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What are the best books for SOAP webservices?

My team is about to build a new product and we are using SOAP webservices as the interface between the client and server. There are other book posts on stackoverflow, but I couldn't find one that matched my needs. My manager will be purchasing books for our team to use as a resource so... What are the best books about SOAP webservices...

Best jQuery Book: jQuery in Action vs. Learning jQuery

So I started using jQuery the other day and upon many blogger recommendations I placed my order for jQuery in Action at Amazon. Only to find out a day later, when I expected it to arrive, that it was out of stock. If you have read both could you please recommend one over the other. Currently jQuery in Action is out of stock with Amazon ...

What are the best books for JBoss?

My team is about to build a new product and we are using JBoss as the application server. There are other book posts on stackoverflow, but I couldn't find one that matched my needs. My manager will be purchasing books for our team to use as a resource so... What are the best books about JBoss? (Please list each book suggestion in a s...

What is best resource for learning the .NET Framework thoroughly?

I have been finding recently that when I try to solve certain programming problems by writing new code that I am reinventing the wheel because the .NET Framework already provides a solution. I am looking for a good book or other resource to help me get ahead of this situation. Something that can be read as an overview would be good, so...

What are some good Computer Vision Reference books?

I'm looking for some recommendations for solid computer vision & image processing fundamentals, including camera models, perspective projection, edge detection, corner detection, and the like. Edit: looking for reference books w/algorithms, etc - not libraries. ...

Book(s) on the algorithims needed for calculating trancendental functions?

For example, how are exponential, logarithm, and trigonometric functions done within the chip on a hand-held calculator? Where is a good starting place to learn about this? EDIT: specifically, how could I recreate these functions in software? With the purpose of understanding both the mathematics and the trade-offs in time and complexi...

Nice book on SQL Server Analysis Services?

I wonder if anyone can recommend a good book on SQL Server Analysis Services. I'm expecting to get very much involved with that technology, so 'For dummies' series won't work for me. Is Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services good? Is Professional SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 with MDX better? ...

What are some good books on web UI?

I'm looking to expand my knowledge of web interfaces and interactions but there are so many books out there. What would be a good few to start with? ...

Good books on Sybase ASE 15?

We need to get some good books on Sybase ASE 15 for our developers. The people in the team have previous experience with different SQL flavors (MS SQL, MySQL, Informix and Oracle) but no one worked with Sybase before. Therefore I am looking for two kinds of books: Book for developers on how to use Sybase for queries,sprocs, views etc....

What are the best design patterns books you have read?

What are your favorite ones? ...

The best of the non-obese technical books?

I have a bias towards the slim ones. (I am talking about technical books here ;-). By slim I mean the books I can read lying on the couch. That would approx to the books with no more than 400 pages I guess. GoF's design patterns has more pages, though I consider it as slim. I think you got the idea. Some of the best books I have read ar...

What is your single favorite book or online resource for getting started with unit testing?

I am looking for a book or online resource that gives a good overview of the subject, and is also practical for implementing unit testing. The book should be useful for users of different programming languages. ...

C# - Good Books/Tutorials for the advanced .net developer?

I was just reading through the Hidden Features of C# thread, and there were a lot of really neat tricks that I had never even heard of. But there wasn't really a whole lot of depth to them all. It got me to wondering what kind of books and tutorials are out there that teach more advanced topics (Delegates, Lambdas, Threading, etc) and a...

Any good book about Software Test Engineering specifically targeted to programmers?

There are a lot of questions related to Unit Testing on stack overflow, but I'm at the moment interested in understanding more about the testing role on a software development project. So just to make it clear: I'm not looking for books on Unit Testing. I believe that to be competent software developers we should know a bit about the ...

Can people recommend some good books and resources on unit testing?

Can people recommend books and other resources on unit testing? All levels from beginning to advanced techniques. ...

Understanding C++ boost library the easy way

I have been using C++ boost library for about 2 years now. However, I haven't found any good documentation that gives an overview of how its various components have been implemented and the involved basic principles for implementation. I am aware of the following resources, that cover bits and parts of boost. 1) Boost documentation - ...

Book recommendations to update from VS2003 to VS2005/2008

I'm stuck in the world of VS2005 and .net framework 1.1. I'm only really interested in Winforms so never felt the need to move on. I am however now interested in seeing what is available now (latest .net framework and VS) and what has changed. Any good book recommendations? I don't need the VS / .net from scratch, I'm specifically lookin...

Webservices Books

Is there a specific book/s dedicated specifically for development in Asp.Net web-services? Most of the books has web-services as a chapter/section only and not a whole book. ...

What's a good book for learning Ajax?

I am looking for a good book to learn about AJAX. Can anybody recommend good ones? I know I can go to www.asp.net site but nothing like reading a good book as compared to learning about it online. ...

Good book for learning Sharepoint development

What would you recommend? I know C# and ASP.NET well, but I haven't touched Sharepoint before. ...