Want to learn .NET 2.0 the quickest way possible? I highly recommend the Developer’s Notebooks line of books. Definitely not for the 1.x beginner, as they start out assuming you know 1.x and explain the differences through short lectures (more like a paragraph or 2), and then show through example. There are always plenty of links provided in each section, to find more information or explanation. I found myself doing both (reading this book and following the links), as sometimes the explanations were a little too quick. But they will also serve as a good reference resource down the road, quick intros to topics you can’t remember the details about.

Hence their name….