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• Good .NET Publishers

  I've recently finished quite a few books lately, and now starting to move onto the next batch. The problem is that I have no idea what to get after that! I've previously bought a lot of stuff by Apress because their .NET stuff is really good! Unfortunately I haven't really had the same luck with other publishers, specifically when it comes to books on .NET. Does anyone know of a good publisher for .NET books??? I'd like to start looking around and making a “hit list” of possible books... Posted Nov 12 2004, 07:29 AM by stuartg with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Books

• Expert SOA in C# - Follow on from my book review

  Ok everyone. I've finished the book (well, 10pgs to go - but so close). I'm extremely happy that I bought this book! It's an excellent introduction to the WSE 2.0 , and gives you a solid understanding of many of the fundamentals that can so easily be missed when doing it on your own. It's a brilliant guide to get you productive with the WSE 2.0 enhancements (which you should be using by now), as well as an excellent stepping stone to Indigo . I must be honest here. I'm one of those people that hears... Posted Nov 10 2004, 07:15 AM by stuartg with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Development, Books

• Book Review: Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C# - Using the WSE 2.0

  I'm onto Ch 7 of 10 and so far I'm very impressed. This guy knows what he's talking about when it comes to the WSE and its role in building web services. The book starts of by explaining how you should be designing your web services (message- and service-oriented, not rpc-style) and also focuses on the structure of WSDL. Once that's done, he moves onto the WSE 2.0. He covers a chapter on each of the following: :: WSE 2.0 Overview :: WS-Security :: WS-Policy :: WS-Secure Conversation :: WS-Addressing... Posted Nov 05 2004, 02:55 PM by stuartg with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Books

• One down... 2.5 to go!

  Just finished my Expert C# Business Objects book! It took a little longer than usual, because I was distracted for some reason and only got back into it again yesterday. Now it's done! I've just got 5 more chapters of my Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C# book, which I'm hoping to finish in the next week or so. Once that's done, then I'm onto Pro MSMQ , and then Enterprise Integration Patterns from the Martin Fowler Signature Series. So much to read and learn! Share this post: email it! ... Posted Nov 05 2004, 11:23 AM by stuartg with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Books

• Latest order from Amazon!

  Ok, ok! I admit it! I'm completely weak when it comes to buying .NET books on Amazon! This is my latest order: Enterprise Integration Patterns : Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions Pro MSMQ: Microsoft Message Queue Programming Hell I can't wait til these boys arrive!!! It'll be a few days at Tech Ed, then a round of golf, then some new books to sink into! :-) Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Oct 22 2004, 05:28 PM by stuartg with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Books

• sadeveloper library

  Just as a reminder to the Durban sadev members... we have a little library that we've started, courtesy of Microsoft, where you can borrow books on technical subjects. We've started off with 2 full sets of the MCAD/MCSD Core Requirements. If you'd like to borrow one of these, please get in touch with me via sadeveloper .net or my blog, and we can make a plan for you to borrow one of these. It's a really ideal way to do the MCAD/MCSD, as it cuts out a huge cost as far as training in concerned. The... Posted Oct 07 2004, 03:25 PM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Development, Books

• My new SOA book shipped by Amazon!

  Today has started off on a very good note! I just got an email from Amazon saying that my new book has been shipped! It looks awesome! Title: Expert Service Oriented Architecture in C# - Using the Web Services Enhancements 2.0 Author: Jeffrey Hasan This is gonna keep me busy for a while! I think “SOA” is the latest in an entire encyclopaedia (yes, that's how we spell it in SA) of new words that are going to be misused and misunderstood for months to come. I don't intend on being one of... Posted Sep 22 2004, 07:34 AM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Development, Stuff, Books

• Expert C# Business Objects (Rockford Lhotka)

  I haven't even finished reading this book yet (half way through), but had to post about it. It's an excellent book with some brilliant ideas! It's really changed the way I do things in code and given me some interesting ideas to think about. I'd definitely recommend that any serious business developer buy this book! Check it out here Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Sep 20 2004, 09:28 AM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Books

• .NET Web Services: Architecture and Implementation with .NET

  I read this book a while ago when I was very new to Web Services and I found it gave an excellent explanation of how to use them properly within the .NET environment. Keith Ballinger is one of the industry leaders in defining Web Services and is the Program Manager for XML Web Services in the Microsoft .NET Framework group. He's speaking at XML Web Services One this year, so obviously knows what he's talking about! Onto the book... I found it very good at explaining the significance of designing... Posted May 11 2004, 10:15 AM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Books

• C# and the .NET Platform

  Another book... I read this one a while ago... excellent for getting the basics right and understanding how a lot of the new technologies work in .NET. There's some decent coverage of a wide variety of framework classes, including serialisation, remoting, IO, callbacks, delegates, events, and much more! I've read a few APress books and I'm yet to be disappointed! See it on the APress website! Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted May 07 2004, 02:17 PM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Books

• Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

  I'm busy reading this book and am hugely impressed by how well Martin Fowler explains the various enterprise patterns that he's chosen to cover. Very well written and the explanations leave you with a good understanding of what problem the pattern is used to solve. Two sections... first one can easily be read by a relatively non-technical person as it gives an English explanation of the patterns in context. The second part of the book gives code samples in C# and Java and explains in slightly more... Posted May 07 2004, 11:09 AM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Books