Beyond the C++ Standard Library : An Introduction to Boost	CLR via C#
Behind Closed Doors : Secrets of Great Management	Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion
Java Threads (3rd edition includes the latest JDK’s stuff)	Ajax Patterns and Best Practices

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1. mdavey, on April 13th, 2006 at 12:36, said:
   

   The boost book is a must have for any boost development. We’ve found it extremely useful on the project I’m working on – I’ve blog about the book here (http://mdavey.wordpress.com/2006/03/14/boost-custom-deleters/)

2. mdavey, on April 13th, 2006 at 12:38, said:
   

   How do you rate the CLR via C# book? Is it worth the $?

3. chrisdrop, on April 13th, 2006 at 13:04, said:
   

   As to Boost…. I have programmed in C++ on ad off for the past few years – mostly for automating TradeStation. You can see here I am still listed as a TS programming ’specialist’. It is interesting in that I get LOTS of queries to build ‘little’ auto-trading systems still. Alas – I cannot take any as I am more than busy

   All that said – I have not touched boost at all – since SmartQuant was an open C++ project – then called RQuant I believe. This was – if I recall correctly – around 2001/02.

   So – since I am an on-again, off-again C++ guy – I need to get up to speed with Boost and put it to use !!!

   -Chris

4. chrisdrop, on April 13th, 2006 at 14:08, said:
   

   As to the CLR via C# book. I think lots of the MS print books are … sucky. I did not read the 1st edition so I cannot compare to it. That said – as it stands – this is a pretty cool book. For me – this book has been good in that it is really the 1st book that I am reading about just exactly how the CLR works to the finest level of detail. I particularly like the threading stuff and the implementation of generics as described in this book. So – I would say – if you are a CLR expert – maybe you know all this stuff If you are not – now you can be.

   -Chris

5. chrisdrop, on April 13th, 2006 at 14:18, said:
   

   A few more book comments…

   “Behind Closed Doors”
   I am a fan of the PragProg guys…. This book is however not great. If you have run a single software team – this will be old hat. I was surprised – given the prag-prog guys history – how little this book talks about ‘agile’ stuff.

   “Java Threads”
   Great book. Concurrency is a key issue. Knowing how the JVM is to implement threading is VERY interesting. This book is well written and it is very detailed. It also does go into details regarding the latest and greatest JDK – they do have new thread related stuff.

   “Ajax”
   Did this stuff years past. I bet we did some of the earliest ‘ajax’ stuff for some corp-intranet apps using the older MSXML implementations. Since I have been doig winform desktop/ smart client apps for the past few years – I am always interested in UI design – on the web, on the desktop – wherever. A good UI is a rare find. There is lots of stuff now about ‘good’ UI design for the web – not enough for desktop apps.

   Subversion is cool , While I am a perforce fan above all – Subversion is a good alternative to CVS (which I do not want to deal with any more).

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