Archive for March 19th, 2008

New planned book about .NET debugging

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

This is a forthcoming book about .NET debugging seen in a wider context than .NET runtime environment (CLR). There is the whole new generation of .NET software developers, designers and architects thinking in terms of managed code and associated concepts. However CLR runs in unmanaged environment which finally interfaces with native code. Therefore understanding unmanaged and native code is vital for successful debugging of real customer problems. Preliminary information is:

  • Title: Unmanaged Code: Escaping the Matrix of .NET
  • Author: Dmitry Vostokov
  • Paperback: 512 pages (*)
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-9558328-6-4
  • Publisher: Opentask (1 Feb 2009)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 22.86 x 15.24

(*) subject to change

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org -

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Cover Competition Continues

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Thanks to everyone responded online and privately to proposed draft covers for forthcoming MDAA volumes. As some commented the original one looks good on the shelf so the final decision will be made when I print both variants for comparison. Supporters of the original cover proposed the following modification:

Also there will be surprise on the back cover of the book :-)

PS. I decided to read couple of books about book design and manufacturing to get clearer picture about the whole process.

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org -

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