David Yack's CRM as a Rapid Development Platform Book
Posted On Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at at Tuesday, August 12, 2008 by Ben HDon't let the letters "CRM" in the book title fool you, this is a book heavy on content regarding the latest .NET Framework technologies. Microsoft Dynamics CRM version 4.0 is a great CRM tool, but it can be used for much more. That is the purpose of this book. To inform the developer community about the benefits CRM 4.0 gives you right out of the box along with the many customization points that allow you to turn the product into literally any line of business application you want. Not only do you get great content in the book, but when you purchase the book you also get a base framework built on top of CRM 4.0 to get you up and running fast. This book has tons of great real world examples of how to use Workflow, Silverlight and C#.
Being a friend and co-worker of Dave's, I've been a witness to all the hard work and long hours he put into writing this book and creating the base framework that comes with it. I've also seen all the hard work and support given from many of Dave's friends, family and co-workers. One person who is all three of these things to Dave is his wife Julie Yack. She was editor and publisher on the book. She spent many hours reading through and editing long chapters that included tons of code and examples. Another friend and co-worker, Cathy Hardman, also put in long hours helping edit the technical content of the book. In addition, she helped write many lines of code included in the base framework as well as contributing her talents to the book web site.
Me, I helped edit a couple of the chapters, but most of the process I watched from the sidelines.
Obviously, I recommend the book and since I know "people" I have a discount codes for purchasing the book. Below is the URL to the book site where you can purchase the book and my discount codes. The codes are good for $10 off. The discount codes can only be used 20 times so please hurry. Enjoy!
Book Site: http://www.thecrmbook.com
Discount Code (Printed Version): benblog
Discount Code (E-Book Version): benblogebook
You can also keep up with David Yack at his two bogs. Developer Related stuff is at http://blog.davidyack.com/ and his CRM stuff is at http://crm.davidyack.com/.
I forgot to ask for opinions if you read the book. Please let me know what you think.