http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/tags/Books/default.aspxTags: Booksen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2007/10/16/recommended-reading-windows-mobile-data-synchronization-with-sql-server-2005-and-sql-server-compact-3-1.aspxTue, 16 Oct 2007 20:29:28 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5473245DavidKlineMS1http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/comments/5473245.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5473245<p>I recently finished reading <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/robtiffany/">Rob Tiffany</a>'s newest book 'Windows <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/robtiffany/archive/2007/07/11/the-new-book-is-underway.aspx">Mobile Data Synchronization with SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Compact 3.1</a>' (special thanks to Rob for blogging about the process and the chapters).&nbsp; For anyone, like me, who attended MEDC 2007 and saw his SQL Merge Replication demo, this book explains how he built the demo.<br></p> <p>I particularly enjoyed and appreciated the 'Rob's commentary' sections.&nbsp; They cover practical performance and scalability advice and some great insights on data synchronization.<br><br>Enjoy!<br>-- DK<br><br><font face="Arial" size="1">Disclaimer(s):<br>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.</font></p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5473245" width="1" height="1">Bookshttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2007/01/18/the-portable-old-new-thing.aspxThu, 18 Jan 2007 22:40:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1490127DavidKlineMS0http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/comments/1490127.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1490127I know I'm a little late on this one...&nbsp; <BR><BR>During the <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2007/01/10/and-then-it-snowed-again.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2007/01/10/and-then-it-snowed-again.aspx">recent Seattle area snow event</A>, I was able to get safely down my hill to pick up my copy of <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/12/07/1233002.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/12/07/1233002.aspx">Raymond's book "The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows"</A> and get back up the hill&nbsp;to start reading.<BR><BR>Having worked with Raymond on Windows 95 and other products, his book is a trip down memory lane as well as educational.&nbsp; Chapter 2 (Selected Reminiscences on Windows 95), in particular, reminded me of many things I had thought that I had forgotten; most notably, the time <A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/08/18/54655.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/08/18/54655.aspx">bunny</A> came to dinner.<BR><BR>Raymond, thanks for (finally) writing this book.&nbsp; I highly recommend it to all Windows application developers.<BR><BR>Take care,<BR>-- DK <P><FONT size=1>[Edit: add link]<BR><BR>Disclaimer(s):<BR>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.</FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1490127" width="1" height="1">Bookshttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2006/12/07/recommended-reading-iv.aspxFri, 08 Dec 2006 09:28:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1236926DavidKlineMS1http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/comments/1236926.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1236926It's been a while since I <A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2005/09/26/474224.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2005/09/26/474224.aspx">last recommended a book</A>... in fact, it's been more than a year.&nbsp; <BR><BR>There are a number of good books on how to write secure code, now there's one on how to make sure that developers have written secure software: Hunting Security Bugs (Microsoft Press, ISBN: 0-7356-2187) by Tom Gallagher, Bryan Jeffries and Lawrence Landauer.<BR><BR>If, like me, you test software for a living, this book is a must read.&nbsp; If you write production code, I recommend you also read this book (it'll help you prepare for what your test developers are going to do to your product).<BR><BR>Time for me to get back to reading.&nbsp; Enjoy!<BR>-- DK<BR><BR><FONT size=1>Disclaimer(s):<BR>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.</FONT><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1236926" width="1" height="1">BooksTestinghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2005/09/26/474224.aspxTue, 27 Sep 2005 05:41:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:474224DavidKlineMS1http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/comments/474224.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/commentrss.aspx?PostID=474224Today's recommended reading installment takes us back to 1993 and Steve Maguire's excellent book: <U>Writing Solid Code</U> (Microsoft Press, ISBN: 1-55615-551-4).&nbsp; This book contains an excellent collection of insights on how to make your code more robust and useful suggestions to help you find bugs faster.<BR><BR>While the focus of <U>Writing Solid Code</U> is on "Developing Bug-Free C Programs", many of the recommendations (ex: careful function definition, use of asserts, etc) transcend the choice of programming language and are relevant in today's managed code world.<BR><BR>During my recent re-read of this book, I was reminded why I recommend it even twelve years after it's publication -- the chapter titled "Candy Machine Interfaces".