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Books by F. Scott Barker:

	Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit By F. Scott Barker
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	Beginning InfoPath 2003 By F. Scott Barker
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	Database Programming with Visual Basic .NET and ADO .NET: Tips, Tutorials and Code By F. Scott Barker
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	F. Scott Barker's Access 2002 Power Programming By F. Scott Barker
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	Microsoft Access 2000 Power Programming The Authoritative Solution By F. Scott Barker
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F. Scott Barker
F. Scott Barker, a Microsoft MVP, holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and has worked as a developer in the database field for over 19 years.

Working at Microsoft for two years, Scott was a member of the Microsoft Access and Foxpro teams. Since leaving, he has been contracting with Microsoft developing in-house tools. With his company, AppsPlus, Scott also does contract development for many Fortune 500 companies developing in Visual Basic/Access/Office/SQL Server, as well as .NET solutions including both Windows forms and ASP.NET using VB.NET or C#.NET.

Scott has trained for Application Developers Training Company and others all around the U.S. and is a frequent speaker at Microsoft Conferences throughout the U.S., Canada, South Asia and Europe. Through his classes and conferences, Scott has trained thousands of developers.

Scott has written for a number of technical magazines over the years, and is the author of a number of books including the current book he is working on, C# Express Starting Kit, as well as Beginning InfoPath 2003, Access 2003 Visual Blueprint, Database Programming with Visual Basic .NET and ADO .NET: Tips, Tutorials and Code, and F. Scott Barker's Microsoft Access 2002 Power Programming. You can also read his column "The First Hit" on http://www.dotnetjunkies.com.

Scott's favorite books:

Programming Data-Driven Web Applications with ASP.Net by Donny Mack and Doug Seven -- These guys rock and know their stuff! This book takes you very deep into working with data in your web applications. It is also great for getting into Web Services and securing data on the web. Seeing these guys out at the conferences will help to bring the book alive, since they are very entertaining as well as knowing their stuff.

ASP.NET Unleashed by Stephen Walther -- This is a great book when you want to get into ASP.NET not only for the beginner but also for those using it for a while. It contains some great stuff for not only the new server side controls but also some client-side wisdom.
(The author's original choice was an older edition that is now out of print. This link is to the new edition now available)

Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional by Cristian Darie and Karli Watson -- This is by far the best book on getting going in E-Commerce yet. If you are like me, when you started E-Commerce it was hard to know where to begin and quickly got overwhelming. This book takes care of all that. It starts you off slowly and clearly, and by the end you are cranking your own site out!

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper - Written by the guy who helped come up with the interface for Visual Basic at Microsoft, this book is a must-read for any development house. It is required reading at Microsoft by those interviewing even. If you want a different way of approaching development and design, read this book. Not only is it great, but it is an easy and entertaining read.

Programming Microsoft ASP.NET by Dino Esposito -- This was one of the first ASP.NET books I read. Even though I was mainly a desktop developer at the time, this book brought me painlessly into the web world.
(The author's original choice was an older edition that is now out of print. This link is to the current edition)

Extreme Programming Adventures in C# by Ronald E. Jeffries - Great book for looking at the extreme programming phenomenon. Mr. Jeffries shows what to watch out for and when to go for it.

Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Server Controls and Components (Out of print) by Nikhil Kothari and Vandana Datye - This is a very good book on server controls and ASP.NET programming.

Joe Celko's SQL Puzzles and Answers by Joe Celko - A great book if you want to test your SQL skills. Also covers a lot of tricky problems that come up when you are creating your real-world applications. Whenever I get ready to do another data-intensive project I pull this out and read through it to remind me of what the possibilities are with SQL. Plus I like the guy's haircut!
(The author's original choice was an older edition that is now out of print. This link is to the current edition)

Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design by Michael J. Hernandez - This is the book I recommend to all my students who are new to databases. Language and system agnostic, you will be a lot less frustrated if you read this before you have that first mission-critical database with the boss breathing down your neck.

Microsoft Access Developer's Guide to SQL Server by Mary Chipman and Andy Baron - This is the book I wish I had written for Access and SQL Server. The reason is that it covers so many of the questions people have when they want to use Access as a front end for SQL Server. I keep this handy when I have a client who wants me to do just this because I forget a lot of the many things that you need to remember.