Syncfusion 'Succinctly' series of Free ebooks - The next generation
Knowledge is power and with what Syncfusionare doing to educate the masses , then they must be very powerful indeed. Training and educating developers far and wide, growing their own developer army. Or they could just be very nice people 
Be sure to check out the giveaway comp at the end of the post, we have over 5 Syncfusion control packs to give away and one ultimate fantastic copy of Syncfusion’s Essentials complete collection! Mega$£
Syncfusion’s “Succinctly” series, one of the largest free set of technical books covering everything from languages, to source control systems and beyond. It has grown at a steady rate since I last reviewed their collection and boy do they still like just giving it away for free.
Let’s see what has changed this time.
Syncfusion started shipping free ebooks to the developer community, you would think they would have run out steam by now but still they power on, they are relentless.
Each book averages around 100 pages and contains targeted and focused knowledge to make use of some of the new and upcoming frameworks or development tools out there. In fact in this review they have even branched out in to some very interesting sectors, such as Neural Networks and Service Stack.
The series has grown to an immense 48 titles and still they are powering on with no end in sight. it really does show how much Syncfusion value the community and it is a great business vehicle to get you interested in their commercial offerings.
The free stuff does not stop there as Syncfusion also offer an Icon repository tool with over 2500 icons called MetroStudio (or should that be ModernStudio now 
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http://darkgenesis.zenithmoon.com/syncfusions-succinctly-series-of-free-ebooks/
(excerpts from http://www.syncfusion.com/resources/techportal/ebooks)
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ServiceStack Succinctly
by Zoran Maksimovic
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Learn how to use ServiceStack, the fast, simplified, open source alternative to other web service frameworks.
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Prism 4 Succinctly
by Eric Stitt
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Reduce the amount of work needed to produce well-designed solutions by mastering Microsoft Prism 4
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Regular Expressions Succinctly
by Joe Booth
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Use regular expressions to quickly solve basic programming problems in Microsoft Visual Studio
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Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly
by Marc Clifton
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Learn the main concepts behind functional programming such as currying, partial application, and monads, and how to combine functional programming with your imperative programming projects.
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Localization for .NET Succinctly
by Jonas Gauffin
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Learn to write applications that support different languages and cultures.
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MATLAB Succinctly
by Dmitri Nesteruk
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Learn the essential skills needed to use the flexible MATLAB system
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NHibernate Succinctly
by Ricardo Peres
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Master the intricacies of NHibernate, an established and powerful Object/Relational Mapper (ORM).
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PowerShell Succinctly
by Rui Machado
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Learn to leverage a variety of PowerShell commands to invoke scripts that work with existing frameworks, including .NET and XML, to optimize productivity.
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Android Programming Succinctly
by Ryan Hodson
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Navigate the key requirements for designing an Android application with Android Programming Succinctly as your guide.
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Entity Framework Code First Succinctly
by Ricardo Peres
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Master the newest development mode for Entity Framework.
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MongoDB Succinctly
by Agus Kurniawan
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Learn how to use MongoDB, the popular open-source database system.
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R Succinctly
by Barton Poulson
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Begin developing your mastery of the powerful R programming language.
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Neural Networks Using C# Succinctly
by James McCaffrey
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Neural networks are on the cutting-edge of software development.
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HDInsight Succinctly
by James Beresford
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Master the higher-level languages and other features necessary to process data with HDInsight
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LightSwitch Mobile Business Apps Succinctly
by Jan Van der Haegen
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Single-page, HTML apps are a snap with LightSwitch, and mobile is no problem too.
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BI Solutions Using SSAS Tabular Model Succinctly
by Parikshit Savjani
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Inform the decision-making process by building BI solutions with tabular data models in SSAS.
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Twitter Bootstrap Succinctly
by Peter Shaw
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Design attractive, consistent UIs with Twitter Bootstrap.
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AngularJS Succinctly
by Frederik Dietz
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Perform common tasks and overcome common problems in Angular.js.
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Visual Studio 2013 Succinctly
by Alessandro Del Sole
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Familiarize yourself with the revised features of Visual Studio 2013 and Windows 8.1 integration.
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Windows Phone 8 Development Succinctly
by Matteo Pagani
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Build Windows Phone 8 apps that make the most of the operating system and hardware
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Node.js Succinctly
by Agus Kurniawan
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Use Node.js to create faster network and server-side applications on any scale, improve your existing database applications, or create web apps with JSON data.
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Direct3D Succinctly
by Chris Rose
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Build on your knowledge of C++ and Direct2D to develop fully 3-D games and applications.
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SQL Server Analysis Services Succinctly
by Stacia Misner
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Develop business intelligence solutions with SQL Server Analysis Services.
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Assembly Language Succinctly
by Chris Rose
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Maximize data processing speeds through x64 assembly language.
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ASP.NET Web API Succinctly
by Emanuele DelBono
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Microsoft’s ASP.NET Web API simplifies data delivery through HTTP.
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Visual Studio Add-Ins Succinctly
by Joe Booth
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Increase your efficiency in Visual Studio by writing custom add-ins.
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Postgres Succinctly
by Peter Shaw
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Learn how to use the long-standing, open-source Postgres database management system.
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Direct2D Succinctly
by Chris Rose
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Use Direct2D, the graphics card, and a little Direct3D to create high-performance charts.
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Windows Azure SQL Reporting Succinctly
by Stacia Misner
Formats: Amazon Kindle and PDF
Learn how to set up a Windows Azure SQL Database server, develop reports, and manage it all in the cloud
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(but didn’t I see one hidden on the last episode of Lost?)
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If Syncfusion’strack history is anything to go by you can expect their commercial offerings are also going to be of the same grade and quality
You really cannot go wrong here, whether you want to learn more about the topics at hand or need Icons for your project it would seem Syncfusion is the place to look. If nothing else you have learned valuable lessons from known developers for the price of a click.
As if that were not enough, there is more. Seems Syncfusion are really in the giving spirit again and in celebration for all their efforts and free ebooks they are also offering three lucky readers one of their premium essentials products for FREE ( excluding the Enterprise edition)
All you have to do (same as with the Succinctly books) is comment on my Dark Genesis blog leaving a mail address that Syncfusion can contact you on and THREE lucky winners will be chosen to receive an essentials package of their choice from the list below (one per winner) :
Email addresses will not be shown in the comments!
- ASP.NET
- ASP.NET MVC
- JavaScript (Beta)
- Mobile MVC
- Silverlight
- Windows Forms
- Windows Phone
- WinRT (XAML)
- WPF
There is no rush in selecting, should you be picked as a winner you can check out the trials first and when your happy let them know which one you want.
Additionally, we have two extra essential single packages for my twitter fans, simply **Tweet the hashtag #SyncfusionGiveaway **with a gesture of why you should win or suitable humorous caption about the giveaway (Keep it clean though, there may be kids watching! :P)
For one lucky entrant we have another extra special GRAND prize, the entire set of controls in the Essential Studio Enterprise Edition
Free draw ends 18th October 2014
****Note – You do not need to put your email in the comment, just post using one of the services where we will be able to contact you **
Good luck