Brownfield Application Development in .NET

Some of you may have been wondering why my blog posting has trailed off.  Others will have been thanking the Gods that it has.  Still more of you couldn't care less and....ooo...look....shiny.

Over the past few months I've been working on the first parts of a book with Kyle Baley (baaaa-lay.....yes...for those of you who don't know that translates from Manitoban to English as "sheep screw").  We're pushing a book that talks about the code and environmental issues that you may encounter when working on a brownfield application.  Today we reached a milestone.  We (well, the publisher) has released the first of our MEAP (Manning Early Access Program) copies of the book. More on the book can be found at its site (www.manning.com/baley) and the first chapter (free for you cheap buggers) is available here (www.manning-source.com/books/baley/baley_meapch1.pdf).  We also have a set of forums available for discussion of the book topics, any errors that you may have found or questions that you have.  That is available at: www.manning-sandbox.com/forum.jspa?forumID=436

Feel free to let us know what you think.  Personally I like the dude on the cover.  He looks like he could hold his own in a pub with me.

posted @ Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:24 PM

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# re: Brownfield Application Development in .NET

Left by Derik Whittaker at 4/2/2008 4:36 AM
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So, you picked that cover. You spineless wuss. The one with the girl was much more Canadain then this dude.

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Left by Grant Palin at 4/2/2008 11:30 AM
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Cool. I attended your CodeCamp presentation in Victoria in January - sounds like the book will be a more in depth look at the same subject.

I don't have any Manning books, none have really jumped out at me yet, but I've got a feeling this may be my first!

Looking forward to more posts ont he subject!

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Left by Jason Row at 4/2/2008 12:42 PM
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Hmm, you couldn't get a pic of you two dressed as browncoats from FireFly instead of the dude on the cover?

Oh well, I can see your point that the guy might keep up with your scotch drinking even if they serve them up like they did in Montreal.

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Left by Eric at 4/2/2008 3:27 PM
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Very Nice!!!

I'm going to sign-up for the MEAP+Print Book (I hate trees!) + EBook.

Manning has a TON of interesting .NET books coming out...

I'm going to pull the trigger on a few of these and add them to the shopping cart today:

ASP.NET MVC in Action -- http://www.manning.com/palermo/

Silverlight 2 in Action -- http://www.manning.com/campbell/





# re: Brownfield Application Development in .NET

Left by Russell Ball at 4/2/2008 10:05 PM
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Congratulations! You've just climbed another rung in the geek ladder of fame. Before you know it women will be throwing undergarments at you (I didn't say they would be beautiful women...)

I will definitely commit to the cheap bastard approach and checking out your first chapter.

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