much better than the typical .NET programming book (most are full of fluff and theory). Even experienced developers should find a few new tricks here. For me, the security chapter was the best new material (including how to restrict permissions on dynamically loaded assemblies, encrypt objects, and use XML signatures). The ADO.NET chapter is good, but I would have liked even more. The ASP.NET and web services chapters are also good, but hard-core ASP.NET developers will probably want a dedicated cookbook for this stuff, because many topics are not covered. The early, more basic chapters, were also great--you'll be surprised how useful it is to have a list of the core .NET interfaces (for making objects serializable, convertible, disposable, comparable, etc.) and examples how to implement them. Overall, this is a great book for browsing, reviewing, or just honing your skills.
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