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

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.

Presents information on relational databases for VB programmers, covering such topics as SQL, ADO.NET, data readers, data binding, queries, and exceptions.

Provides information on database applications using C#, covering such topics as SQL, ADO.NET architecture, data readers, datasets, queries, transactions, 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: No matter what programs you develop, there always exists a bottom line: you must know how to access and manipulate data. This book teaches you all the essential data manipulation skills that you will need when you code in C#. Data can be stored in many places, but large quantities of data that need to be frequently accessed are usually stored in relational databases such as SQL Server...read more

Explains how to access, display, and manipulate data using C# code and ADO.NET classes, and discusses database theory. (view table of contents)