http://forums.asp.net/58.aspxDiscuss your favorite ASP.NET books here. <a href="http://aspadvice.com/SignUp/list.aspx?l=70&c=16" target="_blank">Email List</a>enCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://forums.asp.net/thread/3273626.aspxFri, 03 Jul 2009 13:52:50 GMT4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:3273626scott@elbandit.co.ukscott@elbandit.co.uk0http://forums.asp.net/thread/3273626.aspxhttp://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=58&PostID=3273626<p>I would recommend&nbsp;taking a look at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131857258?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=bloofsco-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0131857258">Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# (Robert C. Martin Series)</a>, if you liked Jimmy Nilsson&#39;s book you will like uncle bobs. Also Dino Esposito&#39;s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/073562609X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=bloofsco-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=073562609X">Microsoft® .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise (PRO-Developer)</a><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;MARGIN:0px;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bloofsco-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=073562609X" width="1" height="1" /> book is top as well.<img style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;MARGIN:0px;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bloofsco-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0131857258" width="1" height="1" /></p>http://forums.asp.net/thread/3253753.aspxTue, 23 Jun 2009 19:59:51 GMT4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:3253753paul.vencillpaul.vencill0http://forums.asp.net/thread/3253753.aspxhttp://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=58&PostID=3253753<p>Discussion between <a class="" title="CodeHobo&#39;s profile" href="http://forums.asp.net/user/Profile.aspx?UserID=620523" target="_blank">CodeHobo</a> and myself made me decide to start a Recommended Reading thread.&nbsp; I&#39;ll begin with the books I have found most useful for my pursuits in ASP.Net MVC in particular, and programming in general.&nbsp; In no particular order:</p> <p>Pro ASP.Net MVC by Steve Sanderson&nbsp;&nbsp; -- hands down the *best* MVC book on the market today (sorry, Scott et. al!)</p> <p>Programming LINQ by Microsoft Press&nbsp;&nbsp; -- great primer on all things LINQ.&nbsp; Only touches on EF, but coverage is excellent on LINQ to Objects, XML, and SQL</p> <p>Domain Driven Design by Eric Evans&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- Seminal work.&nbsp; A must-read.&nbsp; Examples are in Java, and it predates technologies like LINQ, but the core is brilliant work.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Applying-Domain-Driven-Design-Patterns-Examples/dp/0321268202/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245787116&amp;sr=8-1"><font color="#003399">Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET</font></a> <span class="ptBrand">by Jimmy Nilsson</span><span class="binding">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- I actually read this one before I read Evans, but found it excellent.&nbsp; This one is a bit &quot;closer to the metal&quot;, which I like, lots of practical examples of applying TDD and design patterns and so on.&nbsp; Read Evans first, though, you&#39;ll understand the core concepts better.</span></p> <p><span class="binding"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p><span class="binding">There&#39;s more, but that&#39;s the top of my reading list for now.</span></p> <p><span class="binding">Paul</span></p>