advice for 2 .NET book

[Lloyd Dupont]

There is no good library around and I'm planning 2 order 2 .NET book (C# 2.0
beta 2 aand beyond) from Amazon.
I was looking for advice.

- The first book I'm looking for would be an ASP.NET book, v2. Which covers
the essential to write a website up to setting a mini ecommerce web shop. In
doubt, I have seen cover of one callled 'ASP.NET 2.0' I think I will go for
it.

- the other book should be more desktop/winform oriented and cover such
issued as: code security, authoring MSI (so they will be trusted when
downloaded), deployment, licensing.
If it covers anything else that's ok but I probably already know ;-)

I also plan to look at MS's shareware kit (http://sharewarestarterkit.com/)
maybe that will answer most of the topic I want to cover with the second
book ;-)

 

[Guest]

Most of the 2.0 books are more than a year old. While this may not seem like
much, the core has changed enough to make a difference in some areas. This
does not mean there are not some good books, but it should be considered. The
newest book is Pro ASP.NET in C#, which I have not even looked at, nor am I
familiar with the authors.

Dino Espositos MS Press book is rather nice, as Dino has a good grasp of the
technology. It does not have a lot of depth. The Homer, Sussman, Howard book
is also nice. It is not quite as easy to read as Espositos book, but has a
bit more depth. If you go to the first book (A first look at ASP.NET 2.0) you
will find a good deal of material that no longer applies, at least not as
written.

The Developer's Notebook/Workbook series is interesting, but it is a bit
disjointed. It is designed that way and many people like the rambling way
technology is uncovered. I have only had a brief exposure with the book, as
it does not fit my style.

WinForms and Language basics:
If you are heading to C# 2.0, consider Troelson. He has a nice style and
does a great job of covering concepts. I reviewed one of his 1.1 Framework
books and it was, by far, one of the easiest Tech reviews I have done, as
Troelson is very thorough and checks his work. If you want to get to the core
of the language (C#), Gunnerson writes a nice book, as well.


If you can wait a bit, there are a plethora of books coming out closer to
the final release.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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[Lloyd Dupont]

Thanks for your advice Cowboy ;-)
A few clarification might gives you an idea about better advice though ;-)

Thanks for the web, nothing else to says. The Amazon review also encourage
me toward the Developer's Notebook.
I couldn't wait I want to be release ready at the same time as VS.NET 2005
so I will go for it ;-)

For the winform part it's clear now I didn't explain my intention well
enough.
I'm already a seasoned windows desktop developer, the problems I'm hitting
now all concern security / deployment / updating / etc.. and I want to
clarify my mind on these particular topic with hands-on example, updated to
2.0 (as Assembly signing as changed between 1.1 to 2.0, also the tutorial
never advice any certificate authority for signing code (although google
help me find 4 of them))

As a side topic, I never used databinding much and would happily go through
an update tutorial (2.0 has changed significantly and is easier as well ;-)