I was just in a meetng were the ING Learning Centre has partnered with Skill Soft to provide ING employees with an electronic book library. It is called Books 24X7. It is amazing.
I was taking a quick look at it and we already have access to the latest Delphi 2006 and Delphi 2005 books that were written. From what I can tell certain books you can download and other are viewable through browser only.
I think this is very exciting. There was even a category for algorithms which I know Steve and Dennis will have a hay day with.
Here is asome additional informaiton about Books 24/7:
- ACCESSING Books24x7: Access to Books24x7 is through the icon on the Other Resources tab of the ILC. If you do not see the Other Resources tab, look for the Books24x7 Referenceware course in the Knowledge Tools section of your ILC homepage. If you had a previous subscription to Books24x7 and accessed their site directly, you will now need to go through the ILC to access it. Direct access to the Books24x7 site is no longer available.
- HELP AND SUPPORT: There is an extensive help system in the Books24x7 site available from the Help tab at the top of the screen. If you require technical support, please contact your ILC Administrator for your business area (click on the ILC Contact button on the logon page or homepage of the ILC).
- NEW BOOK NOTIFICATIONS: You will receive periodic email notifications from Books24x7 about interesting new books available through the service. If you want to access those new titles, enter Books24x7 through the ILC and search on those titles within the Books24x7 site.
- DOWNLOADING BOOKS: Not all books are available for download or audio access. If you find a book that has these options, refer to the Help guide within Books24x7 for instructions.
- CHANGING YOUR SETTINGS: Personal settings (except ID, name and email), can be changed using the Settings tab at the top of the screen in Books24x7. If your personal information changes (e.g., name, email address, etc.) you will need to make sure it gets changed in the ILC for it to reflect in Books24x7.
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OMG! This wrocks! Of course there are other good tech books that won't make it into this channel, but still.
Here are some jewels:
Code Complete, Second Edition - The book absolutely no programmer should do without.
Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform, 3rd Edition - Definitive guide to latest C#.
Learning Design Patterns by Looking at Code
Pragmatic Version Control with CVS - Something that may come in handy.
Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# - Applies to delphi as well.
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