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[Books] SQL Server 2005 Service Broker by jdanforth

We're using the SQL Server 2005 Service Broker functionality to replicate data and send messages between databases, and we got a tip from a Microsoftie to get hold of this book . The book is written by Roger Wolter, Program Manager on the Service Broker...
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[Books] Essential ASP.NET 2.0 - off to the presses! by jdanforth

More than a week old news, but this is a book I'll be getting when it comes out. Fritz Onion writes on his blog : My production editor at Addison Wesley just informed me that Essential ASP.NET 2.0 just went to press last week! I should have copies...
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[Books] Professional ASP.NET 2.0? Naaaah... by jdanforth

Every now and then I like to read literature related to coding, design, refactoring and various development methodologies, especially when I know there's something new out there that I haven't been able to work with or look at yet. This time I thought...
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[Books][.NET 2.0] Recommended .NET 2.0 books? by jdanforth

I need your help. I'm going to the PDC and I need to read up on various .NET 2.0 stuff before going there, to get most out of it. ASP.NET and Web Services/Interop is my main focus, so if someone out there knows of a really good book to read, please comment...
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[Books] New Features and Tools in ASP.NET 2.0 by jdanforth

This has been out there on the Net for a while, but someone may have missed it. Some sample chapters from the 2nd edition of the book about new features in ASP.NET 2.0 - The Beta Version . I read the first edition of that book, and I can recommend it...
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[Books] Good book: Test-Driven Development in Microsoft.NET by jdanforth

I've just started to read the book " Test-Driven Development in Microsoft.NET " and I must say it's darn good and a must read if you're a developer or architect. I'm a fan of Martin Fowler and was happily surprised to find lots of good stuff around refactoring...
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[Books] Test-Driven Development in Microsoft .NET? by jdanforth

I was thinking of buying the book "Test-Driven Development in Microsoft .NET", but is it a good idea when you look at what's coming in VS.NET 2005? I guess the way we do and run (unit) testing will change a bit with the great tools shipped with VS.NET...
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[Books] The practice test for the web app MCAD exams really sucks by jdanforth

A year or so ago I got the MCAD/MCSD self-paced training kits from MS Press to do the test exams. I've been through 12-13 of the questions now and I've seen an embarrassing number of errors so far. Code snippets with obvious errors that would never compile...
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[Books] Just got "A First Look at ASP.NET v. 2.0" by jdanforth

Just got the book I'm going to read during the x-mas holidays . Now, if only the darn DVD with Longhorn and Whidbey I ordered from Microsoft could show up sometime! I got the book last night, so I have only read the first chapter yet. But the book looks...
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