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Pro .NET 2.0 Graphics Programming

2009-10-10T19:13:00.000-07:00

Whether you are using Windows Forms to build rich-client business applications, or the ASP.NET 2.0 framework to build powerful web applications or web services, the use of well-designed graphics will greatly enhance their usability, impact, and visual appeal. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the use of graphics in .NET applications and aims to provide you with all the information you need to build effective custom controls.

The opening section of the book investigates the .NET Framework classes that implement graphics. It covers all of the classes, methods, and techniques needed to create, manipulate, and display precise graphics in a form, a page being sent to a printer, or an image.

On this foundation, the second section describes how to design and build effective custom controls for use in a business environment. Topics covered include building composite controls, implementing keyboard navigation, and enhancing design-time support.

The final section of the book explores the use of GDI+ and ASP.NET to build custom controls that can provide reusable, GUI components for web projects, and to deliver customized graphics over the Internet.

About the Author
Eric White is an independent software consultant with over twenty years of experience building management information systems, accounting systems, and other types of rich-client and n -tier database applications. He has written custom controls in numerous windowing systems, including all versions of Microsoft Windows since 2.0, Macintosh, OS/2, X/Motif, and others. White has particular interest in object-oriented design methodologies, including use case analysis, UML, and design patterns. After years of working with too many varieties of technologies to list, he currently specializes in C#, Visual Basic .NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, XML, COM+, GDI+, SQL Server, and other Microsoft technologies.

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Pro .NET 2.0 Code and Design Standards in C#

2009-10-09T20:53:00.001-07:00

This book is special, because for the first time you get an easy-to-follow set of code and design standards that addresses the basic needs of .NET developers and application architects. The material is presented in a “what, why, where, and how” format, so its easy to understand a given topic and apply the solution.

The format facilitates fast understanding and quick referencejust what you need when youre under pressure. The authors have done the research for you, and they identify and discuss common options. Where there is a choice, there is analysis to guide you.

Techniques are reusable across all versions of .NET and beyond. Pro .NET 2.0 Code and Design Standards in C# is intuitive and based on industry best practices. While it showcases the C# language, its universal style makes it suitable for all .NET development projects, whatever the language.

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Practical WPF Graphics Programming

2009-10-09T20:49:00.000-07:00

The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a next generation graphics platform that is part of .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5. It allows you to build advanced user interfaces that incorporate documents, media, 2D and 3D graphics, animations, and web-like characteristics. “Practical WPF Graphics Programming” provides all the tools you need to develop professional graphics applications using WPF and C#. This book will be useful for WPF and C# programmers of all skill levels. It provides a complete and comprehensive explanation of the WPF graphics capability, and pays special attention to the details of code implementation. The book shows you how to create a variety of graphics ranging from simple 2D shapes to complex 3D surfaces and interactive 3D models. It includes over 120 code examples, which cover broad array of topics on WPF graphics programming. You will learn how to create a full range of 2D and 3D graphics applications and how to implement custom 3D geometries and shapes that can be reused in your WPF projects. Please visit the author’s website for more information about this book at www.authors.unicadpublish.com/~jack_xu.

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Practical .NET for Financial Markets

2009-09-29T19:06:00.001-07:00

This unique book examines up-to-the-minute uses of technology in financial markets and then explains how you can profit from that knowledge. To participate in mainstream .NET development, you must address the changes in financial markets by using the most sophisticated tools available, Microsoft .NET technology.

Software developers and architects, IT pros, and tech-savvy business users alike will find this book comprehensive and relevant. Each chapter presents problems and solutions that cover business aspects and relevant .NET features. Each aspect of .NET is analyzed in its proper context, so you’ll understand why it is relevant and applicable in a real-life business case.

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Performance Testing Microsoft .NET Web Applications

2009-09-26T07:43:00.000-07:00

Performance tuning is increasingly important as desktop applications move to a Web-centric, software-as-a-service model. Performance analysis and turning ensures that .NET-based applications perform as well as or better than traditional desktop applications. Direct from a team at Microsoft that has analyzed hundreds of Web-based and .NET-based applications, this book shows developers how to plan and execute performance tests, configure profile tools, analyze data from Microsoft Internet Information Services, analyze transaction costs, and more.

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Practical .NET 2.0 Networking Projects

2009-09-25T07:45:00.000-07:00

Practical .NET 2.0 Networking Projects demonstrates some of the key networking technologies that are being made easily accessible through .NET Framework 2.0. It discusses communication between wired machines and between networks and mobile devices. The book teaches you about the technologies by walking you through sample projects in a straightforward and direct way.

The book begins by discussing background theory so you’ll get comfortable with the layout of the .NET Framework and Compact Framework from a networking perspective. Then you’ll use the APIs within these frameworks to build a variety of cutting-edge networking applications that cover everything from Bluetooth and RFID communication to sockets programming and chat servers. You’ll build working examples for each project, which you can also customize and use for your own purposes. The featured projects cover

Basic introduction to network programming in .NET 2.0
Sockets programming
Serial communication
Bluetooth and GPS
Infrared networking to mobile devices
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OOP with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C#(TM) .NET Step by Step

2009-09-24T07:42:00.000-07:00

This intuitive, self-paced learning title is designed to help any developer master the basics of object-oriented programming (OOP) with Microsoft Visual Basic.NET or Microsoft Visual C#. This step-by-step guide provides readers with clear, peer-level language, while it illustrates concepts with concrete, engaging examples, and coding practice exercises. Readers learn how to create and implement objects, master fully object-oriented design, migrate to Microsoft .NET programming and more.

ODP.NET Developer’s Guide: Oracle Database 10g Development with Visual Studio 2005 and the Oracle Data Provider for .NET

2009-09-23T07:40:00.000-07:00

ODP.NET Developer's Guide: Oracle Database 10g Development with Visual Studio 2005 and the Oracle Data Provider for .NET

Book Description
This is a practical guide to working with the Oracle 10g v10.2 database from Visual Studio .NET 2005, using Oracle Data Provider for .NET and Oracle Developer Tools. ODP.NET optimizes Oracle database access from a .NET environment, allowing developers to leverage advanced Oracle database functionality, including Real Application Clusters, XML DB, and advanced security, using VB.NET, C#, or any .NET language. With many hands-on examples the book provides the in-depth information to use ODP.NET and Oracle Developer Tools from Visual Studio 2005. After introducing ODP.NET, it covers using SQL, PL/SQL, LOBs, and XML DB through ODP.NET; developing Web Applications, Web Services, and Mobile Applications; and finally Oracle Developer Tools for VS.NET. All the code examples use Visual Basic.NET 2005. This book is for professional .NET developers with a minimum knowledge of Oracle SQL and PL/SQL who need to work with and take full advantage of the Oracle Database 10g using Visual Studio 2005.

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Object Oriented Programming in VB.Net

2009-09-22T07:38:00.000-07:00

This book takes an object-oriented approach to introduce Visual Basic .NET. The author begins by covering object-oriented analysis, design, and modeling using UML. He then moves into a detailed discussion of objects and clasess, after which, readers begin develoing their own short programs. Advanced topics such as data structures, components, and distributed/Internet programming are also covered. Programmers interested in learning the Visual Basic .NET programming language.

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Obfuscating .NET: Protecting Your Code from Prying Eyes

2009-09-20T10:48:00.000-07:00

Updated for Visual Studio 2005 Did you know you actually ship your source code every time you distribute a .NET assembly?

One of the consequences of the architecture of .NET is that a great deal of information about an assembly is kept with the assembly in a part of the file called the Manifest. This information makes it remarkably easy to not just reverse engineer the assembly, but to decompile it, make modifications, then recompile it. While such reverse engineering has always been possible, it is extraordinarily easy with .NET - a situation that is a significant problem to anyone distributing .NET applications or components who is concerned about protecting their intellectual property.

In this PDF E-Book, you’ll learn about a technique called Obfuscation, that can help you avoid this problem. And you’ll receive an in depth look at one particular approach to obfuscating your .NET assemblies, along with a link to a free download of Desaware’s open source QND-Obfuscator.

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Did you know you actually ship your source code every time you distribute a .NET assembly?

One of the consequences of the architecture of .NET is that a great deal of information about an assembly is kept with the assembly in a part of the file called the Manifest. This information makes it remarkably easy to not just reverse engineer the assembly, but to decompile it, make modifications, then recompile it. While such reverse engineering has always been possible, it is extraordinarily easy with .NET - a situation that is a significant problem to anyone distributing .NET applications or components who is concerned about protecting their intellectual property.

In this PDF E-Book, you’ll learn about a technique called Obfuscation, that can help you avoid this problem. And you’ll receive an in depth look at one particular approach to obfuscating your .NET assemblies, along with a link to a free download of Desaware’s open source QND-Obfuscator.

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NHibernate in Action

2009-09-19T10:33:00.000-07:00

In the classic style of Manning’s “In Action” series, NHibernate in Action shows .NET developers how to use the NHibernate Object/Relational Mapping tool. This book is a translation from Java to .NET, as well as an expansion, of Manning’s bestselling Hibernate in Action. All traces of Java have been carefully replaced by their .NET equivalents. The book shows how to implement complex business objects, and later teaches advanced techniques like caching and session management. Readers will discover how to implement persistence in a .NET application, and how to configure NHibernate to specify the mapping information between business objects and database tables. Readers will also be introduced to the internal architecture of NHibernate by progressively building a complete sample application using Agile methodologies.

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Network Programming in .NET With C# and Visual Basic

2009-09-18T10:30:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this book is to provide tools to design and implement network-orientated applications in .NET. It is also a guide for software designers to choose the best and most efficient way to implement mission critical solutions. The book addresses real-world issues facing professional developers, such as using third-party components as opposed in-house development. It differentiates itself from existing .NET publications because it is aimed at experienced professionals and concentrates on practical, ready-to-use information. The book is written in two languages C# and VB.NET, and covers never-before published information on Telephony in .NET and packet-level networking.

This is the second book in the Digital Press Software Development Series.

· Coverage of lower level protocols allows implementation of performance-centric applications
· Demonstrates the feasibility of developing telephony solutions in-house rather than outsourcing
· Written in VB.NET and C# to assist readers working in either language
· Coverage of Email, FTP and the WWW allows implementation of applications in all three areas

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Network Programming for Microsoft Windows , Second Edition

2009-09-17T10:14:00.000-07:00

This updated edition provides the latest information about how to write applications that take advantage of the advanced networking protocols and technologies that Microsoft Windows XP supports. The book includes code samples in the Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C++, and Microsoft Visual C#(tm) development systems.

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MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

2009-09-16T10:12:00.000-07:00

Overview:

MSDN Library provides access to essential programming information, including technical reference documentations, white papers, software development kits and code samples necessary to develop web services and applications. This is an updated version of the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 and this library contains Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 documentation.

Updated content sets in MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 include:

* Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 documentation
* Visual Studio 2008 general documentation updates
* Windows Developer documentation updates
* Microsoft Knowledge Base
* And More…

System Requirements:

* Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2
* Minimum: 1.6GHz CPU, 384MB RAM, 800×600 Display, 4200 RPM HD
* Recommended: 2.2GHZ CPU, 1024MB RAM, 1280×1024 Display, 7200 RPM HD
* Running on Windows Vista: 2.4GHz CPU, 768 MB RAM
* 1.6 GB of available hard-disk space on installation drive for Minimum install type
* 2.5 GB available hard-disk space on installation drive for Full install type

Notes:

* MSDN Library is integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Help by default and is integrated into the F1 Help function. However, the MSDN Library can also be installed and viewed as a stand-alone reference, and does not require Visual Studio 2008.
* Concurrent installations of the Visual Studio Express Library and the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 on the same computer will cause content redundancy, including duplicate search hits. If the Visual Studio Express Library has already been installed on your computer, please uninstall it before beginning installation of the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1.

File Name: VS2008SP1MSDNENUX1506188.iso
Version: VS2008SP1
Date Published: 8/11/2008
Language: English
Download Size: 2205.9 MB

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More Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C#

2009-09-15T10:09:00.000-07:00

In More Effective C#, Microsoft C# MVP and Regional Director Bill Wagner introduces fifty brand-new ways to write more efficient and more robust software. This all-new book follows the same format as Wagner’s best-selling Effective C# (Addison-Wesley, 2005), providing clear, practical explanations, expert tips, and plenty of realistic code examples.

Wagner shows how to make the most of powerful innovations built into Microsoft’s new C# 3.0 and .NET Framework 3.5, as well as advanced C# language capabilities not covered in his previous book. Drawing on his unsurpassed C# experience, the author reveals new best practices for working with LINQ, generics, metaprogramming, and many other features. He also uncovers practices that compromise performance or reliability and shows exactly how to avoid them.

