Learning to program is hard and one of the ways to make the process easier is by reading and using books. With our book reviews here at Switch On The Code we try to help you figure out which books are the best for any level of developer. In this review I'm going to go over the iOS game programming book Learning Cocos2D - A Hands-On Guide to Building iOS Games with Cocos2D, Box2D, and Chipmunk. written by Rod Strougo and Ray Wenderlich.

It's been a while since we've done a book review, and it's time to rectify that. In this installment I'll be reviewing The Big Nerd Ranch's Guide to iOS Programming (2nd Edition). The Big Nerd Ranch has created a series of books around Mac, iOS, and Objective-C programming. This book is the latest in that series.

Earlier this year saw the release of .NET 4.0, Visual Studio 2010, and C# 4.0. With this release, like so many others, came a flurry of new books. Today's review will be covering one such book - "Essential C# 4.0" by Mark Michaelis.

I received this book from the publisher a while ago and I've finally made it through and found some time to write up a review. Generally I really like doing book reviews, but I also like to thoroughly read the book before I dive into writing about it - which leads to a long delay between reviews. That aside, here's a review of "Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 Unleashed" by Craig McMurtry, Marc Mercuri, Nigel Watling, and Matt Winkler.

As SOTC has grown larger as a programming blog, we are always looking for ways to expand the range of our content – and so when we started getting asked to do some book reviews, we thought it would be a great way to branch out. So read on to see the very first SOTC book review (possibly the first of many) – a review of "Essential C# 3.0 For .NET Framework 3.5" by Mark Michaelis.