Architecture Books
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BizTalk: The Practical Course
Published 12 years ago
by Moustafa Refaat, Lulu.com
In this book, you will learn to develop and design reliable BizTalk based solutions. The approach used in this book is to get the reader productive with BizTalk development as quickly as possible. The reader will learn BizTalk by building real and practical small solutions from the outset. The technical background behind these applications as well as the design choices are explained in details.
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97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know
Published 12 years ago
by Richard MonsonHaefel, O'Reilly Media
In this truly unique technical book, today's leading software architects present valuable principles on key development issues that go way beyond technology. More than four dozen architects -- including Neal Ford, Michael Nygard, and Bill de hOra -- offer advice for communicating with stakeholders, eliminating complexity, empowering developers, and many more practical lessons they've learned from years of experience. Among the 97 principles in this book, you'll find useful advice such as:
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Programming Entity Framework
Published 12 years ago
by Julia Lerman, O'Reilly Media
Programming Entity Framework is a thorough introduction to Microsoft's new core framework for modeling and interacting with data in .NET applications. This book not only gives experienced developers a hands-on tour of the Entity Framework and explains its use in a variety of applications, it also provides a deep understanding of its architecture and APIs. From the Entity Data Model (EDM) and Object Services to EntityClient and the Metadata Workspace, Programming Entity Framework covers it all.
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Leveraging Drupal: Getting Your Site Done Right (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
Published 12 years ago
by Victor Kane, Wrox
This book is a step-by-step guide and a hands-on co-piloted experience for those trying to make Drupal powered websites work for them, and for their clients. Much more than a "tutorial", what is needed is a nuts-and-bolts living mentor and guide which really shows the reader how to do the things really required for bringing it all together in a site which works. This will be the only book covering all the difficult components of Drupal: views, panels, themes, content creation, etc.
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Inside the Microsoft® Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build (PRO-Developer)
Published 12 years ago
by Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi, William Bartholomew, Microsoft Press
As software complexity increases, proper build practices become ever more important. This essential reference drills inside MSBuild and shows how to maximize your control over the build and deployment process. Learn how to customize and extend build processes with MSBuild and scale them to the team, product, or enterprise level with Team Foundation Build.
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Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Published 12 years ago
by Brian Larson, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Maximize the Business Intelligence Tools in Microsoft SQL Server 2008Manage, analyze, and distribute enterprise data with help from this expert resource. Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 covers the entire BI lifecycle and explains how to build robust data integration, reporting, and analysis solutions. Real-world examples illustrate all of the powerful BI capabilities of SQL Server 2008.
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Programming WCF Services
Published 12 years ago
by Juval Lowy, O'Reilly Media
Programming WCF Services is the authoritative, bestselling introduction to Microsoft's unified platform for developing service-oriented applications (SOA) on Windows. Hailed as the most definitive treatment of WCF available, this relentlessly practical book provides insight, not documentation, to help you learn the topics and skills you need for building WCF-based applications that are maintainable, extensible, and reusable.
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Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (2nd Edition) (Microsoft .
Published 12 years ago
by Krzysztof Cwalina, Brad Abrams, Addison-Wesley Professional
“ Framework Design Guidelines is one of those rare books that can be read at different reading levels and can be useful to different kinds of developers. Regardless of whether you want to design an effective object model, improve your understanding of the .NET Framework, borrow from the experience of software gurus, stay clear of the most common programming mistakes, or just get an idea of the huge effort that led to the .NET initiative, this book is a must-read.
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Foundation Rails 2
Published 12 years ago
by Eldon Alameda, friends of ED
You've heard about this amazing web framework called Ruby on Rails that's taken the world by storm but thought it was way too complex for you? Think again. Foundation Rails 2 takes you through your first steps in Rails, explaining in plain English how to start building dynamic web applications. And there's never been a better time to jump in to the Rails world, as the release of Rails 2 is a major evolutionary leap forward from previous versions.
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GWT in Practice
Published 12 years ago
by Robert Cooper, Charlie Collins, Manning Publications
If you're a web developer, you know that you can use Ajax to add rich, user-friendly, dynamic features to your applications. With the Google Web Toolkit (GWT), a new Ajax tool from Google that automatically converts Java to JavaScript, you can build Ajax applications using the Java language. GWT in Practice is an example-driven, code-rich book designed for web developers already familiar with the basics of GWT who now want hands-on experience.