(Part 2) Best pc hardware books according to redditors

CBT Nuggets has lots of networking related training videos, CompTIA Net+ to the advanced Cisco stuff. DNS specifically is something I've been searching for also, the best I've found is a book called "DNS on Windows Server 2003" and I did contact the author on Twitter and asked if there would be a new version, he replied he had not thought about it but would ask the coauthor, never heard back.

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DNS is also covered a lightly in Active Directory and Windows Server Fundamentals type videos. Microsoft Virtual Academy covers a few minutes on DNS in this module under "Name Resolution"

This Udemy course might be worth it also.

It was probably a printer error, did you get this copy for free or via some non-retail channel?

I know one of the authors and he is the main dev behind bonescript, the TI project leader, and co-founder of the BeagleBone Foundation. I would definitely trust this book, it should be fairly comprehensive.

However I would also highly recommend Derek Molloy's Book.
https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-BeagleBone-Techniques-Building-Embedded/dp/1118935128/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
He provides a lot of additional content through his youtube channel and website.
http://derekmolloy.ie/

Case in point, here's a promotional poster for Amiga 1000.

Even the official reference manuals had a vaporwave feel to them. Here's another variant. And another

The Amiga World logo also stands out to me as a good example; especially as they changed colours on it all the time and often used suitable pastels

An image used in ads for Brilliance for the Amiga just because I like it

Title screen designs alluding to the same style as the manuals

And images like this (demo image for ProPaint I think)

WebForms and MVC are pretty different.

If you want to get a low level view of how the webforms framework works (instead of just rote memorizing stuff) I highly suggest picking up a book like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Microsoft-Controls-Components-Pro-Developer/dp/0735615829/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376688466&sr=8-2&keywords=custom+server+controls

There are a few. Any of them should work. Once you understand how custom server controls are made, the lifecycle of controls, how the controls make it out to the output stream and the lifecycle of the page; everything else (in webforms) makes sense much more quickly.

It's uncommon to start with custom server controls early, but it will be a massive help when you're debugging problems that don't make sense.

https://www.amazon.com/Computers-Seniors-Dummies-Nancy-Muir/dp/1119049555/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494575207&sr=8-1&keywords=computers+for+dummies

You can find NET bibles from their store:

https://store.bible.org/

Unless you were looking for a .NET Bible.

I'm a C# dev and I found this book useful Pro TypeScript: Application-Scale JavaScript Development https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1484232488/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_aCn3AbXHX24T6

The best resource I've found is the Mac SysAdmins Slack group. Unfortunately, information is very sparse on MDM best practices. Everything is tied to Jamf, which is fine, but a lot of people (myself included) are using other MDM solutions because they better suit our needs. For example: We're a cloud based company. Everything is in Gsuite, and we're using a cloud-based IM solution (think Okta / Jumpcloud). The solution we chose isn't Jamf.

A book is coming out next year that seems vendor netural. I highly recommend you buy it. https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Device-Management-Managing-AppleTVs/dp/1484253876

https://www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Own-Budget-Hobbyists/dp/0071842373/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

I'm still looking but this is the closest thing I found so far.
https://www.amazon.com/Kids-Commodore-64-Edward-Carlson/dp/0881901725

I suggest reading Inside the IBM PC by Peter Norton. It explains how this was done in older computers. Today the fundamentals are pretty much the same, but there's a lot more complexity with caches and other newer technologies.

>As a layman, do you have a way that I may be able to use as far as learning some of these things? How do I begin? What is a good source?

Help with learning computers?

If you want to learn about computers I'd recommend this book. They use it in my college's equivalent of computer 101. Very accessible, easy to understand.

It's long as it's comprehensive, but you don't need to read it all cover to cover! When you see a section on like, how does hard drives or optical drives work with their explanations you can just skip that section if you're not interested. You could come back to it later if you want or read it then and there if you're curious. I will say as a bit of a tech person the exact way an optical disc is read or how platter drives read data has never come up. [Other than a brief why platter "spinny" hard drives are risker and slower than solid state hard drives.]

This edition is from 2012. Info still good although the sections talking about 'cutting edge' tech is not as cutting anymore, but that wouldn't matter for your purposes. 8-10$ for the book including SH.
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Computers-Today-Tomorrow-Comprehensive/dp/1133190243/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=

This edition is from 2014. The cutting edge sections are more cutting edge than 2012, but it still doesn't matter too heavily for your purposes. About $25 w/SH included.
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Computers-Today-Tomorrow-Comprehensive/dp/1285767276/

Give this a go before you ask any more stupid questions.