BOOK REVIEW
Book Title: A Programmer's Guide to .NET	Publisher: Addison Wesley
Author(s): Alexei Fedorov	ISBN 0321112326

Category					Rating
LEGEND:	5=Excellent	4=Good	3=Standard	2=Fair	1=Poor
Overall recommendation					3
Quality of organization					3
Easy to read and navigate					3
Sufficient quantity of examples					3
Examples are error free					3
Reuse for reference					3
Quality of index					3

Summary Review

The book covers most of the building blocks of the .NET platform, such as the Language Runtime, Framework Class Library, ASP .NET Web Form, Server and HTML Controls, Windows Forms, GDI, ADO .NET, XML and Web Services.

The book's style is more like a manual due to the abundant use of bullet points. It's good for those who'd like to skip the theories and get down to the semantics of the .NET platform fast.

It does not stands out comparing with some other .NET books because it does not go deep enough in each topic. Sometimes, I feel like reading an abridged version of the Visual Studio Online Help Topics with simple sample codes added.

Detailed Comments 

I'd like to suggest that practical, more in-depth solutions be provided as examples for using the .NET platform.

Reviewer:

Timothy Deng

Date:

11/15/02