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Pro .NET Best Practices: Overview

For those who would like an overview of Pro .NET Best Practices, here's a rundown on the book.

The book presents each topic by keeping in mind two objectives:  to provide reasonable breath and to go into depth on key practices. For example, the chapter on code analysis looks at both static and dynamic analysis, and it goes into depth with FxCop and StyleCop. The goal is to strike the balance between covering all the topics, discussing the widely-used tools and technologies, and having a...

Why a Book on .NET Best Practices?

I am a Microsoft .NET software developer. That explains why the book is about .NET best practices. That's in my wheelhouse.

The more relevant question is, why a book about best practices?

When it comes right down to it, many best practices are the application of common sense approaches. However, there is something that blocks us from making the relatively simple changes in work habits that produce significant, positive results. I wanted to further explore that quandary. Unfortunately, common...