Codenotes for .Net

by Gregory Brill

CodeNotesprovides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way for a developer to ramp up on a new technology or language. Unlike other programming books,CodeNotesdrills down to the core aspects of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812991893
• ISBN13: 9780812991895
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Random House Trade
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Perfect Granularity

Although I had been coding in C# for a few years before I read this book, I still found it very helpful. I was pleasantly surprised by the author's attention to the mechanics of .NET. Specific meta data within assemblies is exposed and explained, as well as some (sometimes) tricky topics such as attribute based programming and Code Access Security. This book is not aimed at the extremely novice. You should come to table with a solid understanding of OO in order to really put the information into context.

Michelin Guide to .NET Capabilities For Serious Developers

...Like the two-day tour in a travel guide book, the book takes you to the most significant points of interest in the entire .NET platform, which includes the Framework with its classes, the Common Type System, the common Intermediate Language, the supported languages, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and Web Services. You should be at least a mid-level developer/programmer with good familiarity with at least one OO language since the author assumes you have no need to be briefed on the Windows OS, HTML, the basics of LANS and the Web, and programming language features common to C++, C#, VB.NET, and Java. While there are numerous code fragments in C#, VB.NET, or C++, the book speaks to broad architectural issues, and Java programmers also will have no problem following the text. The book permits one to kick the tires and explore the boundaries of the .NET platform. After one full day of reading answer questions such as: What are the features of .NET and how are they tied together? Where does .NET advance the state of the art? What are the limitations of .NET? How do I bring older technologies, like COM, into .NET? When items are addressed in some detail, they are advanced topics such as the use of delegates and events in C# and VB.NET.While most useful for developers needing their first intelligent look at .NET, the book would be good preparation for a designers and architects wanting to be sure that .NET can be used for implementation of the design and for Java programmers who want to see if Bill's new dog has fleas. Since it's a brief high-level tour of capabilities, the book is not intended as a programming reference and does not cover the low level things that we understand but sometimes forget.

Developer

This is an excellent overview -- and quite a bit more -- for .NET (which itself is not a 5 star thing.)If it were literature it would get only 2 stars. And if it were the same topic and 800 pages I'd give it 3. But in comparison to the blank or pompous mountains of sludge that pass for technical writing (thinking) in computing, ...

Excellent book

As a developer (in non-Microsoft technologies) I found this book absolutely great (in terms of being able to get an understanding of Java technologies).I managed to do this in about 4 hours (cannot think of anything more productive).

Brought me up to speed in .NET in one Night

I agree with the previous reviewer, in that CodeNotes is a great concept.. I was able to read through this 200 page book in a night and have a very good understanding about .NET the next morning at work... Kudos to RandomHouse for such a novel concept..I disagree with the previous reviewer, in that I found the book well written and breeze to get through and understand.