Author: Matthew MacDonald Publisher: Apress, 2008 Pages: 1040 ISBN: 978-1590599556 Aimed at: Experienced .NET developers moving to WPF Rating: 4.5 Pros: Broad coverage of WPF; good depth in places Cons: Only minor niggles Reviewed by: Sue Gee
For the updated .NET 3.5 edition of his WPF tome MacDonald has produced two, essentially parallel, books - one on C#, the other on VB. There is one completely new chapter - Chapter 26:Multithreading and Add-Ins which covers the Dispatcher, the DispatcherObject and the BackgroundWorker and the Add-in pipeline.
Dave Wheeler reviewed the predecessor of this book as follows:
This is no lightweight, coming in at nearly 1000 densely packed pages. It has comprehensive coverage of WPF, ranging from XAML to 3D, and on the whole the book feels (in more sense than one) solid. All the major topic areas are covered, but like every other WPF book it has strengths and weaknesses, and occasionally the odd minor technical niggle, which means that this book alone is probably not going to be enough for the hardcore WPF developer. The book is logically arranged, with clear examples, and assumes from the get-go that you will be working with a combination of XAML and code. You can certainly read it from end to end, but it’s also excellent for dipping into from time to time. The code samples and links described in the book are all available online.
Large-Scale C++, Volume I
Author: John Lakos Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pages: 988 ISBN: 978-0201717068 Print: 0201717069 Kindle: B0826523GZ Audience: Programmers with plenty of time to spare Rating: 3 Reviewer Mike James: Large Scale C++, what can this mean?
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SQL Server Advanced Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning (O'Reilly)
Author: Dmitri Korotkevitch Publisher: O'Reilly Pages: 497 ISBN: 978-1098101923 Print:1098101928 Kindle: B0B197NYD7 Audience: DBAs & database devs Rating: 5 Reviewer: Ian Stirk
This book aims to improve the performance of your SQL Servers, how does it fare?
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