.NET Book Review: Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Kick Start
Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Kick Start
Authors: Erik Rubin, Ronnie Yates
Publisher: Sams Publishing
ISBN: 0-672-32570-5
Retail Price: $34.99 US, $52.99 CDN
Publication Date: October 2003
Paperback: 578 pages
Online information: Table of content, source code, authors biographies
When I received Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Kick Start, I was exited because of a few things. First, SAMS Kick Start series is targeted at experienced developers who want to get up to speed really fast on a new technology. Secondly, the authors worked on the .NET Compact Framework. Who better to write about this than the people who helped created it? Well, I was wrong. I disliked this book for numerous reasons, the first one because it simply does not fill its goal as a kick start. The chapters are in a strange order. Can someone explain me why the logic of putting the multithreading chapter at the beginning of the book? It’s like trying to dance before learning to walk! I also found that the authors keep the explanations on a surface level. Lastly, the book never states how to obtain the source code.
Can then Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Kick Start serves as a reference book? Maybe but with all its flaws, I simply can’t recommend it.