More Effective C# shows how to

Use generics to express your design intent more effectively
Master advanced generics techniques, such as constraints, method constraints, and generic specialization
Use the multithreaded techniques you’ll need to work with the .NET framework every day
Express modern design idioms using the rich palette of C# language features
Successfully mix object oriented and functional programming constructs
Create composable interfaces and avoid confusion in public interfaces
Use extension methods to separate contracts from implementation
Program successfully with C# closures and anonymous types
Write more effective LINQ queries
Make the most of LINQ Lazy Evaluation Queries and Lambda Expressions
Distinguish and convert between delegates and expression trees
Efficiently utilize nullable types and partial classes
Use implicit properties for mutable, nonserializable data

You’re already a successful C# programmer–this book can help you become an outstanding one.

About the Author

Bill Wagner, cofounder of SRT Solutions, has developed commercial software for more than twenty years and led design for many successful engineering and enterprise Microsoft Windows products. He has been a Microsoft Regional Director since 2003 and a Microsoft MVP for C# since 2005. Wagner consults routinely with the C# team on new features for forthcoming versions of C#. He has a regular column in Visual Studio Magazine and speaks frequently at conferences and user groups. His tutorials and advanced essays have appeared in MSDN Magazine, MSDN Online, .NET Insight, .NET DJ, and the MSDN C# Team Developer Center. Wagner is also the author of the best-selling Effective C# (Addison-Wesley, 2005).

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Model-Based Software Testing and Analysis with C#

2009-09-14T09:58:00.000-07:00

This book teaches new methods for specifying, analyzing, and testing software; essentials for creating high-quality software. These methods increase the automation in each of these steps, making them more timely, more thorough, and more effective. The authors work through several realistic case studies in-depth and detail, using a toolkit built on the C# language and the .NET framework.

Readers can also apply the methods in analyzing and testing systems in many other languages and frameworks. Intended for professional software developers including testers, and for university students, this book is suitable for courses on software engineering, testing, specification, or applications of formal methods.

About the Author
Jonathan Jacky is a research scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is experienced in embedded control systems, safety-critical systems, signal processing, and scientific computing. He has taught at the Evergreen State College and has been a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research. He is the author of The Way of Z: Practical Programming with Formal Methods. Colin Campbell has worked on model-based testing and analysis techniques for a number of years in industry, including Microsoft Research. He is a principal of the consulting firm Modeled Computation LLC in Seattle (www.modeled-computation.com). His current interests include design analysis, the modeling of reactive and distributed systems, and the integration of components in large systems. Margus Veanes is a researcher in the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) group at Microsoft Research and a co-designer and co-developer of the Spec Explorer tool. Wolfram Schulte is a research area manager at Microsoft Research, managing the FSE group, the Programming Languages and Methods (PLM) group, and the Software Design and Implementation (SDI) group.

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Migrating Unmanaged Applications to .NET

2009-09-13T09:55:00.000-07:00

Migrating Unmanaged Applications to .NET

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Microsoft Visual Web Developer(TM) 2005 Express Edition: Build a Web Site Now

2009-09-05T08:36:00.000-07:00

With this lively, eye-opening, and hands-on book, all you need is a computer and the desire to learn how to create Web pages now using Visual Web Developer Express Edition! Featuring a full working edition of the software, this fun and highly visual guide walks you through a complete Web page project from set-up to launch. You'll get an introduction to the Microsoft Visual Studio environment and learn how to put the lightweight, easy-to-use tools in Visual Web Developer Express to work right away building your first, dynamic Web pages with Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0. You'll get expert tips, coaching, and visual examples at each step of the way, along with pointers to additional learning resources.

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed

2009-09-04T08:34:00.000-07:00

Microsoft® Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed is an end-to-end, deep dive into the Visual Studio development environment. It’s meant to provide you guidance on how you can squeeze the ultimate productivity out of the many features built into the .NET development tools. Understanding how to use your tools will make you a better developer. This book was written with that premise as its focus.

The authors have folded in real-world development experience alongside detailed information about the IDE. The result is practical, easy-to-employ information that will make you a more productive and complete developer. This book also helps to ease your transition from other development environments and former versions of Visual Studio.

Finally, this book provides an entire section dedicated to Visual Studio Team System. It will help you understand how the Team Architect, Team Developer, Team Database Developer, and Team Tester work with the Team Foundation Server to increase team collaboration, visibility, and productivity.

Microsoft® Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed provides straight, to-the-point answers to common developer questions about the IDE.

Detailed Information on…

What’s new in Visual Studio 2008
Working with solutions, projects, editors, and designers
Writing ASP.NET applications
Writing and consuming Web Services using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Writing Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications
Creating and hosting workflow-based applications using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Working with data and databases
Refactoring code
Debugging code
Automating the IDE
Writing macros, add-ins, and wizards
Using team collaboration and the Visual Studio Team System products
Managing source code changes
Tracking projects with Team Foundation Server and work items
Modeling applications
Performing unit, web, and load testing
Working with Team Foundation Build

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Total Video Training

2009-09-03T08:32:00.000-07:00

Title: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Productivity with .NET Framework 2.0
Category: Development & Programming
Presenter: Asli Bilgin

Asli Bilgin is an industry recognized speaker on the latest advancements with Microsoft technologies, and serves as a contributing editor to various technical publications. Asli’s latest book Mastering Database Programming with Visual Basic.NET (Sybex), has been translated into six languages and serves as the curriculum for college and post-graduate institutions in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, and India.

Platform: Windows
Format: DVD-ROM & Online
Running Time: 7 Hrs, 2 DVDs
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Project Files: Included
Solutions: Multi-User Education Government International More
Description: These self-guided lessons from Total Training help you increase your knowledge and understanding of Visual Studio. Whether you are looking to stay competitive or just keep up to date on the latest Microsoft technology, this series is your ticket to success. Get warmed up with some basics on building smart client and web applications, as well as exception handling, debugging and security considerations. See how you can rapidly build applications using the productivity features of Visual Studio 2005.

Note: The source code within this training is implemented in visual C# and VB.net

Highlights
Learn how to be more productive and obtain faster results with Windows Forms Applications and Web Form Applications.
Discover how to produce dynamic desktop, smart client and web applications.
Streamline communication and collaborate more effectively within your software teams with the Web Site Administration Tool.
Take steps to ensure quality early and often throughout the development process.
Understand how to build a robust user interface with ASP.NET 2.0.
*Subscriptions to Total Training Online are only available via annual plans. The $249.99 per year is the price of the lowest subscription plan available. The full subscription price is a one-time charge and will be billed to your account at the time of purchase. Total Training Online subscriptions are non-refundable.

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Microsoft Visual C++ .NET Professional Projects

2009-09-02T08:30:00.000-07:00

Sripriya Kishore
ISBN 13: 978-1-931841-31-3 © 2002
ISBN 10: 1-931841-31-4
Publish date: March 2, 2002
1064 pages
Softcover
Description

Use Visual C++ .NET to accomplish real-world, professional tasks. Incorporating ten hands-on projects, this book is your key to unlocking the power of Visual C++ .NET. Each project focuses on a specific concept and is based on a real-world situation. You will be able to use the skills that you develop throughout the book to modify the projects to fit your professional needs.
Table of Contents

Introduction
Part 1: Introducing VC++.NET
1. Basics of .NET Framework
2. Basics of VC++.NET Programming
3. Creating a User Interface
4. Working with Menus, Dialog Boxes, and Window Controls
5. The Document/View Architecture
6. Threads
Part 2: Professional Project 1
7. Database Management Using ODBC - An Overview
8. Implementing Data Access Technologies
9. Debugging and Exception Handling in VC++.NET
Part 3: Professional Project 2
10. Introduction to Managed Extensions
11. Introduction to GDI+, Events, and Delegates
12. Creating a Managed Extensions Application
Part 4: Professional Project 3
13 - Introduction to ADO.NET
14 - Implementing ADO.NET in a Managed C++ Application
Part 5: Professional Project 4
15 - Introduction to ASP.NET
16 - Creating a Class Library and Using it in an ASP.NET Application
Part 6: Professional Project 5
17. Introduction to COM
18. Introductino to Attribute-Based Programming
19. Implementing COM Using ATL
Part 7: Professional Project 6
20. Introduction to ATL Server
21. Creating a Guest Book Application
Part 8: Professional Project 7
22. Introduction to Web Sevices and Related Technologies
23. Creating a Web Service using Managed Extensions
24. Creating Web Service Using ATL Server
Part 9: Professional Project 8
25. Overview of Assemblies, Manifests in .NET, and Interoperability with COM
26. Implementation of COM and .NET Interoperability
27. Using COM+ Services from .NET Assemblies
Part 10: Professional Project 9
28. XML with VC++.NET
Part 11: Professional Project 10
29. Implementing Networking
30. Introducing Remote
31. Implementing Remoting
Appendices:
A: The .NET Vision and Goals
B: The .NET Server Family
C: Namespaces and Attributes
D: Migrating Unmanaged Code to Managed Code
E: Basics of C#

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Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmer’s Cookbook

2009-09-01T08:27:00.001-07:00

Filled with the code recipes that developers need, this is the logical place to start building development projects or to learn more about Visual Basic .NET. With a generous helping of code examples, code snippets, and solutions to common development prob

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Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Professional Projects

2009-08-31T05:51:00.000-07:00

Learn how you can use Visual Basic .NET to accomplish real-world professional tasks. Incorporating five hands-on projects, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Professional Projects is your key to unlocking the power of Visual Basic .NET. Each project focuses on a specific Visual Basic .NET concept and is based on a real-world situation. You will be able to use the skills thaty ou develop throughout the book to modify the projects to fit your professional needs.

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2009-08-30T05:49:00.000-07:00

Teach yourself the fundamentals of working with Visual Basic 2008 one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you re a beginning programmer or new to this specific language, you ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for Visual Basic 2008 and rapidly build robust, elegant applications. Each chapter puts you to work, showing you how, when, and why to use the latest features of Visual Basic guiding you each step of the way as you create actual components and working applications for Windows. You ll also explore data management and Web-based development topics. PLUS get practice files with sample code and data sets on the companion CD.
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2009-08-29T05:45:00.000-07:00

This course provides an introduction to the Visual Basic 2005 language. You’ll cover the basics of the language that include such areas as object-oriented programming and working with databases. This course will provide you with enough of a basis so you’ll be ready to tackle a variety of scenarios that may come up in your development work. With Visual Basic 2005 you’ll be able to build a variety of applications including Windows applications, web applications, web services, console applications, and more. All of these types of applications are available to Visual Basic 2005 because it creates applications to run right on the .NET framework. VB 2005 may have dropped the term “dot net” from it’s name, but it continues to create applications that take advantage of the powerful features of the .NET framework.

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Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programing

2009-08-28T05:44:00.000-07:00

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Microsoft C# Professional Projects

2009-08-27T05:39:00.000-07:00

Use C# to accomplish real-world, professional tasks. C# Professional Projects is your key to unlocking the power of C#. Each project focuses on a specific concept and is based on a real-world situation. Enhance your skills as you work through six projects including creating a customer maintenance system, an employee record system, a creative learning windows application, an airline reservation portal, a Web portal for a bookstore, and a mobile application project. When you are finished, you will have the skills necessary to modify projects to fit your professional needs.

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Your guide to unlocking the power of C#. Enhance your skills as you work through six projects including creating a customer maintenance system, an employee record system, a creative learning windows application, a Web portal for a bookstore, and a mobile application project. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

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Microsoft C# Language Specifications

2009-08-26T05:37:00.000-07:00

C# is a modern, object-oriented language that enables programmers to quickly build a wide range of applications for the next-generation Microsoft .NET platform. Because of its elegant design, which combines the raw power of C++ with the simplicity of Visual Basic, C# is a great choice for architecting a wide range of components-from high-level business objects to system-level applications. Get a head start on developing in C# with this first printed look at the complete C# language specification. This MSDN guide includes the essential features and basic concepts of the C# language, plus in-depth analysis of the lexical structure of the language. It also provides details about types, variables, conversions, expressions, statements, namespaces, classes, structures, arrays, interfaces, enumerators, delegates, exceptions, and attributes; information on how C# simplifies coding by omitting pointers as a data type-or lets you get closer to the hardware by declaring and operating on pointers in unsafe code-a list of attributes used for creating programs that interoperate with COM programs, plus a list of other key references.

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Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix Starter Kit

2009-08-25T05:36:00.000-07:00

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Microsoft ASP.NET Setup and Configuration Pocket Reference

2009-08-24T05:33:00.000-07:00

Here’s the utterly practical, pocket-sized reference for developers creating dynamic, high-performance Web applications with ASP.NET. This unique book provides essential details for working with the ASP.NET configuration infrastructure, including editing and using web.config files, the architecture of asp.net.config files, configuration sections, settings and values for all System.

