Book Reviews
Below you will find information about books that I have read and written a review on. If you would like to
read the actual review, click on the link for the book you are interested in. Hopefully you will find this
useful.
Programming Windows Presentation Foundation
| Publisher: |
O'Reilly |
| Author(s): |
Chris Sells
Ian Griffiths |
| ISBN: |
0-596-10113-9 |
The book is not an introduction to programming. An assumption is made that the reader has previous
knowledge of programming in .NET and C#. Starting with the first chapter, the reader is thrown into
the world of WPF with the oh-so-important "Hello World" example, aptly renamed "Hello WPF". The first
chapter gives the reader a good overview of XAML followed by a brief glimpse of what will be covered
in the remaining chapters. Each topic is covered briefly in the first chapter, then in more detail
in its corresponding chapter.
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Digital Photography Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools
| Publisher: |
O'Reilly |
| Author(s): |
Derrick Story |
| ISBN: |
0-596-00666-7 |
Digital Photography Hacks is one of those neat little books that has a lot of really usable tips and tricks
for taking digital pictures. In my opinion, amateur and experienced photographers can probably get useful
information from the book. The book is not an instruction manual for photography. It is a collection of
helpful tips for doing common tasks. As the author states,
"Here, hack is defined as a clever solution to an interesting problem."
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