On software development and anything else I find interesting…
Software development books don’t come cheap and it’s fine. The author has spent countless hours and sleepless nights transferring his/her knowledge and should be compensated for it.But some authors have decided to provide an online version of their book and in some cases even a free e-book you can download.I found the book in the … Continue reading 4 programming books available online – for free
The story so far: After reading Jon Skeet’s excellent C# in Depth - again I’ve decide to try and actually read the C# language specification…You can read about in a previous post of mine:Things I learnt reading C# specifications (#1)And so as I continue to read the C# specifications along with the excellent comments by … Continue reading Things I learnt reading C# specifications (2)
I’m always looking for ways to learn more about unit testing and TDD, I was elbow deep in a C++ project and I was looking to learn more about the tools & tricks of TDD in the unforgiving C++ world when this book was published and so I’ve started reading it. This book does … Continue reading Book review: Modern C++ Programming with Test-Driven Development
I’ve been hearing about async/await forever but didn’t really had a chance to use it until recently. After playing with asynchronous code for a while I felt I needed to close a few gaps in my understanding and so I looked for a book to provide me with the complete story. I’m glad I’ve found … Continue reading Book Review: Async in C# 5.0 by Alex Davies
After reading Jon Skeet’s excellent C# in Depth - again (3rd edition - to be published soon) I’ve decide to try and actually read the C# language specification…Being a sensible kind of guy I’ve decided to purchase the annotated version which only cover topics up to .NET 4 – but has priceless comments from several … Continue reading Things I learnt reading C# specifications (#1)
When I first picked up C# in Depth I was expecting to be bored. Although I wanted to read it I thought that most of the book will be introductory level C# programming such as you might expect from a book that teaches a single language. I was wrong! So if you’re looking for a … Continue reading Book review: C# in Depth, Second Edition
After reading DSLs in BOO I wanted to learn more about Domain Specific languages and DSLs in Action looked like a good fit – I wasn’t disappointed… DSLs comes in many forms and flavors, most books divide them to to distinct groups – internal DSLs and External DSLs. Internal DSL is a language inside language, … Continue reading Book review: DSLs in Action
For most .NET developers XML files are the sole means of enabling users to extend their application, why mot - it’s a “human readable” extendible format - after reading this book I know better… in DSLs in BOO Oren Eini a.k.a Ayende Rahien (or is it the other way around) explains what are DSLs (Domain … Continue reading Book review: DSLs in Boo: Domain-Specific Languages in .NET
I’ve picked up Real-World Functional Programming because I wanted to learn F# and despite numerous attempts on my side I just couldn’t understand it. I understood the F# syntax and I knew how to write applications using F# but I just didn’t get it – I always thought that it was only suited for math … Continue reading Book review: Real-World Functional Programming
Introduction I was a bit worried when I first saw this book title – using visual studio version seems a bit over specified for my taste, reading the sub title made me even queasier - It looked as if the book will become obsolete in just a few months when VS2010 will be released. Today … Continue reading Book Review: WPF in Action with Visual Studio 2008
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