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Cover | Title | Source | Author | Length | Completed |
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![]() | JavaScript the Good Parts Dense and terse but well worth reading. | Kindle | Douglas Crockford | 176 Pages | In Progress |
![]() | Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja Design, construction, and maintenance. Excellent read. | Paperback | John Resig Bear Bibeault | 300 Pages | In Progress |
![]() | The Pragmatic Programmer Don't over-engineer code, refactor to the hilt or fine tune performance beyond requirements. | iBooks | Andrew Hunt David Thomas | 352 Pages | In Progress |
![]() | Code Complete: 2nd Edition The best practical guide to programming I have ever read. My only regret whilst reading this book is that I should have read it years ago. | Kindle | Steve McConnell | 960 Pages | In Progress |
![]() | The Software Craftsman: Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride This has to be one of my favourite books. Sandro explains in a clear, concise and no-nonsence manner what it takes to be a modern professional developer. I couldn't help but nod in agreement as I read this. | Kindle | Sandro Mancuso | 285 Pages | January 4, 2016 |
![]() | Pro TypeScript Explains core TS concepts, implementing SOLID design patterns, creating Type Definitions and testing with Jasmine. | Kindle | Steve Fenton | 248 Pages | December 3, 2015 |
![]() | Software in 30 Days Next time you argue with a manager re. Agile v Waterfall lend them this book. | Kindle | Ken Schwaber Jeff Sutherland | 219 Pages | July 20, 2015 |
![]() | Pro Git My goto resource for Git when I want to go beyond the usual daily Git commands. This helped me setup my own Git server on my office NAS. | iBooks | Scott Chacon | 456 Pages | April 15, 2015 |
![]() | A Tour of C++ If your new to C++ then read this first. A quick guide and overview of the language by it's designer Bjarne Stroustrup. | Kindle | Bjarne Stroustrup | 192 Pages | February 4, 2015 |
![]() | GCHQ: Britain’s Most Secret Intelligence Agency GCHQ originates from the famous Bletchley Park WWII code-breaking organisation. Fascinating read. Really enjoyed this one. | Kindle | Richard Aldrich | 448 Pages | January 26, 2015 |
![]() | Kingpin This read will want to make you switch from Wi-Fi to Li-Fi. I love reading about talented hackers. | Kindle | Kevin Poulsen | 289 Pages | January 19, 2015 |
![]() | The Art of Intrusion Kevin Mitnick, arguably the world′s most famous hacker tells some very cool stories. I loved the one about reverse-engineering fruit machines. | Kindle | Kevin Mitnick | 270 Pages | January 14, 2015 |
![]() | The Art of Deception An eye opening guide to Social Engineering that addresses the human element of computer security. | Kindle | Kevin Mitnick | 368 Pages | January 8, 2015 |
![]() | Ghost In The Wires: The World’s Most Wanted Hacker The Kevin Mitnick story, the tale of the world's most wanted computer hacker. Highly recommend this book. | Kindle | Kevin Mitnick | 560 Pages | January 4, 2015 |
![]() | UML Distilled If you want to design efficient object-oriented software this book is for you. | Kindle | Martin Fowler | 208 Pages | September 21, 2014 |
![]() | Architecting Applications for the Enterprise This book touches on many architectual patterns especially for .NET applications in the enterprise. | Kindle | Dino Esposito Andrea Saltarello | 336 Pages | August 17, 2014 |
![]() | Professional Application Lifecycle Management ALM heads up by the experts. Worth a read. | Kindle | Mickey Gousset Martin Hinshelwood Brian A. Randell | 696 Pages | July 20, 2014 |
![]() | Pro ASP.NET Web API Good insight into building Web API's the .Net way. | Kindle | Tugberk Ugurlu Alexander Zeitler Ali Kheyrollahi | 616 Pages | March 30, 2014 |
![]() | Pratical ASP.NET Web API Some pretty good Web API demos in here. | Kindle | B. Lakshmiraghavan | 340 Pages | February 9, 2014 |
![]() | Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed I am a XAML fan and this book has some good clean examples. | Kindle | Adam Nathan | 581 Pages | January 5, 2014 |
