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The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners (Technology in Action)
Jacob Habgood, Mark Overmars
Apress, 2006
Game Maker review
I have started using the Game Maker's Apprentice book and it is well written and has easy to follow directions. I am sure I will enjoy creating games with it.
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
Jessica Livingston
Apress, 2007
Insightful.
This book is insightful. It's especially nice that I can just pick it up, read one review and not come back to the book for a while. Nicely compartmented.
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Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition (Windows.Net)
Andrew Troelsen
Apress, 2007
Best book ever on C#; not so good with the .NET 3.5 platform
I've read chapters 1-13 in their entirety read part of 14 and 15 and skimmed the ASP.NET chapters. It may be a while until I look through the rest of what's in this huge book, so I may as well review it now.
This book is really two books in one. The first part, ...
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SharePoint 2007 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft's Collaboration and Productivity Platform
Seth Bates, Tony Smith
Apress, 2007
Excellent book for various skill-level users.
This book is easy to use both as a learning tool and a reference tool. The many examples provided give good background on the context of the desired function, and explicit, step-by-step instructions. The book has lots of "usage" suggestions.
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Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns
Michael Bowers
Apress, 2007
Practical book
Hi
I have read about half the book and I find it very interesting and very practical. The book gives you patterns and approaches to solve the problems which designers confront daily. The index is also very helpful at the back, which points me straight to the ...
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Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5, Second Edition (Books for Professionals by ...
Matthew MacDonald
Apress, 2008
WPF is next great Web/Winform Standard
Please buy this book if you haven't explored Windows Presentation Foundation. The separation of the UI (with XAML) and the code-behind page controller (C# or VB.NET) will revolutionize .NET development. If you don't have a designer you must learn Microsoft Expression ...
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Practical Django Projects (Pratical Projects)
James Bennett
Apress, 2008
Build a django content management system, blog, and social networking site with James Bennett as he introduces the popular Django framework. You’ll work through the development of each project, implementing and running the applications while learning new features along the way. Web frameworks are playing a major role in the creation ...
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Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 (Windows.Net)
Jr., Joseph C. Rattz
Apress, 2007
Must have book!
No doubt about it. If you are learning/using LINQ, this is THE book to have. Author did an excellent job explaining the material and giving numerous examples, that work, about the material. Had to mention the "that work" part as I get so frustrated when I buy a book ...
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Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, Second Edition (Windows.Net)
Matthew MacDonald, Mario Szpuszta
Apress, 2007
A must have Book
This book is an excellent resource for learning ASP.NET 3.5. It also serves as a great reference.
It is a comprehensive book that covers all of .NET 3.5, not just the new features in .NET 3.5, but all the features that have been there over the last several ...
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Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition (Beginning from Novice to Professional)
W. Jason Gilmore
Apress, 2008
This was my first PHP/MySQL book
I purchased this book because I needed to use PHP and MySQL for a project at work. I never had any exposure to either before reading this book. By using this book and the w3schools website I was able to successful build a meager database and have a fully functioning ...
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Foundations of Mac OS X Leopard Security (Books for Professionals by Professionals)
Charles Edge, William Barker, ...
Apress, 2008
Best volume of its kind
At least a half-dozen times in the book "Foundations of Mac OS X Leopard Security" the authors state that there is a misconception that the Macintosh computer is immune from security problems. That allegation may explain why there are very few books published (and ...
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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
Michael Lopp
Apress, 2007
Funny, down to earth, and Informative
I and a Flash Developer and stumbled across Rand's blog and read the nerd handbook. Man, he had be pegged on more things than I would like to admit. From there I explored some of his other popular articles and eventually I was sold on buying his book.
I found his ...
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Workflow in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
David Mann
Apress, 2007
one of best book i have read in years
I wish all authors (programming) could write as clearly and as understandable as this author; no hidden stuff or tricks, just straight to guts. If you are new to workflow and want to get going fast enough, get this book.
I put this author in the category of authors ...
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Pro InfoPath 2007 (Expert's Voice)
Philo Janus
Apress, 2007
"Pro InfoPath 2007" useful for technical and business people alike
There are all too many technical books that are heavy on theory and light on "how to", or start out in an introductory fashion and then suddenly venture into highly technical territory without including the necessary background information needed to understand the ...
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Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 3.5 (Pro)
Bruce Bukovics
Apress, 2008
Windows Workflow Foundation is a ground–breaking addition to the core of the .NET Framework that allows you to orchestrate human and system interactions as a series of workflows that can be easily mapped, analyzed, adjusted, and implemented. As business problems become more complex, the need for a workflow–based solution has never ...
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