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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.

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Product Description: Unique and compelling, figurative artist Eric White's works are exquisitely rendered "paintings about dreams about films." Using found imagery — often from Hollywood's Golden Age — White layers image upon image to create paintings that are at once surreal and hyperreal...read more

Product Description: Eric Whites paintings tour a netherworld populated by movie stars, political figures, and ordinary people stretched and distorted and placed in bizarre landscapes but always disturbingly recognizable. Dubbed the antiNorman Rockwell,White employs a meticulous melding of hyperrealism and surrealism to make his dark dreams...read more

Product Description: Eric White's paintings tour a netherworld populated by movie stars, political figures, and ordinary people stretched and distorted and placed in bizarre landscapes but always disturbingly recognizable. Dubbed the "anti" Norman Rockwell, White employs a meticulous melding of hyperrealism and surrealism to make his dark dreams...read more

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Product Description: Microsoft have invested much time in dramatically improving how we create interfaces for client based applications - Windows Forms is the result. Developers building Windows-based applications can use their .NET language of choice to create rich, flexible, data-aware Graphical User Interfaces that benefit from the full support of the ...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Armed with Elvis biographies and a King James Bible, an investigative journalist compares the King of Rock and Roll to the King of Kings, in a hilarious, outrageously illustrated exploration of Elvis's claim that he was the Messiah. Original. 60,000 first printing. $60,000 ad/promo.