Introduction to Microsoft .NET 
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Author David S. Platt
Publisher Microsoft Press
Length 250 pages
vbRad Rating: 5 fingers up. (5 out of 5)
Reviewed by Robert

While keeping the book lively and amusing, David Platt brings to us an interesting write-up on what .NET is - at least what it means to developers. The tome covers many topics including those have up to now have been difficult to find info about. He covers the essentials like ASP.NET, Web Services, WinForms, etc… while taking some potshots at Microsoft. He also talks about how to handle COM objects from .NET projects and vice versa, how .NET objects will live in Application Servers such as COM+ or MTS. However, this is not a book for you, if you are looking to learn everything there is about .NET. The book merely gives the 10,000-foot view. You'll learn a lot, though. At $23.99 (Amazon) it is a great deal.

The bottom line is the book is very informative and very readable. I read the entire thing in 2 days.


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