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2009-08-23T05:32:00.000-07:00

Your hands-on, self-study guide for building Web applications and services with ASP.NET and Visual Basic .NET version 2003Teach yourself how to write high-performance Web applications with ASP.NET and Visual Basic .NET–one step at a time. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamental tools and technologies, including the common language runtime, Web Forms, XML Web services, and Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1–with coverage that’s fully up-to-date with the innovations in Visual Basic .NET version 2003. Work at your own pace through the easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on exercises to learn essential techniques. And accelerate your productivity by working with instructive code examples and best practices for ASP.NET Web development with Visual Basic .NET.

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Microsoft ASP.NET Professional Projects

2009-08-22T05:26:00.000-07:00

Teaches Web developers how to buid powerful applications using .NET Framework and Microsoft’s ASP.NET.

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Microsoft ASP.NET Fast & Easy Web Development

2009-08-20T08:36:00.000-07:00

Don’t spend your time wading through manuals to learn ASP .NET. Spend it doing what you do best–creating Web pages! Begin with an introduction to the .NET initiative, and then work your way through the concepts of ASP .NET, Visual Basic .NET, and ADO .NET. By the time you finish, you’ll be using ASP .NET to create custom applications. Combining easy-to-understand instructions with visual examples, Microsoft ASP .NET Fast & Easy Web Development offers a unique, hands-on approach to ASP .NET that you won’t find anywhere else!

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Microsoft ASP.NET Coding Strategies with the Microsoft ASP.NET Team

2009-08-19T08:34:00.000-07:00

Paperback: 336 pages
Data: November 12, 2003
Format: CHM

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2009-08-18T08:32:00.000-07:00

Build rich, dynamic, and interactive web applications with the Microsoft AJAX Library. This video series, presented by Asli Bilgin, explores not only the slick user interface controls, but goes deeper into the backbone of a web application. You’ll also learn how to work with security, data access, and services orientation so that you can build a robust end-to-end application using Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX and the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.
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2009-08-17T08:31:00.000-07:00

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Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Step By Step

2009-08-16T08:28:00.000-07:00

The Web application infrastructure ASP.NET, introduced as part of version 1.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework, provides the thin-client counterpart to Microsoft Windows- client development. With dramatic improvements in performance, productivity, and security features, Microsoft Visual Studio- 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 deliver a simplified, high-performance, and powerful Web development experience. ASP.NET 2.0 features a new set of controls and infrastructure that simplify Web-based data access and include functionality that facilitates code reuse, visual consistency, and aesthetic appeal. Now you can teach yourself the essentials of working with ASP.NET 2.0 in the Visual Studio environment#151;one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you’re a beginning programmer or new to this version of the technology, you’ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for ASP.NET 2.0. Each chapter puts you to work, showing you how, when, and why to use specific features of the ASP.NET 2.0 rapid application development environment and guiding you as you create actual components and working applications for the Web, including advanced features such as personalization.

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Microsoft AJAX Library Essentials: Client-side ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 Explained

2009-08-15T08:13:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
ISBN: 1847190987
Paperback: 300 pages
Data: Jul 2007
Format: PDF
Description: A practical tutorial to enhancing the user experience of your ASP.NET web applications with the final release of the Microsoft AJAX Library:
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Microsoft .NET Remoting

2009-08-14T08:09:00.000-07:00

This title shows developers how to build Internet-based, distributed applications using Microsoft .NET Remoting, which enables powerful remote interaction among objects. A fundamental understanding of .NET Remoting is crucial as developers shift to developing distributed, Internet-based applications. Until recently, DCOM was the preferred method for developing distributed applications on Microsoft platforms. But as this book demonstrates, the .NET Remoting architecture is much easier to use and extend than DCOM. The book covers all aspects of .NET Remoting, including in-depth coverage of the .NET Remoting architecture plus concrete examples, best practices, and performance tips to show how to extend and customize the framework.

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Microsoft ADO.NET (Core Reference)

2009-08-13T08:11:00.000-07:00

This core reference demonstrates how to use ActiveX Data Objects.NET (ADO.NET) to access, sort, and manipulate data in enterprise-wide, Web-enabled applications. Readers learn best practices for writing, testing, and debugging database application code using the new tools and wizards in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET-with code on a companion CD, plus insider tips. The book also describes the ADO .NET object model, its XML features for Web extensibility, integration with Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and more.

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Microsoft .NET Framework Professional Projects

2009-08-12T08:07:00.000-07:00

Use .NET Framework to accomplish real-world, professional tasks. Incorporating eleven hands-on projects, Microsoft .NET Framework Professional Projects is your key to unlocking the power of .NET Framework. Each project focuses on a specific concept and is based on a real-world situation. Use Visual Studio.NET, C#, and Visual Basic .NET as you create XML schemas and measure system performance. You will be able to use the skills that you develop throughout the book to modify the projects to fit your professional needs.

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Microsoft .NET Distributed Applications

2009-08-11T08:03:00.000-07:00

Graduate from programming desktop applications to designing, developing, and implementing distributed applications using best practices for the Microsoft .NET Framework. This book takes developers beyond the basics with .NET to show how to use .NET techno

Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Kick Start

2009-08-10T08:01:00.000-07:00

The primary goal of .NET Compact Framework is to bring the familiar experience of developing .NET applications for the desktop to the device world. Of the approximately six million Microsoft desktop developers in the world, it is estimated that perhaps two hundred thousand will turn their attention to the device world using the enabling technology of the .NET Compact Framework.To facilitate the goal of showing readers how to develop applications for the .NET Compact Framework, the book contains in-depth treatment in the following topic areas: Windows Forms and Threading, Network Programming, ADO.NET Dataset, XML Serialization, SQL CE, Web Services, and performance management. Each concept is accompanied with a sample application that illustrates its implementation on the .NET Compact Framework. For the convenience of the reader, each sample application will be offered in both C# and Visual Basic .NET. Developers can use this source code as a springboard for creating their own device side database applications.

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MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-536): Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Application Development Foundation

2009-08-09T07:51:00.000-07:00

Get in-depth exam prep for Exam 70-536, a core MCTS exam for the new Microsoft Technology Specialist and Professional Developer certifications and build real-world job skills. Includes test questions, reviews, case studies, code samples, and more.

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2009-08-08T07:59:00.000-07:00

Discover how to build applications that run on both the Microsoft .NET Framework and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)—and extend your customer reach and system shelf life. Whether your background is in .NET or J2EE, you’ll learn to implement many of the interoperability technologies available today, including Microsoft, Sun, and third-party compatibility tools. Interoperability expert Simon Guest takes a balanced look at the pros and cons of each cross-platform technology presented, including best practices, workarounds, and examples of interoperability solutions in action.

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Use .NET Remoting to enable interplatofrm connectivity
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Enable cross-platform asynchronous calling with Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) and WebSphere MQ from IBM
Implement a bridge between .NET and J2EE queues using Microsoft Host Information Server and Microsoft BizTalk Server
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2009-08-07T07:37:00.000-07:00

Book Description
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MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET Windows and Web Applications Study Guide

2009-08-06T07:33:00.000-07:00

MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET Windows and Web Applications Study Guide
Sybex; Pap/Cdr edition | ISBN: 0782141617 | 816 pages | March 21, 2003 | CHM | 21 Mb
Here’s the book you need to prepare for the Developing Web Applications (70-305) and Developing Windows-based Applications (70-306) MCAD and MCSD exams. This Study Guide provides:
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MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual C#

2009-08-05T07:32:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Microsoft Press; Har/Cdr/Dv edition (January 15, 2003) | Language: English | ISBN-10: 0735615861 | 700 pages | CHM | 1.8 MB
Learn how to build XML Web services and server components with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Visual C#™ .NET?as you prepare for MCAD or MCSD certification. Includes study guide for Exams 70-310 and 70-320, evaluation software, eBook, and testing tool.

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Maximizing ASP.NET: Real World, Object-Oriented Development

2009-08-04T07:28:00.000-07:00

Using ASP.NET, you can build Web applications that deliver unprecedented power and performance. But to make the most of ASP.NET, Web developers need to think and work very differently from the ways they’ve programmed in the past. In Maximizing ASP.NET Jeffrey Putz helps you make the transition—and reap the rewards.

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Understanding the ASP.NET object model, classes, and n-tier application architecture
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Mastering the nuts and bolts of ASP.NET IIS and Web applications
Using the ASP.NET event model to control the entire user request lifecycle
Creating special handlers for special requests
Building custom server controls: It’s easier than you think
Creating Web services from existing code and using remote services just like local objects
Using ASP.NET 2.0’s rich security and membership classes
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Taking full advantage of ASP.NET 2.0 in the Visual Studio 2005 environment
Leveraging your Web development skills in other .NET projects

Whatever your background, Maximizing ASP.NET will deepen your skills across all aspects of enterprise development: application design, test-driven development, modularization, optimization, and beyond. Packed with C# and VB.NET examples for both ASP.NET 2.0 and 1.1, this is no mere “cookbook”—it’s a superbly well-written guide to both the “hows” and “whys” of serious ASP.NET development.

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Maximizing .NET Performance (Expert’s Voice)

2009-08-03T07:25:00.000-07:00

Maximizing .NET Performance will focus on providing developers and architects with information on performance characteristics of various aspects of the .NET Framework. In addition to providing high-level material on achieving software with good performance characteristics, the book aims to educate readers on the design and implementation of the Framework, and to provide the tools and techniques to allow readers to conduct their own investigation into performance problems.

The dominant feature of the book will be the systematic analysis of performance relating to key Framework topics, like remoting, garbage collection, and threading. Rather than a ‘tips and tricks’ approach, the book aims to provide a detailed exploration of each topic, and explore the ‘whys’ and ‘by how much’ aspects of performance that are often overlooked.

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Foreword by .NET Remoting guru, Ingo RammerBACK IN 1999, the ACM published a study1 that presented a comparison of 40 independent implementations of a computationally intensive problem, created by different programmers in either Java the then-current managed runtime environment or C/C++. It concluded with the finding that interpersonal differences between the developers â€œare much larger than the average difference between Java and C/C++and that â€œperformance ratios of a factor of 30 or more are not uncommon between the median programs from the upper half versus the lower half.

This should teach you something: If you are not a guru-level C++ programmer, then the chance is quite high that a managed code implementation performs as well as the average C++ solution especially given the fact that most .NET languages simply allow you fewer possibilities to introduce subtle memory related or performance-related issues. And keep in mind that this study was conducted several years ago, and that Just-In-Time Compilation (JIT) as well as memory management and garbage collection (GC) technologies have been improved in the meantime!

This however doesnt mean that you can't create horribly slow, memory-eating applications with .NET. Thats why you should be really concerned about the other part of the studys conclusion, namely that œinterpersonal differences . . . are much larger.In essence, this means that you have to know about how to optimize your applications so that they run with the expected performance in a managed environment. Even though .NET frees you from a lot of tasks that in C++ would have been your responsibility as a developer, these tasks still exist; these €œlittle puppets have only cleared the main stage and now live in some little corner behind the scenes. If you want your application to run in the top performance range, you will still need to find the right strings to pull to move these hidden figures and to basically keep them out of the way of negatively affecting your applicationâ€™s performance. (Lutz Prechtelt, Comparing Java vs. C/C++ Efficiency Differences to Interpersonal Differences Communications of the ACM 42, no. 10 (October 1999): 109â€“112) But knowing about the common language runtimeâ€™s internals is still not enough, as lots of performance issues actually turn up during application design and not just during the coding stage. Collections, remoting, interoperability with unmanaged code, and COM components are not the only things that come to my mind in this regard. It is the aim of Nickâ€™s book to enable you to understand the design issues as well as the underlying CLR mechanisms in order to create the programs that run on the better side of the 30-times performance difference quoted in the ACM study. Nick really managed to create a book that addresses these issues, which will otherwise turn up when carelessly coding to a managed environment. This book will allow you to get into the details without being overwhelmed by the underlying complexity of the common language runtime. The only thing you have to resist after reading the book is the urge to over optimize your code. I was delighted to see that Nick begins with a discussion of identifying an applications performance-critical sections and only later turns towards isolating and resolving these real performance bottlenecks. This is, in my opinion, one of the most important tasks”and also one of the most complex one when working with large-scale applications. And now read on and enjoy the ride to the better side of a 30-fold performance difference.

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Mastering Web Development With Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

2009-08-02T07:23:00.000-07:00

Be Right at Home in the World’s Most Powerful Web Development Environment

For large-scale web application development, Visual Studio 2005 is the most capable product around. This book shows team members and leaders how to use its power in several key dimensions. You’ll master dozens of built-in features for creating a large, high-performance website based on ASP.NET 2.0. You’ll work seamlessly with dynamic data, both reading from and writing to databases. And throughout, you’ll learn how Visual Studio 2005 supports a more efficient group process in terms of design, development, and deployment. And everything is brought together with the enterprise-scale example, “ABC Incorporated,” that runs throughout the book. This is a book no web developer, and no web-dependent organization, should be without.

