Let me say up front that Chris Love has done a good job on building on what is already a well documented Web site. I liked the fact that he covered most all the elements of a social network web application. I also appreciated the many references included in each chapter for further exploration of the topic at hand. That said, no book can supply the needs and desires of all its readers, and I am no exception. Chris stated up front who his target audience was and I believe he served them well. My one criticism is the way in which he develops his database and underlying structures to address the database. I would have preferred a chapter on the design of the data to be used. Had he done this he might have served a greater audience. The developer, who only wanted to know how to incorporate polls into his site, had to read much of the book prior to the poll chapter to understand Chris' approach to the data and the repository using entity framework. I was very pleasantly surprised for the reference to the MVC version of the site as this is where my interests currently lie.
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