Product Description: Update to Wrox's leading C# book for beginnersGet ready for the next release of Microsoft's C# programming language with this essential Wrox beginner's guide. Beginning Microsoft Visual C# 2010 starts with the basics and brings you thoroughly up to speed...read more

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The book is aimed at novice programmers who wish to learn programming with C# and the .NET framework. The book starts with absolute programming basics. It then moves into Web and Windows programming, data access (databases and XML), and more advanced technologies such as graphics programming with GDI+ and basic networking. The book is divided into sections including:The C# Language: Basic language skills using console application. Content moves from the absolute basics to fairly involved OOP skills.Windows Vista Programming: Using basic Windows applications, reinforcing earlier OOP and debugging skills.Web Programming: Putting together basic Web applications, highlighting differences between Web and Windows programming.Data Access: Accessing all kinds of data sources from Web and Windows applications, including SQL usage, XML, file system data, and Web Services.Additional Techniques: "The fun stuff", including Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Workflow, Windows Communication Foundation, GDI+, networking, Windows Services, and so on.The book makes complicated subjects seem easy to learn, and it inspires readers to investigate areas further on their own by providing references to additional material, and exercise questions that require significant effort and personal research to complete.

A guide to the C# programming language in .NET architecture covers such topics as objects and types, inheritance, operators, strings, expressions, Visual Studio 2005, assemblies, .NET security, and presentation.

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A guide to the C# programming language covers such topics as objects and types, inheritance, operators, strings, regular expressions, Visual Studio 2005, assemblies, .NET security, and XML.

Creating next-generation software and applications is now easier than ever with the release of Visual C# 2005. This accessible book guides you through all aspects of C# programming and the capabilities of Visual Studio 2005 so that you can begin developing customized applications.You'll first learn all aspects of the C# language, from the fundamentals to object-oriented techniques. You'll then quickly progress through Windows(r) and Web programming to making use of data sources, and finally to some advanced techniques such as XML documentation and graphics programming with GDI+. Throughout the book, you'll also find helpful hints, tips, exercises, and full-fledged example code that will enhance your programming skills.This book covers everything you need to know about Visual C# 2005 and the .NET Framework to create powerful, secure applications for mobile devices, Web applications, Windows applications, and Web services.What you will learn from this bookWays to add functionality to your Visual C# applicationsHow to publish applications to the Web with the click of a buttonTechniques for assembling advanced Windows applications with a minimum of effort and timeTips for using Web services to add complex data and functionality to Web applicationsHow to improve your C# applications using object-oriented programmingSteps for using ADO.NET to interact with databases and deal with XMLWho this book is forThis book is for anyone who wants to learn how to program in C# using the .NET Framework. It is also for programmers who know .NET 1.0 and want to find out about the latest features of .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005.Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Product Description: .NET Enterprise Services is a managed class in COM+ that allows developers to build scalable applications quickly and easily, by automated business solutions, rather than writing code from scratch. .NET Enterprise Services are delivered as a part of the Windows 2003 operating system, and also work with Web Services...read more

Provides the beginning network programmer with an understanding of the general concepts of networking; information about programming in .NET with C#; skills to build network-based applications in .NET; and the confidence to implement application-level protocols. Original. (Intermediate)

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Product Description: Networking is one of the core tasks of enterprise-level programming, and for the programmer familiar with the C# language this book will provide the information to put network programming at the heart of their .NET applications. Prior knowledge of network programming is not assumed, but the reader already familiar with networking from another environment will find the pace quick enough for the book to still prove valuable...read more

Product Description: Web services are perhaps the most important feature of .NET development. They take componentization to a new level by allowing method calls to be made over the Internet or over an intranet using standard protocols such as HTTP and SOAP...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The development of the .NET Framework, with the associated release of the C# programming language, is set to stimulate a new wave of application development. This book aims to provide the information needed to develop powerful data-centric applications using C#...read more