I just finished reading "Visual Studio 2005 for Dummies", and I must
admit, I'm thoroughly impressed with the MS view of the world.  Granted,
there was much I did not really understand all that well (I'm dumber
than most), but as an IDE, VS2005 is really cool.  The book delves into
all manner of MS stuff that can be dealt with from within VS2005
including very, very basic overviews of ADO.NET, ASP.NET, VB, C#,  and
Crystal Reports just to name a few.  I can tell you right now that from
what I read of Crystal Reports (not a MS product), it's truly an awesome
product!!!  Much of the MS world uses click, drag-and-drop to generate
code in place of the old coding methods of type, type and type.  

 

As a reference book, I can't speak to its value, but I can say that it
does a decent job of introducing you to the MS world, which, BTW, is
really extensive and one could even say daunting to set about learning.

One big negative that I see is that upgrading to new .NET versions is a
chore.  For instance, a program developed under .NET 1 may not run
correctly for .NET 2, so for a large enterprise, that could get
expensive trying to upgrade.   There are claims, however, that any
migration snags you run into have all been resolved by someone else
previously, and you can find out how to fix your problem at the MSDN
page.

After reading this book, I can say that MS world looks really fun, and
if anyone was wondering about all that MS stuff, this book may help you
get a clue.

 

 

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