C# and .NET innovated the way to write programs across-the-board. Professional C# and .NET series is a classic tutorial for advanced C# programming, including all aspects when using C# to develop Windows applications under Visual Studio. Meanwhile, it's also one of the bestsellers published by Wrox Press. Since its first edition, it has always gotten widespread high praises from readers around the world.

The author of MySQL Cookbook Paul DuBois is one of the first group of contributors of MySQL online reference manuals, who has written many classic books about MySQL. It is important to note that this book isn't to teach you how to develop a complete and complex application; on the contrary, it is to help you overcome various problems had stumped you in MySQL database development. Therefore, it is suitable for all related personnels engaged in the development of database technology to read. And it has became one of must-read books for MySQL developers.

The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist is the winner of Turing Award, father of software engineering and author of The Mythical Man-Month Frederick P. Brooks's another masterpiece - specially designed to reveal the essence of software designing!

The quality of software, not only depends on its architecture and project management, but also is closely related with the code's quality. Bad, untidy code can run normally to some extent, but that will bring potential obstacles to the whole development team, as sure as a gun. As a result, that will greatly increase development time, resources and other costs. This same applies to both agile software development and traditional software development.

SQL has concise syntax, flexible usage method and powerful function. It has become the most popular database language (almost any important DBMS supports SQL) and an indispensable, basic skill for any programmers.