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Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Microsoft Windows 2000 MCSE Core Requirements Training Kit (With CD-ROM) Publisher: Microsoft Press Authors: Rating: 2/5  These MS books don't prepare you for tests well and they don't educate you about the products and technologies well. They *kinda* do both. If you want to learn about MS, buy their resource kits, which are excellent and inexpensive, and other references. If you want to pass the tests, go with some of those red cover books like exam cram.
Product: Book - Hardcover
Title: Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Authors: W. Richard Stevens Rating: 5/5  When you first pick up this book you are struck by the very plain paper and simple presentation. Then you start reading and learning and learning. This book is a worthwhile investment at any price, but it will make you wish all technical books were like this...
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Advanced Perl Programming Publisher: O'Reilly Authors: Sriram Srinivasan Rating: 5/5 This book goes beyond being one of my favorite programming books into the realm of one of my favorite books on any subject. The title is perhaps unfortunate because it kept me away from this book for far too long. This is certainly not a book to try to learn perl from, nor is it likely to please the object oriented purist, but for someone who is actively using perl (or involved in any sort of programming), this book will show you some new ways to approach problems. It is not a exhaustive reference manual on perl, but rather it is a collection of essays on various advanced topics including OO programming (in the perl style), C/perl interfacing, and the use of various unique perl features. Srinivasan has a very lucid and pleasant writing style, and this is a major part of the books appeal. I heartily recommend it.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming Publisher: Microsoft Press Authors: Jeffrey Richter Rating: 5/5 I was fascinated by some parts of the book(the chapters on delegates, exceptions & GC are really good), but some of it left me saying "duh". Richter does state the obvious at times, but all-in-all this book has a lot of info that you just can't find elsewhere. I think that the complaint of some reviewers dealing with the "trivial" nature of some of the info is valid, but some of the info is essential for writing tight code(the boxing info. for instance). Richter always brings good common sense to the table, and has a gift for explaning things clearly. I've read other .NET authors who don't.
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