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 C# .NET
  A Programmer's Introduction to C#, Second Edition (Apress)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (12/2002)
  C# Design Patterns: A Tutorial (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer:
Daniel Larson (03/2003)
  C# Developer's Guide to ASP.NET, XML, and ADO.NET  (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: RaviNarayan S. Vuppaladadiyam (08/2003)
  C# for Java Developers (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Brian D Reed (05/2003)
  C# Unleashed (Sams)
     Reviewer:
Roy Haschenburger (04/2003)
  C#: How to Program  (Prentice Hall)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (04/2002)
  Expert C# Business Objects (Apress)
     Reviewer: Bryan Tyler (11/2004)
  Inside C#, Second Edition  (Microsoft Press) -- 2nd Review
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (02/2003)
  Inside C#, Second Edition  (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: David Yack (10/2002)
  Microsoft Visual C# .NET Step by Step (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Alex Perucchini (04/2003)
  Murach's C# ((Murach)
  
   Reviewer: Chris Wallace (08/2004)
  Professional C# (Wrox)
     Reviewer: Linda OBanion (12/2002)
  Programming C#, Fourth Edition - Building .NET Applications with C# (O'Reilly)
     Reviewer: Dmitri Nevedrov  (07/2005)
  Programming in the Key of C#: A Primer for Aspiring Programmers (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Andrei Podoplelov (01/2004)
  Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2008 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit (Sams)
    
Reviewer: Howie Cohen (09/2008)
  The Complete Visual C# Programmer's Guide (Microgold Software - Publishing Division)
     Reviewer:
Jason Christensen (01/2003)
  User Interfaces in C#: Windows Forms and Custom Controls (Apress)
     Reviewer: Steve Gunther (07/2003)
  Windows Forms Programming in C# (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: John Lindsay (02/2004)
  Windows Forms Programming with C# (Manning)
     Reviewer:
Dirk Kaiser (05/2003)
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 Visual Basic .NET
  An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET (Apress)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (12/2002)
  Building Applications and Components with Visual Basic .NET (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Pat Pfeifer (08/2004)
  Database Access with Visual Basic.NET, Third Edition (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Jean Caroline Mills (09/2003)
  Designing Enterprise Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Larry Haskin (06/2003)
 

Murach's Beginning Visual Basic .NET (Murach)
  
   Reviewer: Michael Spencer (06/2004)

  No Starch Press: The Book of Visual Basic 2005, .NET Insight for Classic VB Developers (No Starch Press)
    
Reviewer: Dick Grier (08/2006)
  OOP: Building Reusable Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Pat Pfeifer (06/2003)
  Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Mack Holland III (03/2003)
  Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Version 2003 (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Marshall Kuhn (06/2005)
  Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Core Reference) (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Bill Crick (10/2003)
  Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2008 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit (Sams)
    
Reviewer: Chris Rinow (09/2008)
  The Book of VB .NET - .NET Insight for VB Developers (No Starch Press)
     Reviewer: Frank Salvatore (12/2003)
  The Visual Basic .NET Programming Language (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Matt Morris (04/2005)
  Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Caroline Mills (04/2003)
  Visual Basic .NET: How to Program, 2nd Edition (Prentice Hall)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (04/2002)
  Visual Basic .NET Power Coding (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Brian Reed (08/2004)
  Visual Basic 2005 Express: Now Playing (No Starch Press)
    
Reviewer: Brian Reed (07/2006)
  Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly)
     Reviewer: Ian Jaffe (01/2006)
  Visual Basic 2005 Programmer's Reference (Wrox)
    
Reviewer: Brian Reed (05/2006)
  Windows Forms Programming in Visual Basic .NET (Addison Wesley Professional) 
     Reviewer: Frank Salvatore (03/2004)
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 .NET Framework
  .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide (Sams) 
     Reviewer: Dmitri Nevedrov (11/2003)
  The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Ani Babaian (03/2005)
  .NET Multithreading (Manning)
     Reviewer: Richard Grier (03/2003)
 