Coverage Includes

Reaping the benefits of master pages and themes
Generating site maps and other navigational aids automatically
Building a shopping cart application for your website
Adding search functionality to your website
Creating a flexible user environment using Webpart technology
Increasing application performance using client-side and server-side scripting technologies
Giving users the ability to change the website’s theme to meet specific needs
Using components and controls to add special effects and user customization
Improving team efficiency using modern development and design techniques
Monitoring and responding to usage statistics
Combining technologies to get the best possible results from large applications
Making your site accessible to everyone

Master Standards-Based Web Development Techniques New to Visual Studio 2005

Discover How Visual Studio 2005 Solves Team Development Issues, Such as Source Code Control and Application Design

Simplify Database Application Development without Compromising Security or Reliability

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Mastering Visual C# .NET

2009-08-01T07:15:00.000-07:00

Get Everything You Can Out of Visual C# and the .NET Framework

Mastering Visual C# .NET is the best resource for getting everything you can out of the new C# language and the .NET Framework. You’ll master C# language essentials, quickly taking advantage of the many improvements it offers over C++ and see tons of examples that show you all the ways that .NET can make your programming more efficient and your applications more powerful. You’ll learn how to create stand-alone applications, as well as build Windows, web, and database applications. You’ll even see how to develop web services—a technology that holds great promise for the future of distributed application.

Coverage includes:
Mastering the fundamentals and advanced aspects of the C# language
Using Visual Studio .NET for increased coding productivity and debugging
Creating distributed applications with remoting and web services
Understanding object-oriented concepts
Delivering data across the Internet with web services
Using XML to communicate with other applications
Accessing databases with ADO.NET
Building Windows applications
Creating web applications using ASP.NET
Reading and writing data from/to files or the Internet
Using advanced data structures to store and manipulate information
Using multi-threading for greater application efficiency
Using reflection to manipulate running code
Building distributed applications with remoting and web services
Securing code and authenticating users
Using built-in encryption facilities
Making your applications world-ready
Parsing strings with regular expressions
Using delegates to handle runtime events
Programming defensively with exception handling

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Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2008

2009-07-31T02:04:00.000-07:00

Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 continues the approach of its previous editions by providing thorough, expert coverage of VB 2008, from the core of the language and user interface design to developing data-driven applications and Web applications. The material is aimed at beginners with some programming background to experienced programmers, with emphasis on intermediate and advanced development topics. The book will contain numerous example programs that readers can use as starting points for building their own applications, and each chapter ends with review exercises to help readers solidify their knowledge.

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Mastering C# Database Programming

2009-07-30T02:02:00.000-07:00

Enter a New World of Database Programming
C# and ADO.NET facilitate the development of a new generation of database applications, including remote applications that run on the Web. Mastering C# Database Programming is the resource you need to thrive in this new world. Assuming no prior experience with database programming, this book teaches you every aspect of the craft, from GUI design to server development to middle-tier implementation. If you’re familiar with earlier versions of ADO, you’ll master the many new features of ADO.NET all the more quickly. You’ll also learn the importance of XML within the new .NET paradigm. Coverage includes:

* Accessing a database using C# and ADO.NET
* Using SQL to access a database
* Using Visual Studio .NET to build applications
* Creating and modifying database tables
* Understanding ADO.NET classes
* Designing, building, and deploying Web applications that access a database
* Designing, building, and deploying effective Web services
* Using SQL Server’s built-in XML capabilities
* Working with a database in a disconnected manner
* Using advanced transaction controls
* Using Transact-SQL to create stored procedures and functions in a SQL Server database

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Learning ASP.NET 3.5

2009-07-29T02:01:00.000-07:00

With this book, you will learn how to create engaging and interactive web applications using the latest version of the world’s most popular web development platform: ASP.NET with AJAX, built on the productivity-enhancing features of Visual Studio 2008. All you need to get started is a basic knowledge of HTML and a desire to produce professional quality websites. Learning ASP.NET 3.5 introduces new skills in each new chapter and offers fully annotated and fully functional examples that you can put to work immediately.

Each chapter adds detailed summaries, practice questions to ensure comprehension, and exercises so you can apply what you’ve learned to new situations. Written by the bestselling author team of Jesse Liberty, Dan Hurwitz, and Brian MacDonald, Learning ASP.NET 3.5 offers complete, up-to-date coverage of ASP.NET 3.5 and AJAX. The book includes: Chapters that are designed as a series of tutorials on different aspects of web development Examples in each chapter that illustrate how a new concept works. Different chapters feature either a single running example with several stages, or a series of smaller examples A single large example in the final chapter offers that uses everything the reader has learned VB, JavaScript, and SQL Cheat Sheet sidebars to help readers with no little or no background with those topics AJAX-style fully integrated into ASP.NET programming — the way it should be taught and used If you want to get up to speed with the world’s most popular web development technology, Learning ASP.NET 3.5 is the best resource for the job.

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Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX: A Practical Hands-on Guide

2009-07-28T01:59:00.000-07:00

With this book, web developers can build engaging and interactive sites and applications using Microsoft’s latest web development tools — ASP.NET 2.0 and the new ASP.NET AJAX framework. You learn to create applications that have all the great tricks you see on popular commercial web sites, such as order forms and the ability to interact with a database. And you can build pages that display information interactively without a page refresh. This straightforward tutorial explains how.

Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX helps you master the concepts and techniques of Microsoft’s tools with plenty of annotated examples, review quizzes, web construction exercises and chapter summaries, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. With it, you’ll learn to:

Master the fundamental skills of ASP.NET 2.0 to build professional quality web applications
Integrate new Ajax tools and CSS with ASP.NET 2.0 for flashier and more interactive sites
Build applications with minimal coding using Visual Studio or its free counterpart, Visual Web Developer
Connect your site with a database so that users can retrieve, interact and save data
Debug your application, deal with unexpected problems, and protect your site from malicious users
Use the community-maintained ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit to extend the controls that come with ASP.NET AJAX
Use personalization tools to give your site a customized look for each user

Ideal for beginning web developers, or those who are new to ASP.NET, this book gets you involved with your own learning through hands-on lessons that are clear and to the point. You get the chance to try out new techniques on the spot. Want to join the world of modern web development? This book will get you started.

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Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2005

2009-07-27T01:55:00.000-07:00

Based on the newest version of Microsoft’s VB. NET, this revision of Schneider’s best-selling guide is designed for readers with no prior computer programming experience. The author uses Visual Basic .NET 2005 to explore the fundamentals of programming, building a strong foundation that will give students a sustainable understanding of programming.

Offers a broad range of examples, case studies, exercises, and programming projects to give readers significant hands-on experience. Includes a new section on Graphics. Provides fully updated example text and data, including tax codes, social security forms/data, baseball statistics, and more. Contains all new, robust, interesting programming projects. Updates screenshots throughout using Windows XP. Bundles Visual Basic .NET Express automatically with each copy of the text. A useful reference for both beginning and experienced programmers who want to learn more about the latest version of Microsoft’s VB. NET.

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Learn C#

2009-07-26T01:57:00.000-07:00

Learn C# presents the C# programming language. It covers the language features introduced in Visual Studio versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, with an emphasis on the powerful features introduced in C# 2.0 and the great enhancements introduced in C# 3.0. The book demonstrates each language feature with ready-to-run examples and drills. Each chapter ends with a summary of the key points learned in that chapter.

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Introduction to 3D Game Engine Design Using DirectX 9 and C#

2009-07-25T01:53:00.000-07:00

Microsoft DirectX is an advanced suite of multimedia APIs built directly into Microsoft Windows operating systems. DirectX provides a standard development platform for Windows-based PCs by enabling software developers to access specialized hardware features without having to write hardware-specific code.

DirectX was first introduced in 1995 and is the recognized standard for multimedia application development on the Windows platform. Introduction to 3D Game Engine Design Using DirectX 9 and C# will illustrate the process of creating a simple 3D game engine. During this process many facets of the DirectX 9 software will be demonstrated. The C# language is used to show the power of developing a game using a Rapid Application Development (RAD) language. During the course of the book, readers will learn to develop an off-road driving game that brings such features as management of large scenes, environmental effects, and physics into play.

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Introduction to 3D Game Engine Design Using DirectX 9 and C# will illustrate the process of creating a simple 3D game engine. During this process, many facets of the DirectX 9 software will be demonstrated. The C# language is used to show the power of developing a game using a Rapid Application Development (RAD) language. In the course of the book, readers will learn to develop an off-road driving game that brings such features as management of large scenes, environmental effects, and physics into play.

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Illustrated C# 2008

2009-07-24T01:47:00.000-07:00

The unique, visual format of Illustrated C# 2008 has been specially created by author, and teacher of development methods, Daniel Solis. The concise text, use of tables to clarify language features, frequent figures and diagrams, as well as focused code samples all combine to create a unique approach that will help you understand and get to work with C# fast.

It was while teaching numerous seminars on various programming languages that the author realized the immense power diagrams have in explaining programming language concepts. Most people learn quicker and retain information better when the material is presented in a clean, simple, visual format. To achieve this result in his book, Solis uses concise text and bulleted lists, tables to clarify and summarize language features, as well as his renowned, ubiquitous figures and diagrams. Each language feature is illustrated with a concise and focused code sample for complete clarity.

Following an overview of the .NET platform and the role played by C#, you’ll soon move into exploring the C# language in its entirety, including all the new C# 2008 features right down to the most complex topics involved in C#. If you’re a C++ or VB programmer migrating to C# 2008, this book will be invaluable; the unique visual approach offers a far from lightweight treatment of C# 2008, so even the most experienced programmers will come away with a deeper understanding of the C# language.
What you’ll learn

Details of the C# 2008 language presented in a clear, concise treatment
New features in the latest version of .NET, in the author’s unique visual style
How C# differs from and is similar to other programming languages, aiding migrating C++ and VB programmers who already know how languages work

Who is this book for?

Visual Basic programmers interested in moving to C#
C++ programmers interested in moving to C#
Novice programmers interested in learning C#
Students in introductory programming classes learning C#

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Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX

2009-07-23T01:49:00.000-07:00

Get an expert introduction to the new JavaScript enhancements for Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0. More than a basic AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) script library, the Microsoft implementation brings object orientation to JavaScript, together with enhanced client-side and server-side controls that greatly simplify coding while delivering enhanced Web experiences with any browser. This book offers expert insights direct from the Microsoft product team and noted ASP authority Dino Esposito, as well as hands-on instruction and examples of Web development with AJAX. This ideal reference will be updated online until the final release, keeping readers up to date with the evolving tool. The book includes code samples in ASP.NET 2.0 created using C# and JavaScript.

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Illustrated C# 2005

2009-07-22T01:45:00.000-07:00

Illustrated C# 2005 doesnt use the traditional dense prose format of most programming texts. Rather, it presents the C# programming language in a unique visual manner. The book uses three techniques to achieve this: concise text; tables that clarify and summarize language features; and frequent figures and diagrams. Each feature is also illustrated with concise, focused code samples.

The book starts with an overview of the .NET platform and the role played by C#, then quickly delves into the language. It covers the entire C# language, including new features added in C# 2.0 as well as the most complex topics. Its an ideal read if youre a migrating C++ or VB programmer who already knows how languages work.

Despite its titlewhich might give the impression that its a lightweight treatment of the languagethis book is anything but. With its clean visual format, youll be able to learn the material more quickly and retain it better than you would with a typical C# 2005 book. Even experienced programmers may come away from it with a deeper understanding of the language.

About the Author
Daniel Solis is a contract software engineer who has worked for a number of high-profile clients, including Microsoft Consulting Services, IBM, Lockheed Martin, and PeopleSoft. He has been programming and teaching object-oriented languages and development methods throughout the US and Europe since the early days of C++. It was while teaching numerous seminars on various programming languages that he realized the immense power of diagrams in explaining programming language concepts.

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Head First C Sharp

2009-07-21T01:41:00.000-07:00

Do you want to learn C#? Programmers around the world have learned that C# lets them design great-looking programs and build them fast. With C#, you ve got a powerful programming language and a valuable tool at your fingertips. And with the Visual Studio IDE, you ll never have to spend hours writing obscure code just to get a button working. C#, Visual Studio and .NET take care of the grunt-work, and let you focus on the interesting parts of getting your programs written. Sound appealing?

Unlike other C# books, which just show you examples and expect you to just memorize them and move on, Head First C# gets you writing code from the beginning. You’re given the tools you need, and then you’re guided through fun and engaging programming projects. You’ll build programs to play a card game, explore a house, and help lazy programmers manage their sick day excuses. But it’s not all fun and games: you’ll build business applications too, like a contact database and a program to help a party planner estimate her dinner parties. You’ll build a dungeon role-playing game and a fully animated, colorful simulation of a beehive. And by the end of the book, you’ll build a fast-paced, full-featured retro Invaders arcade game.

