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Summary: this book is weak
Review: if you've ever read a good book about programming you will be disappointed. I've read a polish transaltion of this book and it is even worse than in english. The best thing is that author lies in this book (about Java e.g.) and says that that this is his book so he can do it. I think that if it is his book i will send it back to him.
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Summary: Informative and annoying
Review: It seems that the author has a fear of not being able to deliver a satisfying content. Thus he comes arond many issues by writing to meny humorous bits that (in the long run) tends to get in the way of the actual information. -I prefer a natural mixture of both information and humour.
-But, if the reader is able to look through (or like) the author's personal jitter, it can be a quite an informative book.
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Summary: Very very good reading
Review: It was a sheer joy to read this book. The author uses a lot of metaphors and wits when explaining and it makes the book very easy to read through.
Like others have mentioned, it doesnt go very very deep into the .Net framework but I guess thats ok since the title is "introducing.." after all.Its a great book, i would recommend it to both programmers and people in the business in general not on the technical-side of things such as managers and salesmen. Dont think this is all you need to become an _expert_ on .Net however.
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Summary: Good intro, but lots of distractions and annoyances...
Review: Overall, a good intro to .NET. Enjoyable to read, for the most part, and the author approaches the subject at about the right depth. The book allows you to get your feet wet with the concepts and some code too. But: there are many distractions throughout the book, including bad Bill Clinton jokes and ramblings that have nothing to do with the subject matter. Another con is that the book was written in May 2001, long before the .NET platform was finalized, so there are far too many "this will change before the final release...". I'd love to see a 2nd edition, based on V1 of .NET, and with the annoying ramblings and bad jokes removed. Then, I might give it 4 or 5 stars.
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Summary: Excellent introduction to .NET!
Review: Read the title. Introducing Microsoft.NET. This is exactly what the book sets out to do, and that is exactly what the author does. The author takes this huge and often misrepresented framework and shows the reader whether developer or manager, admin or advanced user how this paradigm shift at Microsoft is extremely important to them. What is not in the title, and what makes so many give this book poor reviews, are the words "Developing", "Programming", or "Architecting". Other book are left to handle the specifics of these tasks. This book is about understanding the Why of .NET, and not its How. And regarding its price. I do not value a tech book by how many pages its author spewed out, but by how well it meets its objectives, how applicable it is to my career, and how well the author conveys his message. This book is well worth the price, and if you don't earn the cover price back many times over, you must have changed to a non-IT career. This book is a must read for anyone who can't figure out what .NET is, or who thinks they understand it from the hype. The book is objective and concise, and while there are many stories of yore, they are necessary to understand .NET's place in correcting the flaws of past programming environments, and therefore its role in the future of computing.
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Summary: Excellent introduction to .NET!
Review: Read the title. Introducing Microsoft.NET. This is exactly what the book sets out to do, and that is exactly what the author does. The author takes this huge and often misrepresented framework and shows the reader whether developer or manager, admin or advanced user how this paradigm shift at Microsoft is extremely important to them. What is not in the title, and what makes so many give this book poor reviews, are the words "Developing", "Programming", or "Architecting". Other book are left to handle the specifics of these tasks. This book is about understanding the Why of .NET, and not its How. And regarding its price. I do not value a tech book by how many pages its author spewed out, but by how well it meets its objectives, how applicable it is to my career, and how well the author conveys his message. This book is well worth the price, and if you don't earn the cover price back many times over, you must have changed to a non-IT career. This book is a must read for anyone who can't figure out what .NET is, or who thinks they understand it from the hype. The book is objective and concise, and while there are many stories of yore, they are necessary to understand .NET's place in correcting the flaws of past programming environments, and therefore its role in the future of computing.
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Summary: Interesting but not satisfying
Review: Technical people reviewd this book as not useful to them but good to get an introduction into .NET. But who wants to see a code example for an ASP.NET page, when he is about to understand what .NET is all about? For a technical person the book is too superficial and for a manager it's too code based. Therfore the book could only help people who might have to develop for/in .NET in the future. But then, those people might rather go for a book, which does both: introduce them to .NET AND provide the technical details to perform the developement. Still, the book is pleasant to read and by it's ironic style of humor it successfully hides it's strong ties with Microsoft. (And, .NET seems to be an intersting technology).
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Summary: Great book, but not for admins.
Review: The book did give a good backround on .NET from a developers point of view. If you are looking for a technical overview for adminstration of .NET this book is not for you.
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Summary: It's called "Introducing" .NET
Review: The title on the book says it all. If you have read MSDN or Technet, or much on the .NET Framework, then you are not the intended audience. If, on the other hand, you are a technical person either tasked with having to jump into .NET or tasked with evaluating a potential move to .NET, then this is a great book for you. I read this book cover to cover, which is usually hard to do with a technical manual. Scott livened up otherwise mondane technical prose with insight, background/history, and even pot-shots at Microsoft themselves. Scott gives you an objective look at .NET for or against MS. His style exposes you to industry problems that .NET was designed to address countered by what .NET actually does (many times in agreement with each other). At the end of the book I had a thorough understanding of what I needed to learn, and in what order, to be productive in the .NET paradigm. In many ways the book adequately prepared me to be productive now while I chose what avenue to take to gain more in-depth understanding of any given .NET topic.
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Summary: Good introduction
Review: This book has a good introduction about Microsoft .NET framework.
It has introduced VS.NET, ASP.NET, HailStorm(My Service), and many other features in the .NET which make developer writing program easily(e.g. version). However, if you have visited MSDN before, you don't need to buy this book. Because you will find all the information inside the book is known already. Maybe you can just stay in a bookstore for a while, then you can finish it. (When I saw this book, I find that many information has already been seen before, as a result, I just look at the summary column which summarize the paragrah.)
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