Luna Systems Recommended Reading

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Here's a list of books that we highly recommend to anyone who is developing Microsoft Windows applications. In fact the list was compiled from our current office library!

Click image for more info	Access Books	Author	Review
	Using Microsoft Access 97	Roger Jennings	This book is geared toward the beginner to intermediate user of Access. Rick is a big fan of this author because of his straightforward explanations and samples.
	Access 97 Power Programming	F.Scott Barker	This book is not for the faint of heart. It's a great tool for the higher end Access user or developer. It shows some great examples of code for people who are familiar with programming.
	Access 97 Developer's Handbook	Paul Litwin, Ken Getz, & Mike Gilbert	This book will take up a lot of space on the bookshelf but, it's worth it. It's what we call the definitive Access reference. It chuck-full of tips and tricks with oodles of sample code!
X	Access 2 Developer's Guide	Roger Jennings	For those of you who are still working in Access 2.0 (you know who you are), this book will give you some great tips, tricks, and workarounds with the added bonus of real explanation! This may be the first book Rick bought on the subject and still recommends it to all who attend his User Group lectures.
	Access 2.0 Developer's Handbook	Ken Getz, Paul Litwin, Greg Reddick	Another book for you developers out there who are still using Access 2.0. Like it's more current version for Access 97 this book is a must have for the bookshelf.

Click image for more info	General Programming	Author	Review
	About Face The Essentials of User Interface Design	Alan Cooper	This book was recommended to us by an associate. It is the second book on the required reading list of all Luna Systems employees. "This book has a simple premise: if achieving the user's goals is the basis of our user interface design, then the user will be satisfied and happy. If the user is happy, he will gladly pay us money, and then we will be successful." Alan Cooper
	Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshop (Fifth Edition)	John Clark Craig & Jeff Webb	This book has already paid for itself. It was released in late September/98 and we have already crammed at least a week's worth of work into 2 hours of research and implementation. If you're planning to deploy a 3 tier application with MTS, VB and SQL then this book should be the first that you buy!
	Visual Basic 5.0 Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API	Dan Appleman	With the 6.0 version on our wish list, this is still the definitive reference for API programming. Buy it!
	Visual Basic for Applications Unleashed	Paul McFedries	VBA isn't just for Access anymore! This book is very much like a tutorial in VBA code programming for all of the Microsoft Office products! A very nice book broken up into the different Office applications!
	Black Art of Visual Basic Game Programming	Mark Pruett	Rick bought this book on whim one Friday afternoon and spent the weekend creating a simple "Break-Through" game. It did something to him because he's never been the same since and his code has never looked more intriguing.

Click image for more info	Marketing Books	Author	Review
	Crossing The Chasm	Geoffrey A. Moore	If you're marketing and selling high-tech products then this is a MUST read. It's a short book, an easy read and an eye-opener! It's also on the required reading list of any new employee at Luna Systems.