Make no mistake: by the time you’re done with Head First C#, you’ll be able to build full-scale, complex, and highly visual programs. And you’ll have all of the C# tools you need to tackle almost any programming problem that comes your way.

Head First C# is built for your brain, using the revolutionary approach that was pioneered by the highly acclaimed and popular Head First series. You’ll never get that bored, “eyes glazed over” feeling from Head First C#, because it guides you through one challenging project after another until, by the end of the book, you’re a C# rock star!

Here’s what you’ll learn:

Core C# programming concepts
How to use the Visual Studio 2008 IDE to build, debug and run your programs
Important .NET 3.5 features, including generic collections, Windows forms, GDI+ graphics, streams, serialization and more
Using object oriented programming concepts to help you build well-designed programs
How to build robust applications with good error handling
The latest C# 3.0 features, including LINQ, object and collection initializers, automatic properties, extension methods and more

Throughout the book, you’ll confront and conquer advanced C# concepts. Some of the most mysterious ideas are demystified and explained with clear examples: how Unicode works, events and delegates, references versus value types, the stack versus the heap, what’s really going on with garbage collection, and more.

Thousands of readers have learned C# using this innovative book, including:

Beginning programmers who want to learn programming from the ground up
More advanced programmers who are proficient in another language (like Visual Basic, Java, SQL, FoxPro) and want to add C# to their toolbox
Programmers who understand basic C# syntax, but are still looking to get a handle on how objects work
Anyone who’s tried to learn C#, but had to deal with books full of dull examples and nothing but boring console applications
Lots of people who just want to learn how to build cool games!

Head First C# is built to work with any version of Visual Studio 2008, including the free express edition. (It can also can be used with any version of Visual Studio 2005.)

About the Author
Andrew Stellman, despite being raised a New Yorker, has lived in Pittsburgh twice. The first time was when he graduated from Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science, and then again when he and Jenny were starting their consulting business and writing their first project management book for O’Reilly. When he moved back to his hometown, his first job after college was as a programmer at EMI-Capitol Records–which actually made sense, since he went to LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and the Performing Arts to study cello and jazz bass guitar. He and Jenny first worked together at that same financial software company, where he was managing a team of programmers. He’s since managed various teams of software engineers, requirements analysts, and led process improvement efforts. Andrew keeps himself busy eating an enormous amount of string cheese and Middle Eastern desserts, playing music (but video games even more), studying taiji and aikido, having a girlfriend named Lisa, and owing a pomeranian. For more information about Andrew, Jennifer Greene, and their books, visit http://www.stellman-greene.com.

Jennifer Greene studied philosophy in college but, like everyone else in the field, couldn’t find a job doing it. Luckily, she’s a great software tester, so she started out doing it at an online service, and that’s the first time she got a good sense of what project management was. She moved to New York in 1998 to test software at a financial software company. She managed a team of testers at a really cool startup that did artificial intelligence and natural language processing. Since then, she’s managed large teams of programmers, testers, designers, architects, and other engineers on lots of projects, and she’s done a whole bunch of procurement management. She loves traveling, watching Bollywood movies, drinking carloads of carbonated beverages, and owing a whippet. For more information about Jennifer, Andrew Stellman, and their books, visit http://www.stellman-greene.com.

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Hacking the Code: ASP.NET Web Application Security

2009-07-20T01:39:00.000-07:00

Hacker Code will have over 400 pages of dedicated exploit, vulnerability, and tool code with corresponding instruction. Unlike other security and programming books that dedicate hundreds of pages to architecture and theory based flaws and exploits, HC1 will dive right into deep code analysis. Previously undisclosed security research in combination with superior programming techniques from Foundstone and other respected organizations will be included in both the Local and Remote Code sections of the book.

The book will be accompanied with a FREE COMPANION CD containing both commented and uncommented versions of the source code examples presented throughout the book. In addition to the book source code, the CD will also contain a copy of the author-developed Hacker Code Library v1.0. The Hacker Code Library will include multiple attack classes and functions that can be utilized to quickly create security programs and scripts. These classes and functions will simplify exploit and vulnerability tool development to an extent never before possible with publicly available software.

Learn to quickly create security tools that ease the burden of software testing and network administration
Find out about key security issues regarding vulnerabilities, exploits, programming flaws, and secure code development
Discover the differences in numerous types of web-based attacks so that developers can create proper quality assurance testing procedures and tools
Learn to automate quality assurance, management, and development tasks and procedures for testing systems and applications
Learn to write complex Snort rules based solely upon traffic generated by network tools and exploits

Unlike other security and programming books that dedicate hundreds of pages to architecture and theory-based flaws and exploits, Hacker Code dives right into deep code analysis, security tool creation, and software testing. The local code and remote code sections of the book include previously undisclosed security research in combination with superior programming techniques from Foundstone and other respected organizations.

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GDI+ Custom Controls with Visual C# 2005

2009-07-19T01:38:00.000-07:00

A fast-paced example-driven tutorial to building custom controls using Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and .NET 2.0. If you want to build custom controls with C# but you don’t know where to start, or you are intimidated by the huge amount of information that needs to be absorbed, then this book is for you. This friendly tutorial is based on numerous examples with real-world applicability, and includes a case study featuring the development of a fully functional PieChart control. Showing you how to use the free Visual C# 2005 Express Edition environment to develop your controls, Building Custom Controls with Visual C# 2005 will teach you how to create professional, reusable custom controls for your desktop applications in no time. This book has been written with the intermediate C# developer in mind. Assuming a working knowledge of C#, the book teaches you how to implement custom controls using Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and all other versions of Visual C#, and GDI+ with .NET 2.0 The book covers: . Understand the basics of custom controls . Use GDI+ to draw your own controls . Implement double buffering to speed up your forms . Add printing functionality to your custom controls .

Handle the mouse events to improve the user experience . Offer design-time support for programmers using your control . Design intuitive interfaces for your users

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Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0

2009-07-18T01:50:00.000-07:00

Get a first look at Microsoft Silverlight with this practical introduction. This ideal reference delivers pragmatic advice, from in an insider s perspective, of how the tool was developed from concept to release. An expert on Silverlight and a Technical Evangelist on the Silverlight team delivers a first look at the new cross-platform, cross-browser plug-in and details the relationships among Silverlight and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 technologies. Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) are Web applications that have the features and functionality of full desktop applications.
Processing tasks are performed on the client, but data is stored on the server, allowing a much richer experience. With Silverlight, RIAs install quickly via a small, on-demand plug-in. This book shows how the first release of Silverlight will help simplify development and deployment of RIAs. Includes a companion Web site with code samples in Visual C# and Visual Basic.

Key Book Benefits

Delivers practical advice, grounded in an insider s view of how the tool was developed from concept (Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere) to release

Provides context about the relationships among Silverlight and the various .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 technologies

Places RIAs in context for Web and Windows® developers

Features a companion Web site with code samples in Visual C# and Visual Basic

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Foundations of Object-Oriented Programming Using .NET 2.0 Patterns

2009-07-18T01:34:00.000-07:00

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Foundations of Object-Oriented Programming Using .NET 2.0 Patterns solves the object-oriented and pattern-programming problem by mixing the two&emdash;the book teaches object-oriented concepts using patterns, or a solutions-based approach. The book’s material is organized around tasks and patterns, and illustrated through development problems and solutions that include persistence, code efficiency, and good design.

This book is of special interest to those who want to learn how to use .NET 2.0 Generics in conjunction with patterns. This unique book is based on the author’s lectures, and the information unfolds in a practical manner.

About the Author
Christian Gross is a consultant with vast experience in the client/server world. He has consulted for Microsoft on DNA solutions, and he has held consulting positions with Daimler Benz, Microsoft, NatWest, and other major corporations. Gross was a contributor to Professional Active Server Pages, Professional SQL Server 6.5 Administration, Professional NT Internet Information Server Administration, and Programming Microsoft Windows 2000 Unleashed. He is the author of A Programmer’s Introduction to Windows DNA.

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Foundations of C++/CLI: The Visual C++ Language for .NET 3.5

2009-07-15T11:13:00.000-07:00

Foundations of C++/CLI: The Visual C++ Language for .NET 3.5 introduces C++/CLI, Microsoft’s extensions to the C++ syntax that allow you to target the common language runtime, the key to the heart of the .NET Framework 3.5. This book gives you a small, fast–paced primer that will kick–start your journey into the world of C++/CLI. In 13 no–fluff chapters, Microsoft insiders take readers into the core of the C++/CLI language and explain both how the language elements work and how Microsoft intends them to be used.

This book is a beginner’s guide, but it assumes a familiarity with programming basics. And it concentrates on explaining the aspects of C++/CLI that make it the most powerful and fun language of the .NET Framework. As such, this book is ideal if you’re thinking of migrating to C++/CLI from another language. By the end of this book, you’ll have a thorough grounding in the core language elements together with the confidence to explore further that comes from a solid understanding of a language’s syntax and grammar.

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Foundation Expression Blend 2: Building Applications in WPF and Silverlight

2009-07-14T10:45:00.000-07:00

In this book, you’ll:

Learn the Blend 2 and Visual Studio 2008 development environments
Create designs using Blend 2’s unique tools
Use XAML and C# to add interactivity to your designs
Publish your Rich Media Applications to the Web using Silverlight

The only real tool available for creating Rich Media Applications, web-based animations, and games has been Flash‚ until now! WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and Silverlight have opened the door of Rich Media Application development to Microsoft .NET developers. With Microsoft’s new Blend 2 and Visual Studio 2008, you can now create compelling Rich Media Applications complete with animations and even 3D! This book shows you how to take full advantage of Blend’s new interface, together with and Silverlight’s vastly improved designer-developer workflow, guiding you through every step of development from downloading and installing of the development environment through creating finished, functional projects. You’ll learn how to create simple drawing applications with the InkCanvas, make tabbed and scrollable interfaces, as well as build fully featured media players, photo galleries, and interactive 3D designs. Each chapter discusses major WPF and Silverlight features, provides a hands-on tutorial, and explains how that feature is implemented in the real world. In the end, you will have a collection of impressive WPF and Silverlight applications that can be added to your portfolio. Whether you’re an experienced .NET or web developer, or you’re just starting out, this book will provide you with all you need to create Rich Media Applications with Expression Blend
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First Look at ADO.NET and System Xml v 2.0

2009-07-13T10:45:00.000-07:00

Version 2.0 of the .NET Framework will offer powerful enhancements to ADO.NET that will give application and service developers unprecedented control over their data. In A First Look at ADO.NET and System.Xml v. 2.0, Microsoft’s lead program manager on XML technologies joins with two leading .NET and XML experts to present a comprehensive preview of tomorrow’s ADO.NET and System.Xml classes.

Drawing on the first .NET Framework 2.0 Technology Preview Release, the authors introduce powerful new techniques for simplifying development, enhancing flexibility, and leveraging .NET’s new support for emerging XML standards. They also preview important new synergies between .NET Framework 2.0, XML, and the next version of SQL Server (code-named “Yukon”).

This book’s detailed coverage includes:

Clear explanations of Microsoft’s data-access intentions and directions–so you’ll be ready when .NET 2.0 arrives
A brief overview of ObjectSpaces–the exciting new technology for using objects that represent and hold their own data
Major improvements in bulk loading, batch execution, and paging
Support for truly asynchronous connection and command operations
In-process server-side cursors for programmatic data processing within stored procedures
XML class improvements that enhance standards support, promote integration, and maximize performance
Beyond SQLXML 3.0: leveraging XQuery and XML Views in distributed query processing
Better support for storing XML data and integrating relational and XML data management
“Yukon’s” new XML data type: using SQL Server as an XML document store

Whether or not you’re already developing with ADO.NET, this book brings together all the insights, best practices, and sample code you’ll need to get a running start with ADO.NET 2.0 and the System.Xml v. 2.0 classes.

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Extreme Programming Adventures In C# (with source code)

2009-07-12T10:45:00.000-07:00

Book Description
Apply what you know about extreme programming and object-oriented design to learning C# and the Microsoft® .NET Framework on the fly. Author Ron Jeffries, a leading voice and practitioner in the extreme programming movement, demonstrates how to apply its key concepts—including the use of customer stories, customer acceptance tests, and “Spikes”—and the fundamental techniques of Simple Design, Test-Driven Development, and Refactoring to create practical, .NET-ready applications. You’ll also learn how to use NUnit, a unit-testing tool for .NET languages.

This essential, high-level reference provides the expert guidance, hands-on insights, and downloadable code you need to build an XML editor, a database application, a Web service, and other useful applications—quickly extending your extreme programming expertise to .NET and helping you deliver business value right away.

