If your focusing on the Design Pattern book, I have a recomendation for you. AT my workplace there's a bunch of java development going on. There was thought for awhile that my group might want to participate so we started a java self study group.

I selected the textbox. I found a really interesting book by a group called Headfirst published thru O'reilly. Headfirst was started by a group of folks who got really interested in cognitive theory. They did a bunch of studying of cognitive theory as relates to adult learning. They create books with this in mind. In addition to the Java book we used, I've purchased their Design Patterns book. I highly, highly recommend it.

Even though it's based on Java, it's Java in it's basic form, so it will be almost identical in C#.

>Hey, Perry,
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>Eagles have this knack for making good teams commit many mistakes. When you look at the Eagles on paper, you'd swear they shouldn't win as many games as they do.
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>As a KC Chiefs fan, I was very happy to see the Chargers and Broncos lose. KC is now just a half-game back of Denver and a game and a half ahead of San Diego. KC plays San Diego next weekend in SD - a KC win would be very good.
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>Off the very top of my head, I don't know any sources for application architecture training. If I can think of any, I'll let you know.
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>Over the last year I re-focused on the famous Design Patterns book by the Gang of Four, and now I'm re-reading Martin Fowler's refactoring book.
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>I prefer books and various on-line sources over training these days. I think training is good for the basics and fundamentals.
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>Kevin