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Head First PMP
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Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
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Avner Uzan
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8/5/2008
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This book is truly a gem when it comes to instructional books. Having been recently relegated to pr...
This book is truly a gem when it comes to instructional books. Having been recently relegated to primarily reading Dr. Seuss rhymes & fairy tails, not to mention more than my daily fair share of emails the last few years, this book provided some much needed cerebral stimulation. I found the writing style both engaging & entertaining. Although I initially found the slew of caricatures & side notes distracting, once I got used to it, the illustrations provided both context & much needed comic relief for a topic that usually conjures up a cardboard & bond paper sandwich (hh, hh... a tad dry).
I am still slogging through it between diaper changes & Lego constructions but this book has faired better than the other 10 books currently sitting on my night stand. I can tell however, that some of the concepts & terminology are stealthily slipping into my everyday project management - which will hopefully go a long way towards managing future projects successfully & obviously attaining the goal of a PMP certification!
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978-0-470-12472-7
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Professional C# 2005 with .NET 3.0
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Christian Nagel, Bill Evjen, Jay Glynn, Karli Watson, Morgan Skinner
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Jonathan Hubbs
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4/29/2008
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The book has 1,748 pages and 45 chapters.
The introduction begins by explaining the importance of ....
The book has 1,748 pages and 45 chapters.
The introduction begins by explaining the importance of .NET and C#
and how it is a fresh start free of legacy languages. A good
explanation of the framework versions was given.
I liked the fact that all the reference material was in the front of
the book. As you got deeper into coding as the book progressed it was
nice that you had a reference section in the front of the book for
review and assistance. I often referred to the earlier chapters on
the basics, objects, types, inheritance, etc.
The first thirteen chapters (392 pages) cover the basics of C#
programming in the .NET environment.
Chapter 14 gives a great tutorial in using the Visual Studio 2005 environment.
I really liked the deployment chapter. It shared various options for
deploying my program and the benefits and problems of each deployment
option.
The chapter on security was very helpful on setting up permissions and
managing security.
The data access chapter was inadequate. I would have like to see much
more emphasis given here. As programmers, we spend quite a bit of
time working with data in various forms and not always in nice
normalized databases. The follow up chapter, later, on SQL Server
2005 was okay but I would still like to see more on handling abnormal
data.
The last part of the book dealt mainly with presentation. They move
from graphics to windows presentation foundation to ASP.NET to AJAX to
services. I thought these chapters were thorough and while it did
emphasize the Microsoft methods and tools, the book did mention
alternatives.
Overall, I think the book is a good library resource and one that I
reference often
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Head First PMP
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Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
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Gurmeet Singh Dhanjal
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2/16/2008
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This is true brain-friendly guide. Concepts are explained so nicely, it feels like someone is giving...
This is true brain-friendly guide. Concepts are explained so nicely, it feels like someone is giving you face-to-face training. The pictures, hand drawn charts and even the choice of font is so pleasant to eyes, everyone want to read it. This presentation makes a dry subject so interesting that I love this format. PMP was a foreign language for me before reading this book, but now I not even understand the processes, but even understand why we have these processes and how can they help us in our day to day project management activities. Now on, I will always look for a book in Head First format, before looking at any other book
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Programming ASP.NET AJAX
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Christian Wenz
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Geoffrey Emery
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2/8/2008
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A great read and, a must read for AJAX developers!
ASP.NET AJAX is a free framework for quickly cre...
A great read and, a must read for AJAX developers!
ASP.NET AJAX is a free framework for quickly creating efficient and interactive Web applications that work across all popular browsers.
This book will teach you:
1) Create next-generation interfaces with reusable AJAX components.
Enhance existing pages using powerful AJAX controls with support for all modern browsers.
2) Access remote services and data from the browser without tons of complicated script.
3) Take advantage of the improved efficiency and ease of use in Visual Studio 2008, with its built-in support for ASP.NET AJAX, improved JavaScript support, and a new Web page designer interface.
3) Show the great controls of the ajax control toolkit.
4) Show you the futures of the asp.net ajax
It starts you off with a intro into asp.net AJAX library and moves into a light introduction with JavaScript. Then moves into the core of the AJAX functionality with using several examples of xmlhttprequest object and transferring data using both JSON and xml.
It then leads you to the next logical step of the calling web services and makes great use of the inherit asp.net members and profiling functionality ALL THROUGH JAVA SCRIPT. Amazing really no more calls backs to the server to find out if they are a member.
It then leads you into the Next big step of the asp.net AJAX functionality which is the control toolkit. This is a absolutely free web controls that just work and christen does a great job at showing you how to do this in easy steps.
It wraps with showing the asp.net futures section that is iffy at best. It uses an xml based approach to forming JavaScript and although very cool I don’t believe will reach the production release.
Overall this book rocks and should be read by all web interface designers
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