About the Author
Ronald E. Jeffries was the on-site coach for the original eXtreme programming (XP) project. An independent consultant who has been involved in XP for more than five years, he has presented numerous talks and published several papers on the topic. He and his teams have built operating systems, compilers, relational database systems, and a wide range of applications. He is the most prolific on-line author by far in eXtreme Programming and related topics.

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Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework

2009-07-11T10:45:00.000-07:00

Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework is the first book to show MFC developers how to boost productivity by incorporating .NET functionality into existing MFC applications. Tom Archer clearly illustrates how using the .NET Base Class Library (BCL)—to complement or replace MFC classes when there is a clear advantage—enables MFC developers to create elegant and robust Windows applications in the most efficient way possible.

Each chapter begins with an introduction that explains the technology, outlines its benefits, lists its pragmatic business uses, and summarizes the required syntax. As is an Archer trademark, this information is solidified with hands-on, practical demo applications.

This book answers the questions MFC developers have about .NET, including:

What are the key issues when combining MFC and Managed Extensions? Page 15
How can Regular Expressions be used to parse a document for multiple complex pattern types, such as email addresses? Page 84
How can hash codes be used to validate users without storing passwords? Page 161
How can MFC applications maintain data stored in XML format? Page 274
Once an ADO.NET DataSet is filled, how can the data be searched, sorted, and filtered? Page 336
What technique is used for reading image data from a database using ADO.NET classes? Page 363
What are the options for handling disconnected data concurrency issues? Page 396
How can Remoting be used to pass MFC objects between applications? Page 460

The CD-ROM supplies the complete downloadable source code, working samples, and test code from the book, as well as several productivity-enhancing utilities such as a Visual Studio .NET Custom AppWizard.

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Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C#: Using the Web Services Enhancements 2.0

2009-07-10T10:45:00.000-07:00

Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C#: Using the Web Services Enhancements 2.0

Popular author Jeffrey Hasan will draw you into the service-oriented architecture (SOA) mindset, in preparation for the release of Indigothe new Web services protocol and infrastructure support for SOA. Now is the time to consider SOA and to think about how to architect applications using XML messages and loosely-coupled services. With this book, you can get a head start on building SOA applications, using the .NET Framework combined with the Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0 toolkit.

Web services are hot &emdash; and with the release of WSE 2.0, Microsoft developers now have a toolkit that makes it easy to implement industry-standard specifications for building secure, reliable Web services. This book provides deep insight into the newest release of the WSE toolkit: blending theory with ample C# code samples, and directly teaching you how to implement SOA solutions that are based on specifications such as WS-Security, WS-Policy, and WS-Addressing. Most .NET-based Web services are simply containers for limited RPC-style methods. This book will show you how to shift your development paradigm to create Web services that process sophisticated XML messages within a secure, service-oriented, loosely-coupled architecture. Jeff gives you the practical information you need today, while at the same time preparing you for what you will need tomorrow.

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Expert One-on-One Visual Basic .NET Business Objects

2009-07-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

Whether you’ve already made the move to Visual Basic .NET, or you want to know what’s in it for you when you do, Expert One-on-One Visual Basic .NET Business Objects will show you the kinds of opportunities that .NET makes available. It will allow you to make clear, informed decisions about the right way to develop your projects, and show you how the trade-off between performance and flexibility can be made successfully.
In addition, this book contains the author’s Component-based, Scalable, Logical Architecture (CSLA .NET), an object-oriented framework that can act as the foundation for a diverse range of enterprise applications, and which you’re free to examine, use, and modify for your needs.

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Expert One-on-One Visual Basic 2005 Design and Development

2009-07-08T10:45:00.000-07:00

What you will learn from this book

How to add scripting, reflection, and advanced printing to your applications
Ways to write add-ins for the VB 2005 development environment
How to build custom controls by using UserControl, subclassing, and by using from-scratch methods
Tips for making development and maintenance of apps easier
How to utilize advanced debugging and testing techniques
How to use the new Visual Basic 2005 threading tools

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Expert F#

2009-07-07T10:45:00.000-07:00

Expert F# is about practical programming in a beautiful language that puts the power and elegance of functional programming into the hands of .NET developers. In combination with .NET, F# achieves unrivaled levels of programmer productivity and program clarity.

This books serves as

The authoritative guide to F# by the designer of F#
A comprehensive reference of F# concepts, syntax, and features
A treasury of expert F# techniques for practical, real–world programming

While inspired by OCaml, F# isn’t just another functional programming language. Drawing on many of the strengths of both OCaml and .NET, it’s a general–purpose language ideal for real–world development. F# integrates functional, imperative, and object–oriented programming styles so you can flexibly and elegantly solve programming problems, and brings .NET development alive with interactive execution. Whatever your background, you’ll find that F# is easy to learn, fun to use, and extraordinarily powerful. F# will help change the way you think about and go about programming.

Written by F#’s designer and two active contributors, Expert F# is the authoritative, comprehensive, and in-depth guide to the language and its use. Designed to help others become experts, the book gives a thorough introduction to the F# language from quick essentials to in-depth advanced topics such as active pattern matching, aggregate data types and operators, sequence expressions, lazy values, mutable data and side–effects, generics, type augmentations, functional decomposition and code organization.

The second half of the book is devoted to examining the practical application of F#, providing elegant solutions to common programming tasks including UI implementation, data access, web and distributed programming, symbolic and numerical computations, concurrent programming, testing, profiling, and interoperability with other languages. The latest hot developments in F# and .NET are also addressed, including Active Patterns, implicit class construction, integration with LINQ over relational data, meta programming and useful tips for working with Visual Studio and F# command–line tools.

The worlds foremost experts in F# show you how to program in F# the way they do!

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Expert ASP.NET 2.0 Advanced Application Design

2009-07-06T10:45:00.000-07:00

Expert ASP.NET 2.0 Advanced Application Design will help you derive maximum performance and reliability from the distributed applications you create with ASP.NET 2.0.

The book first looks at some of the non-functional requirements that impact the design of a distributed application. It then relates them to the servers and services available in the .NET 2.0 Framework. ASP.NET 2.0 is the central process for use in distributed .NET applications, and the book closely examines the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework and its hosting environment, Internet Information Server (IIS). The book looks at how ASP.NET 2.0 is used by different packages within .NET (like Web Services), and explores how it can be extended to meet your own custom requirements.

The second part of the book drills down and examines some of the common architectural challenges encountered when developing application designs. The book walks through the tiers of the .NET Framework, starting at the client level and exploring the internals of the page type, enhancements to ViewState, client script generation, and new out-of-band callbacks. At the middle tier, the book examines Web Services, Remoting, COM+, MSMQ, and mix and match communication options to suit your own requirements. This section wraps up by previewing Windows Communication Foundation, which aims to unify these technologies.

The third part of the book examines the data layer of your distributed applications. This includes enhancements to the Managed Providers in 2.0, the new transactional model, and a preview of usage guidelines for SQL Server 2005. By the book’s conclusion, you will be able to select with confidence the most appropriate design elements for your purposes, elegantly connecting them, and ensuring you get the very best from the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework.

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Expert .NET Micro Framework

2009-07-05T10:44:00.000-07:00

The Microsoft .NET Micro Framework is a small and efficient .NET runtime environment used to run managed code on devices that are too small and resource constrained for Windows CE and the Compact Framework.

Expert .NET Micro Framework will teach you everything you need to know in order to use the .NET Micro Framework to create effective embedded applications. It begins with the basics of accessing hardware and networking before delving deep into the less well–known areas such as cryptography and globalization, and how to use technologies such as wireless communication that are not directly supported by the .NET Micro Framework.

This book is a must if you want to get as much as possible out of the .NET Micro Framework to write powerful embedded applications.

Expert .NET Micro Framework also describes how to use resources, and write globalized and multilingual embedded applications. You will learn how to effectively use binary serialization to store data permanently in flash memory or exchange data with a PDA or PC. Topics like cryptography and encrypted data exchange with a .NET or Compact Framework application are covered.

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Expert .NET 2.0 IL Assembler

2009-07-04T10:45:00.000-07:00

Expert .NET 2.0 IL Assember drills down into the internal structures and operations of the .NET common language runtime and teaches you how to master the IL assembly language, ILAsm. (The rule of thumb is that if the runtime can do it, ILAsm must be able to express it.) This book is ideal if you’re a compiler and tool developer, a developer working on multilanguage .NET projects, or if you just want to develop tighter, faster code for .NET Framework.

This comprehensive book provides a spectrum of information, from IL Assembler and Disassembler to metadata structures and exception handling.
This is the second edition of a successful and well-respected .NET 1.1 book.
Includes detailed, hard-to-find information on the APIs exposed by the .NET 2.0 runtime.
This is the only definitive guide to MSIL on .NET 2.0.

Topics include managed executable file structure, metadata table structure, Microsoft IL instructions, structured exception handling, managed and unmanaged code interoperation, executable file generation, and metadata manipulation API exposed by the common language runtime.

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Essential Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

2009-07-03T10:42:00.000-07:00

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) replaces Microsoftâ€™s diverse presentation technologies with a unified, state-of-the-art platform for building rich applications. WPF combines the best of Windows and the Web; fully integrates user interfaces, documents, and media; and leverages the full power of XML-based declarative programming.

In Essential Windows Presentation Foundation, former WPF architect Chris Anderson systematically introduces this breakthrough platform, focusing on the concepts and techniques working developers need in order to build robust applications for real users. Drawing on his unique experience as an architect on the team, Anderson thoroughly illuminates the crucial new concepts underlying WPF and reveals how its APIs work together to offer developers unprecedented value.

Through working sample code, you discover how WPF draws on the Webâ€™s simple models for markup and deployment, common frame for applications, and rich server connectivity, and on Windows rich client model, simple programming model, strong control over look-and-feel, and rich networking. Topics explored in depth include

WPF components and architecture
Key WPF design decisionsâ€“and why they matter
XAML markup language
Controls
Layouts
Visuals and media, including 2D, 3D, video, and animation
Data integration
Actions
Styles
WPF Base Services

Essential Windows Presentation Foundation is the definitive, authoritative, code-centric WPF reference: everything Windows developers need to create a whole new generation of rich, graphical applications.

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Essential Windows Communication Foundation (WCF): For .NET Framework 3.5

2009-07-02T10:40:00.000-07:00

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is the easiest way to produce and consume Web services on the Microsoft platform. With .NET 3.5, WCF has been extensively revamped–and Visual Studio 2008 gives developers powerful new tools for utilizing it. Essential Windows Communication Foundation shows developers exactly how to make the most of WCF with .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.

Drawing on extensive experience working with early adopters, three Microsoft insiders systematically address the topics developers ask about WCF. The authors approach each subject with practical advice and present best practices, tips, and tricks for solving problems. Throughout, you’ll find detailed explanations, solutions for the “pain points” of WCF development, and an extensive collection of reusable code examples. Coverage includes

Using WCF contracts to define complex structures and interfaces
Understanding WCF’s channel stacks and channel model architecture
Configuring the WCF communication stack to use only the protocols you need
Using standard and custom service behaviors to manage concurrency, instances, transactions, and more
Serializing data from .NET types to XML Infosets and representing Infosets “on the wire”
Hosting WCF services via IIS, managed .NET applications, and Windows Activation Services
WCF security, in depth: authentication; transport and message-level security; and Internet and intranet scenarios
Improving reliability: exception handling, diagnostics, and more
Workflow services: new integration points between WCF 3.5 and Windows Workflow Foundation
Building client-to-client, peer network-based applications
Utilizing WCF for non-SOAP Web services: AJAX and JSON examples and .NET 3.5 hosting classes

Microsoft’s Steve Resnick, Richard Crane, and Chris Bowen are technology experts at the Microsoft Technology Center in Boston. They specialize in helping customers improve their technical agility by applying WCF and related technologies. Resnick has specialized in Internet technologies and distributed computing at Microsoft since 1995. He is a frequent speaker at Microsoft events and is now technology director for the U.S. Microsoft Technology Centers. Crane has more than 15 years of experience in senior software development roles. He specializes in large-scale Web sites, distributed computing, transactional systems, and performance analysis. Bowen has been an architect and developer for more than 15 years at companies such as Monster.com and Staples and is co-author of Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System.

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Essential PowerShell

2009-07-01T10:35:00.001-07:00

Use PowerShell to Streamline and Automate Your Most Time-Consuming Windows Administration Tasks

With Windows PowerShell, Microsoft brings innovative console-based system administration and scripting to Windows clients and servers. PowerShell combines the best features of traditional UNIX shells with the immense power of the .NET Framework, offering a consistent and easy-to-use replacement for both the Windows command line and the Windows Script Host. In Essential PowerShell, noted expert Holger Schwichtenberg gives Windows sysadmins all the knowledge and sample scripts they need to successfully administer production systems with PowerShell.