&nbsp; This chapter has stuck with me, and has influenced how I write my code ever since.<BR><BR>Happy reading!<BR>-- DK<BR><BR><FONT size=1>Disclaimer(s):<BR>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.</FONT> <P></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=474224" width="1" height="1">Bookshttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2005/08/11/450545.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2005 23:47:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:450545DavidKlineMS0http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/comments/450545.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/commentrss.aspx?PostID=450545Debugging is one of those aspects of software development where you can never have too many resources (books, hints, etc).&nbsp; One of the best resources that I have found is <u>Debugging Applications for Microsoft .NET and Microsoft Windows</u> by John Robbins (Microsoft Press, ISBN 0-7356-1536-5).<br> <br> Some of the topics covered include:</p> <ul> <li>Debugging managed applications using Visual Studio .NET</li> <li>Debugging native applications using Visual Studio .NET and WinDbg</li> <li>How Win32 debuggers work</li> <li>Overview of ILDASM and MSIL</li> <li>Overview of x86 Assembly language</li> <li>Multithreaded deadlocks</li> <li>Dr. Watson logs</li> </ul> <p>Happy reading!<br> -- DK<br> <br> <font size="1">Disclaimer(s): <br> This posting is provided &quot;AS IS&quot; with no warranties, and confers no rights. <br>&nbsp;</font></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=450545" width="1" height="1">Bookshttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2005/06/29/433972.aspxWed, 29 Jun 2005 23:45:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:433972DavidKlineMS1http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/comments/433972.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/commentrss.aspx?PostID=433972<P>I am often asked what technical books I have read and recommend. Today, I'm starting a series where I talk about some of my favorite technical books. When I discuss a book, I will try to provide at least the publisher and ISBN to make it easier for those interested to find a copy. </P> <P>First up is <U>Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming</U> by Jeffrey Richter (Microsoft Press, ISBN 0-7356-1422-9). </P> <P>I have been reading Jeffrey Richter's books since the first edition of <U>Advanced Windows</U>. Who would have guessed that reading about Kernel Handles and similar topics could be so effortless. The same is true for <U>Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming</U>. </P> <P>This book lays a good foundation for all .NET application development: from reference and value types through garbage collection, AppDomains and reflection. </P> <P>This is the first book I recommend to everyone who asks (and even some who don't) and is the book have people read when I mentor them. </P> <P>Happy reading!<BR>-- DK </P> <P><FONT size=1>Disclaimer(s):<BR>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.</FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=433972" width="1" height="1">Bookshttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/archive/2005/02/18/376410.aspxSat, 19 Feb 2005 02:48:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:376410DavidKlineMS0http://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/comments/376410.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidklinems/commentrss.aspx?PostID=376410<P>I just heard about (and got my hot little hands on a copy of) <a href="https://blogs.msdn.com:443/stevenpr">Steven Pratschner</A>'s new <A href="http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/6895.asp">book</A> on the CLR (<A href="http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/6895.asp">Customizing the Microsoft .NET Framework Common Languate Runtime</A>)!&nbsp;&nbsp; Steven is one of the program managers on the .NET Compact Framework team and an alumni of the .NET Framework team and has spent a good long time working on the CLR for both teams.&nbsp; </P> <P>The book covers version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework and discusses how to (taken from the back of the book):<BR>* Write your own CLR host - or customize the default host - to control startup and shutdown<BR>* Use application domains and domain managers to isolate groups of assemblies running in a process<BR>* Learn key strategies for loading and customizing assemblies in extensible applications<BR>* Extend and customize the Code Access Security (CAS) system to help protect your extensible application<BR>* Unload a domain without leaking resources - and help improve code reliability - using safe handles, critical finalizers, and constrained execution regions<BR>* Use the host protection feature for application-specific programming model constraints<BR>* Create and managed tasks with custom schedulers and thread pools<BR><BR>I have worked with Steven since he joined the NetCF team and can tell you he truly knows his stuff.&nbsp; I'm sure you will find much of interest while reading his book.&nbsp; I know I will.</P> <P>Enjoy and "Congratulations" to Steven on the release!<BR>-- DK</P> <P><FONT size=1>[Edit: Fix type-o in Steven's name.... sorry about that, Steven]</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Disclaimer(s):<BR>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.</FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=376410" width="1" height="1">Books