>>Just picked up the grandiosley titled "Building Enterprise Applications with Windows Presentation Foundation and the MVVM (Model View ViewModel Pattern)" from Microsoft Press.
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>>A comparatively slim volume of about 180 pages and seven chapters. Chapter 6 (at page 150) is titled "Introduction to the MVVM pattern" which about sums up the problem - the bulk of the book waffles on about 'Design Patterns', 'Seperation of Concerns' and similar generalities. And chapter seven is really just an appendix listing MVVM frameworks and tools.
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>>So : One chapter worth reading. NOT.
>>If you understand the MVVM idea then you learn nothing.
>>And if you don't then I've a horrible feeling that it would be incomprehensible.....
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>>Which leads me to a generalization of most Microsoft Press books I've read:
>>If you are already familiar with the subject matter than all you get is a turgid rehash.
>>And if you are not then it is too densely written to be absorbed......
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>>Anyone care to recommend a book from the MS stable that *is* worth reading.......
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>This is an awesome book:
>http://www.amazon.com/Pro-ASP-NET-MVC-3-Framework/dp/1430234040/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316817773&sr=8-1

You bet. I have that going at the moment, along with the tutorial by Sanderson and Rob Conery on tekpub.com. (Conery, I discovered by accident, is an island buddy of Rick Strahl's).

If you are interested in ASP.NET MVC you may also want to check out another free tutorial, http://mvcmusicstore.codeplex.com/ It covers the basic principles of MVC and you build a non-trivial working app along the way.