Essential SharePoint Books: Part II (Intermediate)

Intermediate Level Books

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="973"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="274">Title</td><td valign="top" width="112">Author</td><td valign="top" width="74">Publisher</td><td valign="top" width="323">Description</td><td valign="top" width="106">Audience</td><td valign="top" width="82">My Rating</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="274"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735623201/rescogi-20">Inside Microsoft SharePoint Services 3.0</a></td><td valign="top" width="112">Ted Pattison<br>Daniel Larson</td><td valign="top" width="74">Microsoft Press</td><td valign="top" width="323">One of the best books to quicky get into SharePoint development. Condensed and with lot of sample code to try. It also has a chapter on writing ASP.NET AJAX web parts.</td><td valign="top" width="106">Developers</td><td valign="top" width="82">9/10</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="274"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672329476/rescogi-20">Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Unleashed</a></td><td valign="top" width="112">Michael Noel<br>Colin Spence</td><td valign="top" width="74">Sams</td><td valign="top" width="323">Quite a good book for power-users, but the developers won’t much information for them.</td><td valign="top" width="106">Administrators<br>End-users</td><td valign="top" width="82">7/10</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="274"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672329034/rescogi-20">Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed</a></td><td valign="top" width="112">Kevin Hoffman<br>Robert Foster</td><td valign="top" width="74">Sams</td><td valign="top" width="323">The developer’s companion to the previous book. It doesn’t go into much detail anywhere but it’s still a fair introduction and mid-level book for SharePoint developers. It has a few typos in the source code, though.</td><td valign="top" width="106">Developers</td><td valign="top" width="82">7/10</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="274"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321421744/rescogi-20">Essential SharePoint: Delivering High-Impact Collaboration</a></td><td valign="top" width="112">Scott Jamison<br>Mauro Cardarelli</td><td valign="top" width="74">Addison-Wesley</td><td valign="top" width="323">Concise and nicely summarized book about the business applications for SharePoint, with special attention to planning and information architecture.</td><td valign="top" width="106">Analysts<br>Consultants<br>Managers<br>End-Users</td><td valign="top" width="82">8/10</td></tr></tbody></table>