![]() | Programming Entity Framework: DbContext What Julia Lerman doesn't know about Entity Framework isn't worth knowing. She is my goto source for anything and everything EF. | Kindle | Julia Lerman Rowan Miller | 258 Pages | December 17, 2013 |
![]() | WPF 4.5 Unleashed The book to read for developing WPF apps. Very clear and concise. | Kindle | Adam Nathan | 864 Pages | December 15, 2013 |
![]() | Visual Studio LightSwitch 2012 LightSwitch is my goto tool for building RAD LOB apps. I even developed my own LightSwitch Shell available at LightSwitchShells.com | Kindle | Tim Leung | 671 Pages | September 29, 2013 |
![]() | Wireshark 101: Essential Skills for Network Analysis Want to analyse a network and see exactly whats being transmitted / received? Work your way through these labs. | Kindle | Laura Chappell | 370 Pages | June 21, 2013 |
![]() | MVVM Survival Guide for Enterprise Architectures MVVM best practices for Silverlight and WPF developers. | Kindle | Ryan Vice Muhammad Siddiqi | 492 Pages | September 16, 2012 |
![]() | Visual Studio LightSwitch Unleashed Rapid App Development with LightSwitch. | Kindle | Alessandro Del Sole | 832 Pages | July 15, 2012 |
![]() | Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 5 Silverlight LOB Apps. | Kindle | Chris Anderson | 708 Pages | May 6, 2012 |
![]() | Silverlight 5: Building Rich Enterprise Dashboards Some good design ideas. | Kindle | Todd Snyder Joel Eden, PhD Jeffrey Smith | 288 pages | March 17, 2012 |
![]() | Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5 Quick start guide for SL5 LOB Apps. | Kindle | Braulio Diez Rocio Serrano Jose Almoguera | 430 Pages | March 7, 2012 |
![]() | Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography The only autobiography on Steve worth reading. | Kindle | Walter Isaacson | 568 Pages | January 18, 2012 |
![]() | Programming in Objective-C Read this to get an overview of Objective-C. Struggled with it to be honest. | Kindle | Stephen G. Kochan | 552 Pages | December 4, 2011 |
![]() | Silverlight 4 Good section on Win Phone 7. | Kindle | Laurent Bugnion | 710 Pages | November 28, 2010 |
![]() | Pro Entity Framework 4.0 EF4 examples. | Paperback | Scott Klein | 280 Pages | June 10, 2010 |
![]() | Silverlight 4: Problem – Design – Solution Good overview of SL4. | Kindle | Nick Lecrenski | 528 Pages | May 16, 2010 |
![]() | The Official Ubuntu Server Book Read this before setting up my first Ubuntu Server. Good reference book. | Kindle | Kyle Rankin Benjamin Hill | 528 Pages | February 7, 2010 |
![]() | Cloud Computing with the Azure Platform Azure is moving fast but this gives a good general insight into the cloud platform. | Paperback | Roger Jennings | 360 Pages | November 29, 2009 |
![]() | LINQ Programming Good examples of practical LINQ coding. | Paperback | Joe Mayo | 384 Pages | November 22, 2009 |
![]() | Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 3 Some nice demo nuggets in here. | Paperback | Laurence Moroney | 384 Pages | October 11, 2009 |
![]() | WCF MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit Worth reading for WCF best practises. | Hardcover | Bruce Johnson Peter Madziak Sara Morgan | 640 Pages | August 23, 2009 |
![]() | ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Quickly | Paperback | Maarten Balliauw | 241 Pages | August 2, 2009 |
![]() | Essential Windows Communication Foundation Good introduction to WCF. | Paperback | Steve Resnick Richard Crane Chris Bowen | 608 Pages | April 26, 2009 |
![]() | Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 First book I read on the topic. | Paperback | Rob Conery Scott Hanselman Phil Haack | 456 Pages | May 17, 2009 |
![]() | jQuery UI 1.6: The User Interface Library Good reference for jQuery UI. | Paperback | Dan Wellman | 440 Pages | April 5, 2009 |
![]() | Lua programming gems Some nice little code snippets in here. | Paperback | Luiz Figueiredo Waldemar Celes Roberto Ierusalimschy | 368 Pages | January 25, 2009 |