.NET Security and Cryptography (Prentice Hall)
     Reviewer: Sujan Turlapaty (12/2003)

  Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (12/2002)
  Building XML Web Services for the Microsoft .NET Platform (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Tim Colton (04/2003)
  Code Generation in Microsoft .NET  (Apress) -- 2nd Review
     Reviewer:
Martin Buchanan (04/2005)
  Code Generation in Microsoft .NET  (Apress)
     Reviewer: Brian Reed (08/2004)
  Coding Techniques for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET  (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (11/2002)
  Developing Application Frameworks in .NET (Apress)
     Reviewer: Larry Haskin (02/2005)
  Expert Service-Oriented Architecture In C#: Using the Web Services Enhancements 2.0 (Apress)
     Reviewer: Mike Collins (03/2005)
  Graphics Programming with GDI+ (with C# and VB.NET) (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Peggy Wilmarth (05/2004)
  Inside Microsoft .NET IL Assembler  (Microsoft Press) -- 2nd Review
     Reviewer: John Slagle (08/2002)
  Inside Microsoft .NET IL Assembler  (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
William Kent (07/2002)
  Introducing Microsoft .NET, Third Edition  (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: David C. Rubins (05/2004)
  Learning WCF- A hands on guide - Master Windows Communication Foundation and SOA Fundamentals (O'Reilly)
    
Reviewer: David Yack (03/2008)
Read this NEW Review! LINQ for Dummies (Wiley)
     
Reviewer: Chris Rinow (05/2009)
Read this NEW Review! LINQ Programming (McGraw-Hill Professional)
     Reviewer: Jim O'neill
(03/2009)
  Microsoft .NET and J2EE Interoperability Toolkit (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Rajesh Chawla (06/2004)
  Microsoft .NET Compact Framework (Core Reference) (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Dick Grier (05/2003)
  Microsoft .NET Remoting (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: David Yack (05/2003)
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Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation Step by Step (Microsoft Press)
     
Reviewer: Larry Haskin (12/2008)

  Open Source .NET Development: Programming with NAnt, NUnit, NDoc, and More
(Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Eric Jerome (03/2005)
 

Pro Visual Studio 2005 Team System (Apress)
     Reviewer:
Fernando Cardenas (02/2007)

  Professional .NET Framework (Wrox)
     Reviewer:
Danny J. Lesandrini (03/2002)
  Professional WPF Programming: .NET Development with the Windows Presentation Foundation (Wrox)
     Reviewer: Martin Buchanan  (07/2008)
  Programming in the .NET Environment (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Roger Martin (04/2003)
  Understanding Windows CardSpace: An Introduction to the Concepts and Challenges of Digital Identities (Addison-Wesley, Pearson Education)
    
 Reviewer: Howard Cohen (04/2008)
  Visual Studio Hacks - Tips & Tools for Turbocharging the IDE (O'Reilly)
     Reviewer: Ani Babaian (07/2005)
  Windows Communication Foundation Unleashed (WCF) (Sams)
    
Reviewer: Fernando Cardenas (07/2008)
  Windows Communication Foundation Unleashed (WCF) (Sams)
    
Reviewer: Dmitri Nevedrov (06/2007)
  XML and Web Services Unleashed (Sams)
     Reviewer: RaviNarayan S. Vuppaladadiyam (11/2003)
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 ASP.NET
  ASP.NET 2.0: A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly)
     Reviewer: Brian D Reed (01/2006)
  ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks and Tips (Wrox)
    
Reviewer:
Howard Cohen (09/2006)
  ASP.NET 2.0 Revealed (Apress)
     Reviewer: Ely Lucas (05/2005)
  ASP.NET and VB.NET Web Programming (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Carlos Andrade (01/2003)
  ASP.NET E-Commerce Programming; Problem - Design - Solution (Wrox)
     Reviewer: Peggy Wilmarth (05/2003)
  ASP.NET Solutions - 23 Case Studies: Best Practices for Developers (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: RaviNarayan S. Vuppaladadiyam (04/2004)
  ASP.NET Unleashed (Sams)
     Reviewer: Daniel Larson (11/2002)
  ASP.NET v. 2.0 — The Beta Version  (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Dmitri Nevedrov (10/2004)
  Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 Databases: From Novice to Professional (Apress)
     Reviewer: Kurtis Halvorson (11/2004)
  Beginning ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB (Wrox)
    
