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Format: Paperback
Author: Francesco Balena
ReleaseDate: 25 January, 2006
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Rating:

Very Advanced
The problem is that the author's style, though elegant, is just too concise; he doesn't define or explain concepts & techniques sufficiently, or with enough examples, before using them to explain other concepts & techniques. I am an experienced VB6 programmer with a high IQ, but I find this book a very tough study, easily the most difficult of all the many programming books I have read.

If you are a beginning programmer discouraged by this book, don't give up. Find another author who explains basic concepts thoroughly, e. g. , Evangelos Petroutsas.

Delivers on its Promise
To rate a books worth, I often go by where a books is on my bookshelf, those now with in arms reach when at the PC; this is one of them. Why is this is an excellent book?
I always agonise about choosing similar books and end up with a few with the same coverages.

It cover lots of other VS2005 features which gets the most of you a developer - not unlike having an experinced mentor by your side.
The only down side is that I bought this book at full price($60) at the store where I should have got it on here in the second hand section :).

The best programming book
If you want to understand how things work behind the scenes, this is the perfect guide. This is definitely the best programming book I've ever read.