I have been a big fan of the Dummies book series for the last 8 years. I can still remember the day when I picked up my first dummies book from a local book shop. I recently came to know that Ken Cox has been involved in writing a dummies title for ASP.NET 3.5 and was keenly waiting for its release to review it. I was quite impressed with the overall coverage of content when I quickly scanned through the Table of Contents. I found that the author has also covered advanced topics even though the book is oriented for beginners.

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Sometimes developers get bored by reading traditional ASP.NET 2.0 books — they often only provide concepts. But as a developer gets familiar with the framework, they need to explore the hidden secrets of it to experience its full potential. The ASP.NET 2.0 Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks from SitePoint unleashes such secrets. Written by five eminent authors, this book is power packed with tips, tricks, and hacks spanning 17 chapters.

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I recently wrote a review of GMP CMS for asp.netPRO and it was published in March print edition. But unfortunately the vendor has discontinued its sale without informing us.

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WordPress is one of the popular blogging software widely used by many sites. It surely beats all other blog products because of its simplicity, flexibility and availability of tons of plug-ins and themes. You can easily learn its usage without any help but many professional WordPress bloggers have written books. WordPress for Dummies, written by a leading designer Lisa Sabin-Wilson is a latest book published by Wiley.

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