Schwichtenberg begins by introducing the innovative PowerShell architecture, along with crucial PowerShell concepts such as pipelining and navigation. Next, he introduces the PowerShell Script Language, shows the secure execution of command sequences as scripts, and demonstrates how to use PowerShell to access essential operating system interfaces such as COM, WMI, ADSI, and ADO.NET.

After you’ve mastered the fundamentals, Schwichtenberg presents an extensive collection of PowerShell solutions for virtually every area of day-to-day administration. For each topic, he presents dozens of self-contained examples, all downloadable from a companion Web site. He covers both Microsoft’s standard PowerShell commandlets and the free commandlets available as PowerShell Community Extensions. He also presents a full chapter of tips, tricks, and troubleshooting solutions. Coverage includes

Understanding PowerShell’s components and features
Setting up your PowerShell scripting environment
Creating and using commandlets
Using object-oriented pipelining for filtering, sorting, grouping, comparisons, calculations, and more
Mastering PowerShell’s uniform navigation model and using it with all types of data
Programming command sequences with the PowerShell Script Language
Making the most of the PowerShell console and third-party tools
Managing processes, event logs, and registry entries
Controlling networking, printing, and software installation
Manipulating Active Directory and other enterprise services with PowerShell
Using PowerShell to enforce stronger system and network security
Storing data in files, documents, and databases

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Programming C# 3.0

2009-06-18T09:27:00.000-07:00

Written by popular author and .NET expert Jesse Liberty, this thoroughly updated tutorial for beginning to intermediate programmers covers the latest release of Microsoft’s popular C# language (C# 3.0) and the newest .NET platform for developing Windows and web applications. Our bestselling Programming C# 3.0, now in its fifth edition, is a world-class tutorial that goes well beyond the documentation otherwise available. Liberty doesn’t just teach C#; he tells the complete story of the C# language and how it integrates with all of .NET programming, so that you can get started creating professional quality web and Windows applications. This book: Provides a comprehensive tutorial in C# and .NET programming that also serves as a useful reference you’ll want by your side while you’re working Covers all of the new features of the language, thoroughly integrated into every chapter, rather than tacked on at the end Provides insight into best practices and insight into real world programming by a professional programmer who worked with C# as an independent contractor for nearly a decade before joining Microsoft as a Senior Program Manager Every chapter in this book has been totally revised, and the entire book has been reorganized to respond to the significant changes in the language Full coverage, from the ground up of LINQ (Language Integrated Query) and other C# 3.0 language innovations to speed up development tasks Explains how to use C# in creating Web Applications as well as Windows Applications, using both the new Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and the older WinForms technology This new edition of Programming C# 3.0 is for working programmers who want to develop proficiency inMicrosoft’s most important language.

No prior .NET experience is required for you to get started. There’s no time like the present to work with C# — and no book like this one to teach you everything you need to know. Special note to VB6 and Java programmers: if you’ve decided to transition to .NET, this book will take you there.

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Programming Atlas

2009-06-18T09:23:00.000-07:00

O’Reilly Media, Inc. | ISBN: 0596526725 | 404 pages | September 22, 2006 | CHM | 2 Mb
Learn how to deliver richer, more interactive web experiences to your users using ASP.NET Atlas, Microsoft’s new framework for building Ajax-savvy web sites. Web developers of all persuasions have embraced the Ajax suite of technologies (JavaScript, HTTP, XML and more) as a way to implement pages that are faster, livelier and more desktop-like in their behavior. Now Atlas brings the power of Ajax to ASP.NET 2.0 developers with controls, script libraries and server support that delivers engaging results without the pain that writing complex JavaScript can entail. Better yet, Atlas web pages are standards based and even run cross-browser.

Programming Atlas is not just another “drag and drop” ASP.NET 2.0 book, but dives into the technologies that make it work. You’ll begin with a tour of the technologies most often associated with Ajax, from JavaScript and XMLHttpRequest to JSON and the DOM. With the fundamentals in place, author JavaScript expert Christian Wenz unpacks the Atlas framework and shows you how to put its tools to work. You’ll learn to:

Understand the architecture of Atlas and the role played by server conrols, such as ScriptManager and UpdatePanel
Use core Atlas controls and extenders to build more interactive pages with text fields that autocomplete, user input that is validated, controls that can be dragged and dropped, and much more
Bind, display, and update data without causing the entire page to refresh and use the Atlas web services bridge to consume third-party services beyond the domain of your application
Incorporate Microsoft Virtual Earth into an application, use Atlas with Web Parts, and create a Windows Live Gadget
Use Atlas with PHP and explore other non-Microsoft Ajax tools for ASP.NET

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Programming ASP.NET, 3rd Edition

2009-06-15T10:51:00.001-07:00

O’Reilly has once again updated its bestselling tutorial on ASP.NET, the world’s leading web development tool from Microsoft. In Programming ASP.NET, Third Edition, authors Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz give you the lowdown on the technology’s latest version, ASP.NET 2.0, as well as Visual Studio 2005.

Among the most significant improvements to ASP.NET 2.0 are new server controls and services that make you dramatically more productive. In fact, when compared to its predecessor, ASP.NET 2.0 reduces the amount of code you have to write by about 75%. Creating interactive web applications has never been easier-but that still doesn’t mean it’s hassle-free! The difficulty in ASP.NET 2.0 is that it’s so complete and flexible that there are many pieces that must be woven together to build a robust, scalable, and efficient application.

Fortunately, Programming ASP.NET, Third Edition is on the case, dispensing all the information you need to be effective with this dynamic tool. For starters, the book features a comprehensive tutorial on Web Forms, the user interface that gives web applications their look and feel. It then offers detailed explanations of all new controls, including web server controls, HTML controls, and custom controls. Used properly, these controls are able to take care of nearly all the foundation work-security, data access, layout, etc.-that you would normally have to write yourself. Free of these burdensome tasks, you can instead focus on your specific application.

Other new material found in this updated edition even shows you how to create ASP.NET 2.0 pages for mobile devices. With Programming ASP.NET, Third Edition at your side, there’s virtually no end to the programming possibilities.

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Programming ASP.NET AJAX: Build rich, Web 2.0-style UI with ASP.NET AJAX

2009-06-15T09:41:00.000-07:00

Delivering rich, Web 2.0-style experiences has never been easier. This book gives you a complete hands-on introduction to Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX 1.0, the new framework that offers many of the same benefits for Ajax development that ASP.NET provides for server-side development. With Programming ASP.NET AJAX, you’ll learn how to create professional, dynamic web pages with Ajax in no time.

Loaded with code and examples that demonstrate key aspects of the framework, this book is ideal not only for ASP.NET developers who want to take their applications a step further with Ajax, but for any web developers interested in ASP.NET AJAX, no matter what technology they use currently. That includes JavaScript programmers who would like to avoid the headaches of writing cross-browser code.

Programming ASP.NET AJAX offers you:

A high-level overview of the ASP.NET AJAX framework
Functional code that you can cut and paste for use in your own applications
The essentials of JavaScript and Ajax to help you understand individual technologies used by the framework
An organization that reflects the framework’s packages, including Extensions, Control Toolkit, the Futures CTP, and the AJAX Library
Sidebars throughout the book that identify and propose solutions to potential security breaches
Ways to use the standards-based AJAX Library with other platforms, such as PHP
A complete chapter on the UpdatePanel control for making individual parts of a web page independently updateable — one of the framework’s most important elements

Released previously as Programming Atlas to cover the beta version of the Microsoft framework, this edition is fully up-to-date and expanded for the official 1.0 release of ASP.NET AJAX.

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Programming .NET Security

2009-06-15T09:38:00.000-07:00

With the spread of web-enabled desktop clients and web-server based applications, developers can no longer afford to treat security as an afterthought. It’s one topic, in fact, that .NET forces you to address, since Microsoft has placed security-related features at the core of the .NET Framework. Yet, because a developer’s carelessness or lack of experience can still allow a program to be used in an unintended way, Programming .NET Security shows you how the various tools will help you write secure applications. The book works as both a comprehensive tutorial and reference to security issues for .NET application development, and contains numerous practical examples in both the C# and VB.NET languages. With Programming .NET Security, you will learn to apply sound security principles to your application designs, and to understand the concepts of identity, authentication and authorization and how they apply to .NET security. This guide also teaches you to:

use the .NET run-time security features and .NET security namespaces and types to implement best-practices in your applications, including evidence, permissions, code identity and security policy, and role based and Code Access Security (CAS) use the .NET cryptographic APIs , from hashing and common encryption algorithms to digital signatures and cryptographic keys, to protect your data.
use COM+ component services in a secure manner

If you program with ASP.NET will also learn how to apply security to your applications. And the book also shows you how to use the Windows Event Log Service to audit Windows security violations that may be a threat to your solution. Authors Adam Freeman and Allen Jones, early .NET adopters and long-time proponents of an “end-to-end” security model, based this book on their years of experience in applying security policies and developing products for NASDAQ, Sun Microsystems, Netscape, Microsoft, and others. With the .NET platform placing security at center stage, the better informed you are, the more secure your project will be.

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Programming .NET 3.5

2009-06-15T09:23:00.000-07:00

.NET 3.5 will help you create better Windows applications, build Web Services that are more powerful, implement new Workflow projects and dramatically enhance the user’s experience. But it does so with what appears to be a collection of disparate technologies. In Programming .NET 3.5, bestselling author Jesse Liberty and industry expert Alex Horovitz uncover the common threads that unite the .NET 3.5 technologies, so you can benefit from the best practices and architectural patterns baked into this newest generation of Microsoft frameworks. While single-topic .NET 3.5 books delve into Windows Presentation Foundation and the other frameworks in greater detail, Programming .NET 3.5 offers a “Grand Tour” of the release that describes how the four principal technologies can be used together, with Ajax, to build modern n-tier and service-oriented applications.

Developers have struggled to implement these patterns with previous versions of the .NET Framework, but this hands-on guide uses real-world examples and fully annotated source code to demonstrate how .NET 3.5 can make it easy. The concepts and technologies that this book covers include: XAML — Microsoft’s new XML-based markup language for UI, used with WPF Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) — a new presentation framework and graphics subsystem for Windows that puts Vista-like effect in your grasp Ajax Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) - a new standards-based framework that enables applications to communicate across a network using a variety of protocols Workflow Foundation (WF) — framework for defining, executing, and managing workflows CardSpace — framework for managing the identities of your users You’ll learn how to useeach of the four frameworks alone and in concert to build a series of meaningful example applications. Examples are written in C#, and all of the source code will be available for download at both the O’Reilly and the authors’ site, which offers access to a free support forum. Between them, authors Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz have nearly forty years of experience in delivering commercial applications for companies such as Citibank, Apple, AT&T, NeXt, PBS, Ziff Davis, and dozens of smaller organizations. Their combined experience is valuable for telling the story of .NET 3.5 and how it will shorten the development life cycle for applications developers, and enhance your productivity.

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Essential C# 3.0: For .NET Framework 3.5

2009-06-14T12:39:00.001-07:00

“If you want to be a C# developer, or if you want to enhance your C# programming skills, there is no more useful tool than a well-crafted book on the subject. You are holding such a book in your hands.”

–From the Foreword by Charlie Calvert, Community Program Manager, Visual C#, Microsoft

“In a time when you can search online for any reference material, Essential C# 3.0 is the one book I still bother to carry in my bag. Any developer can hit F1 for help with the language syntax; this book, however, arms me with the knowledge to make better design and coding decisions (and the confidence to say so). You know when a book has more than twenty pages of index that it’s got depth covered, and although Essential C# 3.0 has introductory chapters, it progresses effortlessly into the lesser known corners of the language, which makes this book indispensible to any level of C# developer.”

–Troy Magennis, C# MVP and creator of HookedOnLINQ.com

“If you are new to C#, as I was, Mark’s book is an excellent way to start. His approach takes you step by step through the structure and syntax of the language, making it easy to understand how things work. I found the code samples extremely helpful and supportive of the concepts being discussed.”

–Robert Stokesbary, senior consultant, Option Explicit

“This book expands on the concepts introduced in Essential C# 2.0 to include C# 3.0 enhancements. One great aspect of this book is that it not only covers the new 3.0 enhancements in great detail, but it also shows where it makes sense to utilize these new features over the existing 2.0 features. While I have been programming C# for many years, I find myself referring to this book often and always seem to find something new buried in the pages. This is a must-read for both the C# newbie as well as the C# seasoned veteran.”

–Michael Stokesbary, senior software engineer, Itron Inc.

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Essential ASP.NET with Examples in Visual Basic .NET

2009-06-14T12:37:00.000-07:00

With coverage not found in other titles and endorsed by the architects of ASP.NET, this book is essential for any serious ASP.NET developer. Covers Visual Basic.NET. Softcover.

