My Reading List

Posted by Rhonda

This is a list of books that I plan on reading. I am trying to read more, so listing what I plan to read here is my first step toward commitment.

Pro C# with .NET 3.0 – by Andrew Troelsen (Reading now)
A complete A-to-Z reference for using C# with the .NET 2.0 platform and the .NET 3.0 extensions.

Anxious 9 to 5 – by Larina Kase, Joe Vitale, Martin M. Antony (Reading now)
This book offers simple and effective techniques to get your workplace anxiety under control once and for all so you can enjoy work and be more productive.

The ASP.NET 2.0 Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks – by Scott Allen, Jeff Atwood, Wyatt Barnett, Jon Galloway, Phil Haack
An ASP.NET 2.0 book that just helps you get things done! This book contains a collection of 101 best practice, object oriented solutions that you can easily adapt to your own projects.

Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day – by Gina Trapani
The 88 “life hacks” — clever shortcuts and lesser-known, faster ways to complete a task — in this book are some of the best in Lifehacker.com’s online archive.

ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action – by Darren Neimke
This book demystifies portal design, development, maintenance, and deployment. In over 400 code-packed pages, ASP.NET expert Darren Neimke shares his deep understanding of the controls and services that make up the portal framework.

.NET Gotchas – by Venkat Subramaniam
The ultimate guide for efficient, pain-free coding, .NET Gotchas from O’Reilly contains 75 common .NET programming pitfalls–and advice on how to work around them.

Dreaming in Code – by Scott Rosenberg
This book documents the state of software, the Internet, and everything circa 2006 through the lens of Chandler, an as-yet-unfinished software application for the management of personal information.