Author: Matthew MacDonald Publisher: Apress, 2008 Pages: 1040 ISBN: 978-1590599556 Aimed at: Experienced VB.NET developers moving to WPFRating: 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.
Graph Databases in Action (Manning)
Author: Dave Bechberger and Josh Perryman Publisher: Manning Pages: 366 ISBN: 978-1617296376 Print: 1617296376 Audience: Developers interested in graph databases Rating: 4.5 Reviewer: Kay Ewbank
This book sets out to give developers building applications using graph databases an understanding o [ ... ]
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Pro SQL Server 2019 Administration
Author: Peter Carter Publisher: Apress Pages: 940 ISBN: 978-1484250884 Print: 1484250885 Kindle: B07ZC1XC9Z Audience: SQL Server DBAs Rating: 5 Reviewer: Kay Ewbank
Administering SQL Server can seem like a dark art; this book aims to make it more transparent.
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