![]() | XPath 2.0 Programmers Reference Reference book for pro XSLT developers. It assumes no previous knowledge of the language. | Paperback | Michael Kay | 1,376 Pages | November 23, 2008 |
![]() | Windows® Workflow Foundation Sequential approach to understanding WWF workflows. Learn how to create Windows Workflow Foundation–enabled apps and services. | Paperback | Kenn Scribner | 512 Pages | October 26, 2008 |
![]() | Pro C# 2008 Good ref for new API's in WWF, WPF, WCF and LINQ. | Hardcover | Andrew Troelsen | 1,370 Pages | August 24, 2008 |
![]() | Pro SQL Server 2008 XML Definitive guide on working with XML within SQL Server 2008. | Hardcover | Michael Coles | 500 Pages | June 8, 2008 |
![]() | Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 Heads up on LINQ and what it's all about. | Paperback | Joseph Rattz Jr | 622 Pages | May 11, 2008 |
![]() | Building a Web 2.0 Portal with ASP.NET 3.5 Some interesting dashboard ideas. | Paperback | Omar AL Zabir | 310 Pages | March 23, 2008 |
![]() | Introducing Windows Server® 2008 Pragmatic advice for admins running Windows Server 2008 in the enterprise. | Paperback | Mitch Tulloch | 496 Pages | February 17, 2008 |
![]() | XQuery Simple XQuery reference. Handy when working with XML stored within SQL Db's. | Paperback | Priscilla Walmsley | 512 Pages | December 30, 2007 |
![]() | Microsoft Expression Blend Good intro to Blend. You really need to use the tool to get the hang of it though. | Paperback | Gurdy Leete Mary Leete | 734 Pages | December 29, 2007 |
![]() | SQL Server 2005 Stored Procedure Programming Reference for Stored Procedures. Some good transaction examples. | Paperback | Dejan Sunderic | 664 Pages | June 24, 2007 |
![]() | Applications = Code + Markup A heavy and difficult read. Makes a good ref book though. | Hardcover | Charles Petzold | x Pages | May 27, 2007 |
![]() | Professional SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Reporting solution for report designers and programmers. | Paperback | Paul Turley Todd Bryant James Counihan | 720 Pages | February 25, 2007 |
![]() | Beginning Object-Oriented ASP.NET 2.0 Covers the basics from definition to inheritance. | Paperback | Brian R Myers | 218 Pages | February 11, 2007 |
![]() | Pro Ajax and the .NET 2.0 platform What it says on the tin. | Paperback | Daniel Woolston | 486 Pages | December 24, 2006 |
![]() | Developer’s Guide to Directory Services Programming The first book on programming to directory services using .NET, one of the least-understood aspects of .NET application development. | Paperback | Joe Kaplan Ryan Dunn | 512 Pages | November 26, 2006 |
![]() | Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005 Web forms and Masterpages. Good ref book. | Paperback | Matthew MacDonald | 1,256 Pages | July 16, 2006 |
![]() | Foundations of Atlas: Rapid Ajax Development Guide to AJAX and where it fits within web development. | Paperback | Laurence Moroney | 340 Pages | June 11, 2006 |
![]() | Microsoft Visual C# .NET C# basics. | Paperback | John Sharp Jon Jagger | 672 Pages | March 19, 2006 |
![]() | .NET Gotchas: 75 Ways to Improve Your C# Good practical programming tips. | Paperback | Venkat Subramaniam | 396 Pages | December 17, 2005 |
![]() | Visual Studio Hacks Good build tricks and automation advice. | Paperback | James Avery | 504 Pages | October 15, 2005 |
![]() | Professional Web Parts and Custom Controls Dashboard web parts code snippets. Used for office intranet project. | Paperback | Peter Vogel | 449 Pages | May 21, 2005 |
![]() | Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours: Fundamentals of C++, including managing I/O loops and arrays, object-oriented programming, and creating C++ console apps. | Paperback | Jesse Liberty | 528 Pages | November 14, 2004 |
![]() | Domain-driven Design Eric Evans is the DDD guru. Great book for understanding Domain-driven architecture. | Kindle | Eric Evans | 560 Pages | May 19, 2004 |
![]() | Microsoft SQL Server 2000 DTS Data Transformation Services for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Examples in VB. | Paperback | Timothy Peterson | 744 Pages | December 14, 2003 |
