Reviews for Inside Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Pro Developer)

1. A great intro to SharePoint coding for .Net developers

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2009

   If you are a .Net programmer and are begining to do work with SharePoint then this book is a great place to start.
   All the exercises and code in this book work on both WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 versions of SharePoint technologies.
   
   I like the way that within a couple of chapters you get going with some great Features with examples and code provided for you. Then you start learning in more detail about how all the pieces (of SharePoint, IIS and SQL) fit together, so giving you the confidence to start experimenting.
   Best practices are emphasised throughout, and each chapter gives you a chunk of knowledge you can use right away.
   
   Although this book was published 2 years ago, it is a great way to learn the key knowledge for SharePoint development. Once finished, just add 3 extra tools to make your life easier: VSEWSS from Microsoft, and WSPBuilder and maybe STSDev from Codeplex.
   
   I have owned my well thumbed copy for ages, and I have lost count of the people I have recommended this book to.

2. Excellent coverage of SharePoint

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2009

   This is an excellent book for the person new to SharePoint. It covers SharePoint from the ground up, how WSS builds on ASP.NET / IIS, the inner working of SharePoint, etc.
   
   And it also "reads well" ... I hate tech books that have the details, but are a pain to read
   
   Well recommended

3. A genuinely good book

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, August 12th, 2008

   Recently I've started to lean towards using the Internet when I have a technical problem that I can't get past.
   
   I bought this book to help with studying for my MCTS certification and found the answer to a problem I hadn't been able to resolve for days.
   
   Microsoft Press books can be awful and too high level, but this one is very good in my opinion. I'd feel happy recommending it.