"now I just try to avoid the 'red' part of the bookstore shelves!"
I agree; but there are exceptions. I have Michael Kay's XSLT book on my desk right now and it is one of the best technical books I've ever read. (Right up there with The Perl Cookbook and anything by Richter.) John --- Morten Abrahamsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been wondering if they have been paying their writers on a per page > basis lately. > > Seems that their books have gotten more and more shallow, focusing on the > 'get things up and running in 2 hours' audience. > > Been this way since the ATL books ... atleast what I've been looking through > lately. > (Professional ASP.Net was crap, the first .NET Framework book was crap... ) > > Too bad really .. now I just try to avoid the 'red' part of the bookstore > shelves! > > Morty > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Fri 4/19/2002 6:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Can someone recommend an ADO.NET book > > > > I've gone a little sour on WROX books lately si I think I'll avoid > ADO.Net > Programmer's Reference. > > Is it just me or has WROX quality gone down? > > Marshall > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Can someone recommend an ADO.NET book > > > I can recommend NOT getting Wrox's ADO.Net Programmer's Reference. > > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marshall Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 19 April 2002 15:46 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [DOTNET] Can someone recommend an ADO.NET book > > > So... can someone recommend a good book on ADO.NET? > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from > DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from > DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