From the Author
I am the author of DevelopMentor’s Essential ASP.net course, which was first taught 2 years ago this month (Febrary 2003). This book is the culmination of refining ‘the story’ of ASP.net through teaching it in many classrooms over the last 2 years. I have also had the opportunity to speak at several conferences and author a number of articles on ASP.net, all of which fed into the book writing process.

My goal in writing this book was to provide a clear, concise reference to ASP.net for developers that are already comfortable with concepts in .net. I strive to explain not just how to use the various pieces of ASP.net, but also how and why they are built the way they are. In my experience, the most effective developers are the ones that truly understand the implications of the tools they use. I hope this book provides you with knowledge to become a better ASP.net developer.

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Essential .NET, Volume I: The Common Language Runtime (Microsoft .NET Development Series)

2009-06-14T12:34:00.000-07:00

Essential .NET, Volume 1, provides everything developers need to take full advantage of the power of Microsoft .NET. This book describes, in depth, the glue of the .NET Framework: the Common Language Runtime (CLR). Box and Sells explain the inner workings of the CLR—the rationale behind its design, the problems it solves, and the role of type in CLR programming—and show readers how to build better applications using the .NET Framework while gaining a more complete understanding of how the CLR works.

The book is packed with the practical detail and expert advice only Don Box can provide. Topics covered include:

CLR’s evolution
Assemblies in the .NET Framework
The CLR type system
Programming with type
Objects and values
Methods
Explicit method invocation
Application domains
Security
Interoperability

Essential .NET, Volume 1, is an authoritative guide to the Microsoft .NET Common Language Runtime.

Books in the Microsoft .NET Development Series are written and reviewed by the principal authorities and pioneering developers of the Microsoft .NET technologies, including the Microsoft .NET development team and DevelopMentor. Books in the Microsoft .NET Development Series focus on the design, architecture, and implementation of the Microsoft .NET initiative to empower developers and students everywhere with the knowledge they need to thrive in the Microsoft .NET revolution.

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Effective Use of Microsoft Enterprise Library: Building Blocks for Creating Enterprise Applications and Services (Microsoft .NET Development Series)

2009-06-14T12:31:00.000-07:00

Writing robust enterprise applications presents a special challenge for developers, but Microsoft has addressed that challenge with the free, downloadable Enterprise Library for the .NET Framework.

Enterprise Library is a collection of application blocks and guidance documents that together provide functionality common to enterprise applications; each application block includes full source code. Lacking in the guidance provided by Microsoft is an overall roadmap to the process of using the application blocks. Effective Use of Microsoft Enterprise Library is that roadmap.

Microsoft application development lead architect Len Fenster explains exactly how to build applications using Enterprise Library application blocks. Fenster covers all seven application blocks as implemented for .NET Framework 1.1, shows how to develop and use a new application block, and explains how Enterprise Library is changing for .NET Framework 2.0.

Readers will learn
How the Configuration Application Block is designed and can be used at runtime to easily read and write configuration data
How the Configuration Application Block works at design time for all blocks
How to use the Data Access Block to create a portable data layer
How to use the Exception Handling Application Block to implement a policy-driven, application-wide exception handling system
How to use the Logging and Instrumentation Application Block to log and instrument messages independent of the message destination
How to add authentication, authorization, role membership, security cache, and profile membership features to an application with the Security Application Block
How to use the Cryptography Application Block to add functionality to encrypt and decrypt data and create and compare hashes
How to build your own application block and providers that “snap” right into Enterprise Library

Whether you plan to extend Enterprise Library for your organization, or just use the existing application blocks to add functionality to your architecture in a consistent, extensible, integrated way, this book will guide you through the complexities and help you find a clear path to success.

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DotNetNuke Skinning Tutorial

2009-06-14T12:27:00.000-07:00

DotNetNuke is an open-source web application framework written in VB.NET for the ASP.NET framework. The application’s content management system is extensible and customizable through the use of skins and modules, and it can be used to create, deploy, and manage intranet, extranet, and websites.

DotNetNuke has a skinning architecture, which provides a clear separation between design and content, enabling a web designer to develop skins without requiring any specialist knowledge of development in ASP.NET; only knowledge of HTML and an understanding of how to prepare and package the skins themselves are required.

If you want to create great-looking skins for your DotNetNuke websites, this book is for you. If you’re new to DotNetNuke skinning, this book is the ideal introduction. It will give you clear, concise and practical guidance to take you from the basics of DotNetNuke skinning right through to developing the skills to make you a DotNetNuke skinner to be reckoned with! This book gives you step-by-step instructions to the fundamentals of skinning so that you will be in control of the look and feel of your DotNetNuke site, and dreaming of new ideas for creating more interactive user interfaces.

What you will learn from this book:

Basics of DNN skins
Setting up your skin development environment and creating a skin
Page design and layout for your skin
Implementing styles in your skin
Configuring and customizing the skin objects
Configuring the menu in your skin
Managing graphics for your skin to change the look
Creating and managing containers
Packaging and deploying your skin
Modifying the control panel for skin administration

Approach:

Designed as a tutorial for beginners to DotNetNuke skinning, this book is packed with practical steps for you to try. Written in a clear, easy-to-read style this book will guide you through the most important tasks of working with DotNetNuke skins.

Who this book is written for:

This book is for web designers or developers who want to customize DNN sites, to bring a specific look and feel to them, and create more attractive user interfaces.

This book is ideal for beginners to DotNetNuke skinning.

You will need to know about the general operation of DotNetNuke and also have some familiarity with creating web pages. Familiarity with CSS and basic ASP.NET would be a bonus.

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Dissecting a C# Application: Inside SharpDevelop

2009-06-14T12:25:00.000-07:00

Learn advanced .NET programming techniques by getting an insiders’ look at a complete application!SharpDevelop is a complete Integrated Development Environment, written in C#. It includes all the advanced features that programmers expect from a modern IDE and, of course, implementing these features has required some advanced programming techniques.

The developers who created SharpDevelop give you an inside track on application development with a guided tour of the sourcecode for SharpDevelop. They will show you the most important code features and explain how you can use these techniques in your own projects. You will gain valuable experience of building an application on this scale, learning from the decisions, mistakes, problems and solutions that lead to the current version on SharpDevelop.

The SharpDevelop team will show you how to:

Build a highly modular application
Provide a flexible, extendable, customizable user interface
Manage the efforts of translators for effcient internationalization
Represent and manipulate text efficiently
Code search and replace functionality
Construct reusable controls
Implement a parser to provide syntax highlightingauto-completion as users type
Use reflection to access information about .NET classes
Create a Windows Forms designer
Generate code programmatically

All of these techniques are shown in the context of the source of the SharpDevelop application - a real piece of software that you can download and user yourself. This means that there are no ‘toy’ examples or theory that will not work in practice - just solid, real-world code and frank discussions of how it was created.

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Developing Web Applications with Visual Basic. NET and ASP.NET

2009-06-14T12:20:00.000-07:00

John Alexander and bestselling author Billy Hollis show programmers how to develop enterprise-level Web applications using Microsoft’s popular programming language—Visual Basic.NET.

Features the incomparable insights and programming know-how of two popular Microsoft insiders, arming developers with proven tips and workarounds to use in their own projects
Provides step-by-step instruction for creating business Web applications using ASP.NET and VB.NET
Companion Web site contains all the code for the sample application

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Developing Web Applications with ASP.NET and C#

2009-06-14T12:15:00.000-07:00

Packed with tips, tricks, and workarounds, this book covers every aspect of developing a Web application for the enterprise using ASP.NET and C#. Written by Microsoft insiders, it shows readers how to create the basic, dynamic, and advanced ASP.NET pages in Microsoft’s new C# programming language, and explains how to interact with the database using ADO.NET.

The authors review how to transport and display data on the Internet or an Intranet using XML, objects, and Web services. They also explain how to implement security with authentication, integrate important e-commerce issues, and optimize the ASP.NET Web application for optimal performance.

Companion Web site features complete source code samples for the applications developed and explained in the book.

Microsoft Technologies
.NET Platform: The next big overhaul to Microsoft’s technologies that will bring enterprise distributed computing to the next level by fully integrating the Internet into the development platform. This will allow interaction between any machine, on any platform, and on any device.

Visual Basic.NET: The update to this popular visual programming language will offer greater Web functionality, more sophisticated object-oriented language features, links to Microsoft’s new common runtime, and a new interface.

ASP.NET: A programming framework (formerly known as Active Server Pages) for building powerful Web-based enterprise applications; can be programmed using VB.NET or C#.

C#: Microsoft’s new truly object-oriented programming language that builds on the strengths of C++ and the ease of Visual Basic; promises to give Sun’s Java a run for its money.

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Developing Visual Studio .NET Macros and Add-Ins

2009-06-14T12:12:00.001-07:00

Takes developers step-by-step through the process of customizing Visual Studio to allow easier and faster incorporation of specialized subroutines, UI elements, and other components
Shows how to customize the development environment for macros and add-ins created in any .NET-hosted language from Visual Studio to Perl, Delphi, COBOL, and Eiffel
Supplies readers with the only print documentation available on all the Macro IDE menu commands
Companion Web site includes all the source code and executables for the book

From the Back Cover
Learn how to supercharge Visual Studio .NET with this in-depth guide to creating customized macros and add-insWhether you simply need to automate a repetitive task or make a full-scale improvement to Visual Studio .NET, Jeff Cogswell will quickly teach you how in this comprehensive book. You’ll find all the tools necessary to create customized macros and add-ins using the Macros Integrated Development Environment (IDE) of Visual Studio .NET, and the only print documentation available on how to gain complete control over the IDE’s menus.

With clear and concise details, Cogswell walks you through macro development, showing you how to automate processes in Visual Studio .NET.

He explains how to use Visual Studio .NET to write add-ins for Microsoft Office, and how to integrate Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, and Outlook right into Visual Studio .NET.

Along the way, he also uncovers the ins and outs of deploying your add-ins and presents expert tips and techniques on how to supercharge Visual Studio .NET.

With this book, you’ll learn how to:

Program against the object model and how to develop, save, deploy, and reuse add-ins
Customize Visual Studio .NET to allow easier and faster incorporation of specialized subroutines, UI elements, and other components
Develop satellite DLLs that provide for globalization of your software
Customize the development environment for macros and add-ins created in any .NET-hosted language from Visual Studio to Perl, Delphi, COBOL, and Eiffel

The companion Web site contains all of the source code for the book.

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Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Server Controls and Components

2009-06-14T11:25:00.000-07:00

Here’s the essential book for developers who want to learn how to author controls for ASP.NET applications. Combining conceptual details with practical how-to information, this guide provides the solid understanding developers need to get controls up and running. Topics include Web services, HTTP runtime programming, packaging, deployment, debugging, and more. Written by Microsoft insiders who really understand the technology, this is an indispensable tool for professionals creating dynamic web sites and web-enabled applications.

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The Ultimate VB .NET and ASP.NET Code Book

2009-06-13T05:08:00.001-07:00

Have you noticed that the majority of .NET books seem intent on hiding you from real-world code? You can buy a 1,500-page draft excluder, study it intensively for a month, and still be none the wiser as to how to write basic programs. This book isnt like that.

Within these pages, youll learn how to create exciting new XP-style interfaces, and how to code ultra-thin Windows applications that automatically update via the Web. Youll learn how to apply dozens of ASP.NET secrets, how to push your DataGrid to the max in Windows applications and on the Web, and how to add powerful Google, Amazon, and TerraServer searches to your applications.

Youll also discover ways to obtain Microsoft code and save hours of development time; youll uncover the truth behind creating fast programs that run on anything from PDAs to mobile phones to microwaves; youll be exposed to a hidden .NET language; and youll find out why you need to know at least some C# (and then be given a cheat course on the basics.)

The useful code and .NET programming tips having been personally developed by the author over the past three yearsthese arent updated Visual Basic 6 code scraps. Everything within these pages has been created and tested for VB .NET and ASP.NET.

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THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ONLINE LEARNING

2009-06-13T05:06:00.000-07:00

Neither an academic tome nor a prescriptive “how to” guide, The Theory and Practice of Online Learning is an illuminating collection of essays by practitioners and scholars active in the complex field of distance education. Distance education has evolved significantly in its 150 years of existence. For most of this time, it was an individual pursuit defined by infrequent postal communication. But recently, three more developmental generations have emerged, supported by televison and radio, teleconferencing, and computer conferencing. The early 21st century has produced a fifth generation, based on autonomous agents and intelligent, database-assisted learning, that has been referred to as Web 2.0. The second edition of The Theory and Practice of Online Learning features updates in each chapter, plus four new chapters on current distance education issues such as connectivism and social software innovations.

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