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C# 5.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference ****
Joseph Albahari and Ben Albahari
When you have a question about C# 5.0 or the .NET CLR, this bestselling guide has precisely the answers you need. Uniquely organized around concepts and use cases, this updated fifth edition features a reorganized section on concurrency, threading, a...

C# Essentials ****
Ben Albahari and Peter Drayton and Brad Merrill
Amazon.com ReviewIf you want to learn Microsoft's new C# programming language quickly, you can perhaps do no better than C# Essentials, a compact and extremely intelligent guide.While most of today's programming books seem to be trying to outdo one a...

Coding Faster: Getting More Productive With Microsoft Visual Studio: Covers Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, and 2010 ****
Zain Naboulsi and Sara Ford
Expert advice to help you work smarter and increase your productivity with Visual Studio.Take a detailed look into Visual Studio—and learn practical techniques to help you work more efficiently. This fully revised and expanded version of Visual Studi...

Head First C#: A Learner's Guide to Real-World Programming With Visual C# and .NET ****
Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene
About the AuthorAndrew Stellman, despite being raised a New Yorker, has lived in Pittsburgh twice. The first time was when he graduated from Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science, and then again when he and Jenny were starting their consulting...

Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build ****
Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi and William Bartholomew
As software complexity increases, proper build practices become ever more important. This essential reference—fully updated for Visual Studio 2010—drills inside MSBuild and shows you how to maximize your control over the build and deployment process....

Objective-C for Absolute Beginners: IPhone and Mac Programming Made Easy
Gary Bennett and Mitchell Fisher and Brad Lees
It seems as if everyone is writing applications for Apple's iPhone and iPad, but how do they all do it? It's best to learn Objective-C, the native language of both the iOSand Mac OS X, but where to begin? Right here, even if you've never programmed b...

Parallel Programming With Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Step by Step ***
Donis Marshall
The roadmap for developers wanting to maximize their applications for multi-core architecture using Visual Studio 2010.

Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving ****
V. Anton Spraul
The real challenge of programming isn't learning a language's syntax—it's learning to creatively solve problems so you can build something great. In this one-of-a-kind text, author V. Anton Spraul breaks down the ways that programmers solve problems ...