MS Press has just released an e-book on Visual Studio 2008 technologies and are giving it away for free. The e-book includes excerpts from three recent book releases and provides a wealth of information and insights from top experts:
- Introducing Microsoft LINQ by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo
- Chapter 1: LINQ Introduction
- Chapter 2: C# Language Features
- Chapter 3: Visual Basic 9.0 Language Features
- Chapter 4: LINQ Syntax Fundamentals
- Chapter 5: LINQ to ADO.NET
- Chapter 6: LINQ to XML
- Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX by Dino Esposito (Solid Quality Learning) by Dino Esposito
- Chapter 1: The AJAX Revolution
- Chapter 5: The AJAX Control Toolkit
- Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 by Laurence Moroney by Laurence Moroney
- Chapter 1: Silverlight and User Experience
- Chapter 5: Programming Silverlight with JavaScript
You can see the first chapter of these books for free. When you register, you’ll be able to download a lot more content of those books, packaged as an e-book.
