.NET Books

This group of books I can recommend for anyone who is learning or working with .NET technology.  Some of them I've shown in class others I have in my library.

Design patterns are a technology which has been used for years often without the methodology being formally understood.

Much of .NET uses Design Patterns and Microsoft with their Patterns and Practices papers and books have endorsed Design Patterns in a big way.

It is to the advantage of the .NET developer to understand this useful technology.

This book will teach you the application of Design Patterns in the world of VB.NET.

An appendix introduces you to UML which is supported by Visual Studio Enterprise Architect Edition.

Recommendation: A subject every .NET programmer should understand.

Most VB programmers have a gap in knowledge about Object Oriented programming.

With VB.NET being a true OO language it is necessary that VB programmers become proficient in the use of OO technology.

 This book provides an excellent in-depth discussion of OO technology, architecture and application of OO in .NET applications.

All types of .NET applications; Windows, Web and Web Services are discussed.

An appendix discusses no-touch deployment which is very useful in .NET applications, but not well understood.

Recommendation: Interesting useful book.

This book provides some much needed technical guidance about the .NET framework.

The book gives some detail about Monitoring and Instrumentation of .NET applications as subject which books don't often discuss.

Another neglected subject in .NET books, Sizing and Capacity Planning, is well covered in this excellent book

Recommendation: An excellent book for building high performance applications.

This set of books is THE documentation for the .NET class libraries.

In class I post on the walls the .NET Poster set which is part of the Volume 1-4 book set.

The set is expensive, but it is a comprehensive documentation set.  I feel that at a minimum any project team building .NET applications needs at least one complete set of these books.

Recommendation: Get a set for your team