In an attempt to minimize the chances that this can occur, this book will always work with fixed versions/builds of any third-party component that can be handled using the configuration files. However, some of them, such as Visual Studio and/or .NET framework updates, might be out of that scope and might bring havoc to the project. The source code might cease to work, or Visual Studio can suddenly be unable to properly compile it.
When something like that happens, the less experienced reader will always be tempted to put the blame on the book itself. Some of them may even start thinking something like this:
Alternatively, they may think like this: ...