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Title: Good book with some issues.
Review: This book is huge... I mean... HUGE!!! There is an incredible amount of information. You will learn OOP, TCP/IP, multi-threading, some ADO.NET and a whole lot more. One of the problems is that since this book covers so many different topics, most of time you're really only scratching the surface. That isn't all bad however, as you will get a basic understanding of a lot of different subjects and from there you can pick up other books that delve deeper and you can go through them with more confidence. One other problem is that the book seems to get quite dry and after awhile it feels like a chore just to get through to the next chapter.This book packs in loads of examples, quizes and excercises that force you to really learn each topic covered. Some excersises can actually get quite tough, which is good. If you can make it through this entire book and complete all the quizes, excercises and such, then you will come out a pretty good programmer.
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