![]() | Programming C# C# introduction. | Paperback | Jesse Liberty | 720 Pages | October 26, 2003 |
![]() | Introducing Microsoft® .NET Intro to .NET Framework. | Paperback | David S. Platt | 352 Pages | July 27, 2003 |
![]() | The Guru’s Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures Very nice code examples. | Paperback | Ken Henderson | 800 Pages | July 6, 2003 |
![]() | Applied SOAP: Implementing .NET Web Services Practical guidelines. | Paperback | Kenn Scribner Mark Stiver | 432 Pages | May 18, 2003 |
![]() | .NET Multithreading This helped me dev my multi-threaded version of domain scanning / registering app. | Paperback | Alan Dennis | 336 Pages | February 2, 2003 |
![]() | Professional ASP.NET 1.0 Everything you need to master ASP.NET and build dynamic, successful, enterprise Web application. | Paperback | Richard Anderson Brian Francis Alex Homer | 1,300 Pages | October 20, 2002 |
![]() | Developing Applications with Visual Studio Good for C++ developers working in VS. | Paperback | Richard Grimes | 832 Pages | April 28, 2002 |
![]() | .NET Wireless Programming Did not get on with this book. Disagreed with many concepts. | Paperback | Mark Ridgeway | 564 Pages | April 14, 2002 |
![]() | Microsoft .NET XML Web Services Intro and reference. | Paperback | Robert Tabor | 480 Pages | February 17, 2002 |
![]() | GPRS and 3G Wireless Applications A little lower level than I was expecting. Worth a read. | Paperback | Christoffer Andersson | 352 Pages | June 3, 2001 |
![]() | Introducing .NET (Programmer to programmer) .NET intro. | Paperback | James Conard Patrick Dengler Brian Francis | 400 Pages | April 8, 2001 |
![]() | JavaScript Unleashed My JavaScript desk reference. | Paperback | R Allen Wyke Richard Wagner | 1,024 Pages | March 11, 2001 |
![]() | Inside Microsoft® SQL Server Read before setting up my first SQL 2000 server. | Hardcover | Kalen Delaney | 1,088 Pages | February 11, 2001 |
![]() | UMTS: Mobile Communications for the Future Enjoyed reading this. Little practical programming advice. | Hardcover | Flavio Muratore | 264 Pages | December 21, 2000 |
![]() | Designing Wireless Information Services The first book that explains how to design user interfaces for mobile applications and Web sites that work in the mobile environment. | Paperback | Johan Hjelm | 432 Pages | August 20, 2000 |
![]() | Programming Apps with the Wireless Application Protocol The authoritative programming guide to the WAP standard from the creators of this breakthrough technology. | Hardback | Steve Mann | 256 Pages | February 6, 2000 |
![]() | Managing Internet Information Services After reading this I wanted to setup my own internet services company. So I did! | Paperback | Cricket Liu Adrian Nye Jerry Peek | 668 Pages | June 7, 1998 |
Title | Source | Author | Published | Completed | Length |
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Google Cloud Platform | Lynda.com | Joseph Lowery | January 15, 2015 | November 20, 2015 | 3 hours |
Practical Cybersecurity | Lynda.com | Malcolm Shore | August 26, 2014 | January 5, 2015 | 2 hours |
Troubleshooting ACLs with Wireshark | Pluralsight.com | Ross Bagurdes | June 19, 2013 | January 4, 2015 | 3 hours |
Network Troubleshooting | Lynda.com | Mark Jacob | March 27, 2013 | December 30, 2014 | 1 hour |
Exploring the Packet Delivery Process | Lynda.com | Mark Jacob | January 9, 2014 | December 30, 2014 | 1.5 hours |
Understanding SSH | Lynda.com | Scott Simpson | December 9, 2014 | December 26, 2014 | 1 hour |
Architecting Massive-Scale Ready-For-Business Web Apps | Build 2014 | Yochay Kiriaty | April 4, 2014 | May 18, 2014 | 1 hour |
Extending Your On-Premises Network into Azure Securely | Build 2014 | Ganesh Srinivasan | April 3, 2014 | April 27, 2014 | 1 hour |
Designing and Implementing Hybrid Cloud Solutions for Architects | Build 2014 | Mario Szpuszta | April 2, 2014 | April 5, 2014 | 1 hour |
HTTP Fundamentals | Pluralsight.com | Scott Allen | February 17, 2012 | September 21, 2013 | 3 hours |