Eric Nelson has collected a series of articles on the Windows Azure cloud computing platform and assembled them into a free ebook, “The Windows Azure Platform: Articles from the Trenches — Volume One”. Here is the blurb on the front cover:
Developers have been exploring the possibilities opened up by the Windows Azure Platform for Cloud Computing. This book pulls together great articles from many of those developers who have been active with the Windows Azure Platform to hopefully help others become successful. There are twenty articles in this first volume covering everything from getting started to implementing best practices for elastic applications.
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You can view and download a new FREE eBook: “Applying Design Patterns – For Everyone” by Anoop Madhusudanan. The subtitle is: “Introducing software design patterns to you in a simple, human readable, and funny (?) way — in the context of designing a soccer engine — By discussing the thought process behind applying design patterns.”
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In the Complete Guide .NET Performance and Optimization, Paul Glavich and Chris Farrell offer a comprehensive and essential handbook to anybody looking to set up a .NET testing environment and get the best results out of it, or just learn effective techniques for testing and optimizing their .NET applications.
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Microsoft has published another free ebook: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, by Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner.
Part I – Database Administration
- Chapter 1 – SQL Server 2008 R2 Editions and Enhancements
- Chapter 2 – Multi-Server Administration
- Chapter 3 – Data-Tier Applications
- Chapter 4 – High Availability and Virtualization Enhancements
- Chapter 5 – Consolidation and Monitoring
Part II – Business Intelligence Development
- Chapter 6 – Scalable Data Warehousing
- Chapter 7 – Master Data Services
- Chapter 8 – Complex Event Processing with StreamInsight
- Chapter 9 – Reporting Services Enhancements
- Chapter 10 – Self-Service Analysis with PowerPivot
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Windows PowerShell is an extensible command-line shell and associated scripting language from Microsoft. PowerShell integrates with the Microsoft .NET Framework and provides an environment to perform administrative tasks.
PowerShell MVP Dr. Tobias Weltner has released a FREE 567-page e-book “Mastering PowerShell.”
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Apress has released one of the first books for the ASP.NET Model-View-Controller Framework: Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework by Steven Sanderson.
The ASP.NET MVC Framework is the latest evolution of Microsoft’s ASP.NET web platform. It introduces a radically new high–productivity programming model that promotes cleaner code architecture, test–driven development, and powerful extensibility, combined with all the benefits of ASP.NET 3.5.
An integral benefit of this book is that the core Model–View–Controller architectural concepts are not simply explained or discussed in isolation, but demonstrated in action. You’ll work through an extended tutorial to create a working e–commerce web application that combines ASP.NET MVC with the latest C# 3.5 language features and unit–testing best practices. By gaining this invaluable, practical experience, you can discover MVCs strengths and weaknesses for yourself—and put your best learned theory into practice.