Reviewer: Kaushik Pan (06/2008)
  Beginning Visual Web Developer 2005 Express: From Novice to Professional (Apress)
    
Reviewer: Dmitri Nevedrov (05/2006)
  Beginning Visual Web Programming in VB .NET: From Novice to Professional (Apress)
     Reviewer: Bill Witt (01/2006)
  Building Secure Microsoft ASP.NET Applications (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: David Yack (08/2003)
  Building Web Solutions with ASP.NET and ADO.NET (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Eric Jerome (08/2004)
  Core Internet Application Development with ASP.NET 2.0 C# (Prentice Hall Professional)
    
Reviewer: Adam Roderick (07/2007)
  Data Access in the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework (Video LiveLessons) (Sams)
    
Reviewer: Howard J. Cohen (01/2008)
  Designing Microsoft ASP.NET Applications (Microsoft Press) -- 2nd Review
     Reviewer: John Sermini (05/2003)
  Designing Microsoft ASP.NET Applications (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (12/2002)
Read this NEW Review! Developing Service-Oriented AJAX Applications on the Microsoft Platform (Microsoft Press)
    
Reviewer: Brian Reed (11/2008)
Read this NEW Review! Developing Service-Oriented AJAX Applications on the Microsoft Platform (Microsoft Press)
    
Reviewer: Carlos Bossy (12/2008)
Read this NEW Review! Developing Service-Oriented AJAX Applications on the Microsoft Platform (Microsoft Press)
    
Reviewer: Ely Lucas (11/2008)
Read this NEW Review! Developing Service-Oriented AJAX Applications on the Microsoft Platform (Microsoft Press)
    
Reviewer: Michael Robbins(01/2009)
  Essential ASP.NET with Examples in Visual Basic .NET (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Larry Haskin (02/2004)
  Microsoft ASP.NET Step by Step  (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Chris Wallace (07/2002)
Read this NEW Review! Murach's ASP.NET 3.5 Web Programming with VB 2008 (Murach)
    
Reviewer: Howie Cohen (11/2008)
  Murach's ASP.NET Web Programming with VB.NET (Murach)
     Reviewer: Dmitri Nevedrov (05/2004)
  Performance Testing Microsoft .NET Web Applications (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Dave Fischer (06/2003)
  Professional ASP.NET 1.0, Special Edition (Wrox)
     Reviewer:
Danny J. Lesandrini (05/2002)
  Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Databases (Wrox)
    
Brian Reed (04/2007)
  Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control and Component Development (Wrox)
    
Larry Haskin (03/2007)
  Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition (Wrox)
    
Reviewer: Brian Reed (01/2007)
  Professional ASP.NET 3.5: In C# and VB (Wrox)
    
Reviewer: Cory Edwards (09/2008)
  Professional DotNetNuke 4: Open Source Web Application Framework for ASP.NET 2.0  (Wrox)
    
Fernando Cardenas (04/2007)
Read this NEW Review! Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 (Microsoft Press)
    
Richard Ruge  (11/2008)
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 ADO.NET
  ADO.NET Programming (Manning)
     Reviewer: Chris Wallace (04/2003)
  Essential ADO.NET (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Sandra Miller (06/2003)
  Microsoft ADO.NET (Core Reference)  (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Bill Crick (04/2004)
  Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step  (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (09/2002)
  A Programmer’s Guide to ADO.NET in C# (Apress)
     Reviewer: Chris Wallace (05/2002)
  Professional ADO.NET Programming (Wrox)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (12/2002)
  Professional ADO.NET 2: Programming with SQL Server 2005, Oracle, and MySQL (Wrox)
     Reviewer: Clifford Nelson (01/2006)
  Visual Basic .NET and ADO.NET with SQL Server and Access (DVPress)
     Reviewer: Pat Pfeifer (06/2004)
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 Application Development
  .NET - A Complete Development Cycle (Addison Wesley Professional) 
     Reviewer: RaviNarayan S. Vuppaladadiyam (02/2004)
  The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security (Addison Wesley Professional)
    
