Towards the Ultimate Academic .NET Library Starter Kit (2005 Ed'n)

I got some great feedback - mostly straight to my Inbox - following my post on which subjects and books would be found in an "Essential Academic .NET Library Starter Kit."

I tried to integrate all the advice and arrive at a reasonably-sized topic and book list.  Here's the first pass.  What are your thoughts? Comments on the blog are now open! :)

 

Introductory/Reference

.NET intro: Introducing .NET, 3rd Ed (David Platt)
VB.NET dev: Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Developers (Kris Horrocks et al)
C# dev: Programming C#, 3rd Ed (Jesse Liberty)
C# from Java: C# for Java Developers (Allen Jones)

Patterns & Architecture

Design Patterns: Design Patterns in C# (Stephen John Metsker)
Software Construction: Code Complete, Second Edition (Steve McConnell)
Components: Programming .NET Components (Juval Lowy)
SOA & WSE 2.0: Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C#: Using the Web Services Enhancements 2.0 (Jeffrey Hasan)

Technologies

Web: Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 (Dino Esposito)
Mobile: Microsoft .NET Compact Framework (Core Reference) (Microsoft .NET Compact Framework (Andy Wigley et al)
Database: A First Look at Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for Developers (Bob Beauchemin et al)
Networking: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 TCP/IP Protocols and Services Tech Ref (Joseph Davies, Thomas Lee)

Security

Writing Secure Code, 2nd Ed (Michael Howard and David LeBlanc)
Threat Modeling (Frank Swiderski, Window Snyder)
Assessing Network Security (Ben Smith et al)

Game Development

Managed DirectX: Managed DirectX Kickstart (Tom Miller)
Engine Design: Introduction to 3D Game Engine Design Using Directx 9 and C# (Lynn Thomas Harrison)

IT Pro

Windows Server: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: A Microsoft Resource Kit (MS Corp)
Active Directory: Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure (Walter Glenn et al)
IIS: Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 Resource Kit (IIS Team)

Management / Office

Office Dev: Microsoft .NET Development for Microsoft Office (Andrew Whitechapel)
Project: Microsoft Project 2003 Inside Out (Teresa Stover)

Comments

• Anonymous
  April 08, 2005
  I would be happy to include this list in Developers.ie on the soon to be released Book list
• Anonymous
  April 08, 2005
  Paschal, that would be fantastic.
• Anonymous
  April 11, 2005
  Miller's book is a fine read :)
  http://www.plenderj.com/images/managed%20directx.jpg
• Anonymous
  April 12, 2005
  Definitely :)
  
  Wow, that's quite a bookshelf!!
• Anonymous
  April 22, 2005
  I'm delighted to announce the Microsoft 20 Years in Ireland Academic Celebration!!
  Through this initiative,...
• Anonymous
  April 26, 2005
  A very well thought out list and some other excellent material at:
  http://caustictech.typepad.com/caustictech/books/index.html
  
  (Caustic fan)
• Anonymous
  May 02, 2005
  Thanks Paul; I'm a caustic fan too. Great list. As you can see we've turned this into part of the 20 Years in Ireland Academic Celebration and are sending out heaps of books to all the Universities and Colleges. I will try to find budget to add some of caustic Phil's suggestions!
• Anonymous
  May 03, 2005
  Here's this really interesting academic paper by Microsoft's Eric Brechner on Things They Would Not Teach...
• Anonymous
  May 17, 2005
         
  The Microsoft 20 Years in Ireland Academic Celebration is going strong,...
• Anonymous
  June 01, 2005
  Congratulations to Ciaran Usher of IT Tralee, winner of the trip to TechEd Europe!!  Hopefully we'll...
• Anonymous
  June 02, 2005
  Demand for .NET skills in Ireland and abroad far exceeds supply, and that demand continues to rise. ...
• Anonymous
  June 07, 2005
  The .NET Academic Library has arrived!  
  
  This is the collection of books we'll be sending...
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  April 06, 2008
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