Hi Kevin,

Many thanks for the reply and the references. We'll look at 'em.

Bill

>I'm sure this has been answered before in one form or another so I'll apologize in advance. We are looking at compiling some reference books for VS.NET 2005 development and would like to find 1-2 volumes for each of the following topics:
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>C#
>Visual Basic
>ASP.NET
>.NET Framework
>Winforms/Desktop development
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>Hi, Bill:
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>Here are ones that I've read and will recommend:
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>1) C# 2005
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>Two good intro books:
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102097/qid=1153249532/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_8/104-8004349-0228718?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059600799X/qid=1153250048/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-8004349-0228718?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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>Good intermediate book:
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590594193/qid=1153249532/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/104-8004349-0228718?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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>Also, an excellent book on .NET Generics that I strongly recommend:
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764559885/qid=1153249687/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-8004349-0228718?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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>2) VB2005
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>I've only read one book, but this is a good one:
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>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596007264/qid=1153250101/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/104-8004349-0228718?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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>3) ASP.NET
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>Both of these helped me ascend the learning curve in ASP.NET 2.0
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590594967/qid=1153249732/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/104-8004349-0228718?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735621764/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/104-8004349-0228718?ie=UTF8
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>4) Winforms development
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>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321267966/qid=1153249955/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8004349-0228718?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032126892X/qid=1153249984/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-8004349-0228718?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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>Also....while you didn't specifically ask....if you want a good solid reference on sql 2005:
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>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321382188/qid=1153250011/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8004349-0228718?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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>Hope that helps...
>Kevin