Reviewer: Linda R. Meserve (01/2007)
  .NET Patterns: Architecture, Design, and Process (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Larry Haskin (04/2004)
  Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: RaviNarayan S. Vuppaladadiyam (01/2006)
Read this NEW Review! Beginning Database Design Solutions (Wrox)
    
Reviewer: J. K. August (04/2009)
  Beginning SharePoint 2007: Building Team Solutions with MOSS 2007 (Wrox)
    
Reviewer: Linda Meserve (03/2008)
  Code The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (09/2002)
  Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, 2nd Edition(Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: John C. Fiala (06/2005)
  Enterprise Application Integration Using .NET (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: RaviNarayan S. Vuppaladadiyam (03/2005)
  Enterprise Development with Visual Studio .NET, UML, and MSF (Apress)
     Reviewer: Caroline Billingsley (01/2005)
 

Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server: Best Practice Architectures and Examples, 7th Edition (Addison Wesley Professional)
    
Reviewer: Brian Reed
(02/2007)

  Inside Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 (Microsoft Press)
    
Reviewer: Chris Rinow (09/2007)
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Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise (PRO-Developer) (Microsoft Press)
    
Reviewer: Richard Ruge (02/2009)

  OOP with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET Step By Step  (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (09/2002)
  Professional SharePoint 2007 Development (Wrox)
    
Reviewer: Fernando Cardenas (01/2008)
  Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Kevin Wood (05/2004)
  Seeing Data: Designing User Interfaces for Database Systems Using .NET (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Larry Haskin (11/2004)
  Service - and Component-based Development: Using the Select Perspective and UML (Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer:
RaviNarayan S. Vuppaladadiyam (04/2003)
Read this NEW Review! The Enterprise and Scrum (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Jay Urbanowicz (06/2009)
  Writing Secure Code, Second Edition (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer:
Bill Crick (12/2003)
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 Other
  Building Tablet PC Applications (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Roy Ogborn (05/2003)
  Crystal Reports 9: The Complete Reference (McGraw-Hill Osborne) -- 2nd Review
     Reviewer: Bruce Finger (05/2003)
  Crystal Reports 9: The Complete Reference (McGraw-Hill Osborne)
     Reviewer: Larry Haskin (02/2003)
  C++ for VB Programmers (Apress)
     Reviewer: Brian Reed (09/2003)
  HTML & XML For Beginners (Microsoft Press)
     Reviewer: Roger Martin (01/2003)
  Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Unleashed (Sams)
     Reviewer: RaviNarayan S. Vuppaladadiyam (06/2005)
  Microsoft Office Programming: A Guide for Experienced Developers (Apress)
     Reviewer:
Peggy Wilmarth (02/2004)
  Murach's SQL for SQL Server (Murach) -- 2nd Review
     Reviewer:
Allison Petroff (08/2003)
  Murach's SQL for SQL Server (Murach)
     Reviewer: Sandra Miller (03/2003)
  Office 2003 XML for Power Users (Apress)
     Reviewer: Barbara Gunion (10/2004)
  Privacy: What Developers and IT Professionals Should Know
(Addison Wesley Professional)
     Reviewer: Dmitri Nevedrov (01/2005)
  Professional Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET (Wrox)
     Reviewer: Brian Reed (01/2003)
  The New School of Information Security (Addison-Wesley Professional)
    
Reviewer: Richard Ruge (09/2008)
 

XML in Office 2003: Information Sharing with Desktop XML
(Pearson Education, "Prentice Hall PTR" Professional Technical Reference)
     Reviewer: Sandra Miller (04/2005)

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 C# .NET
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