OpenAccess ORM book now available in print (update)

Like the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX books before it, Telerik OpenAccess ORM now has a complete learning guide available in print. Authored by the courseware master Noel Rice at Falafel Software, "Telerik OpenAccess ORM Made Easy" is over 200 pages of all the information you need to get started with OpenAccess ORM. Among the topics you'll cover in this complete guide:

• Introduction to ORM and OpenAccess
• Getting started with OpenAccess tools
• Using OpenAccess in simple applications
• Using OpenAccess in n-tier applications
• Using transactions

But it doesn't stop there. The book also provides in-depth information on "advanced" OpenAccess topics, such as query optimization and complex mapping. You can view the entire table of contents in the book preview on Lulu.com. So if printing the free PDF version of this book sounds like too much toner, this print version can be yours today for just $20. Enjoy! See OpenAccess ORM Made Easy on Lulu

UPDATE: The free PDF version of this learning guide is now available on Telerik.com.

RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Learning Guide now availabe in print

One of the new support resources we launched with our Q3 release in November was the brand new RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Step By Step Learning Guide. The Learning Guide, written by the RadControl and training experts at Falafel, fills almost 800 pages (!) with everything you need to know to be a productive Telerik developer. In fact, there is so much content that we had to split the book in to two parts: the Step by Step Learning Guide (about 600 pages) and the companion ActiveSkill Guide (about 190 pages). The ActiveSkill Guide shows you how to take the knowledge you've gained in the Learning Guide and apply it to build a complete real world application with the RadControls.

Both books are available now for on-demand printing on Lulu.com, but the PDF (as always) is freely available on Telerik.com (along with source code). We make the books available for print for those of you that don't want to burn 800 pages worth of toner. That said, to keep costs down, the Lulu books are in black and white, so if you want hard copies in glorious color, you'll need to print your pages (or tell us you want a full-color Lulu version, and we'll get that set up, too- it'll just cost you about $120).

And while you're browsing the new books on Lulu, don't forget that we also have a Telerik Reporting Learning Guide and Step By Step Guide for the old non-ASP.NET AJAX controls, too. Enjoy the reading!

Visit RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Step By Step Learning Guide on Lulu

Visit RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX: ActiveSkill Guide on Lulu

New Sitefinity book published by Falafel

So, you've built a great website with Sitefinity (in record time, no less). You've wowed your clients with the site's rich page layout editor. You've impressed them with the site's ability to easily host blogs and forums. You've stunned them with the affordable price. Your clients are ready to become "web masters," but to get there they want some training. Before you trudge-off and try to build a training program for your Sitefinity users from scratch, don't miss the new book published by our good partners at Falafel titled Sitefinity Made Easy. In this 216 page book, the training masters at Falafel have built a complete 2-day course targeted at non-developers to help them get the most out of Sitefinity. From a complete tour of Sitefinity's features to in-depth discussion of customizing pages with modules, this book covers most of the topics end-users need to be productive in Telerik's CMS. There are even sections dedicated to walking the non-developer through Sitefinity installation and deployment, so if your end-users are a little more "hands-on," this is a great resource for them, too. The book is available directly via Lulu Press, $30 for paperback, $20 for digital PDF. Enjoy the resource and watch for more great books from Falafel soon!