Rating:  - Fantastic Book
If you want a real reference book for .Net programming, this is it. He goes into depth in explaining how things work. Especially liked his chapter on Multithreading. It is a gold-mine for a professional C# programmer.
PS. The guy who gave this book a low rating, probably hasn't done anything sophisticated with .Net yet. Hey, its a reference book and his writing style is clear and to the point.
Rating: - Worth every cent!
I have been developing software for 20+ years and am very particular about programming books. This book is my premier C# reference. Juval Lowy covers the topic thoroughly and offers best practices and many well written useful classes.
Rating: - A rare gem
Programming .NET Components is a rare gem of .NET programming books. I found the content in this book to provide much-needed perspective related to general .NET programming tasks, answering questions like: best practices for interface and class heirarchy design, in-depth coverage of the .NET garbage collector and how to prevent it from hurting your application's performance, and a thorough explanation of delegates and their more evolved counterparts called events.
Many .NET texts explain "how" to do things, but generally don't explain "why" things are done a certain way. This text gives you the breadth of knowledge you need to make optimal use of .NET technologies, and to understand when to use a particular approach to solve a problem when there is more than one possible option.
I have not read all chapters of this book, but what I have read so far has already more than justified its purchase price. And I know it will be a valuable reference book for me in the future, as I explore threads, remoting, etc.
Rating: - Excellent
This is an excellent book and one that should be on the shelf of every experienced .NET developer. Although I use C# and C++, I primarily use VB.NET. The book is in C#, but it is easy to read, as you might expect. You might have heard the author on DotNetRocks. If so, you probably already expect a lot from this book. So far, I have been impressed. It is a book I plan to keep and refer to occasionally. By contrast, there are so many that I buy, read, and then shelve and never use again. Look at the table of contents and enjoy.
Rating: - Excellent programming resource
Fabulous book that digs into useful, but not widely talked about .NET functionality. It is really a "best-practices" book by a highly respected figure in the development community. I am only half way through the book and will have to read it a couple more times due to the amount of valuable information contained therein. His writing style is clear and concise.
I highly recommend this book to any serious .NET developer.
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