Microsoft MVP 2005 - Visual C# recommended

Creating distributed applications in .NET is such a huge topic to try and cover in roughly 500 pages. You've got so many options based on who will use your .NET application and over what type of network connection/firewall configuration(s) they'll be using.

I'd have probably given this book 5 stars if it had just a little bit more detail on some of the lesser known challenges with creating distributed applications.

That said, Christian (author) does a great job of clearly communicating the complexities of creating a wide variety of distributed application types. Plenty of source samples to more than get you started on your way. I found his writing style easy to follow and the discussions quite relevant to the types of complex distributed software families I'm building today.

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