Rating: 
Summary: Perfection
Review: You have to love this book. Simply a must read for any .NET software developer. It does a fairly good job of staying language neutral, but you will get the most out of the book if you are comfortable with C#.No other book I have read comes close to explaining the CLR in such a graspable way. There are six or seven different sections of the book I find myself pointing colleagues to everyday. One of the most overlooked, misunderstood and necessary topics has to be boxing and unboxing. This is explained extraordinarily well. I still find myself reading this section over, pleading with my brain to commit some of the trickery of the compiler to memory. Another favorite section is Chapter 11 - Events. Nobody could possibly read this chapter and not feel completely comfortable with designing a type that exposes an event. And then, the cherry on top, he walks you through explicitly controlling event registration... WOW! Great stuff. This book is packed with all the core concepts you need to know to be a successful programmer. The longer you go without it, the more of injustice you do to yourselves and your clients.
Rating:
Summary: A Must Read for .NET Programmers
Review: Jeffrey Ricther has written a very thorough yet readable book describing Microsoft's .NET Framework from both 3,000 feet and, at the same time, 1 millimeter. His direct interaction with the Microsoft team that developed .NET has proven to be a competitive edge that other .NET books currently on the market lack. If you're serious about .NET programming in any language, this is a book you need to buy and read multiple times.
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