November 2008
Intermediate to advanced
512 pages
12h 6m
English
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What You Need to Use This Book
Every chapter has its own set of requirements and pieces it may need to work, but there are a few common pieces of software you should download and install in order to get started.
First, you will need some form of Visual Studio 2008 installed. If you are a professional developer, you may already have a version of Visual Studio installed on your computer. If you don't, or you're just starting out, don't sweat it: Visual Studio 2008 Express is available for free and is a simple download and install. Also note that Visual Studio 2008 Express installs side-by-side with Visual Studio 2005 (and Visual Studio 2005 Express) and will not cause any problems.
All Visual Studio 2008 Express editions can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/Express/download.
Visual Studio 2008 Express is broken up into several different versions, depending on the language you wish to use and the application you're looking to use. If you want to compile the C# versions of the code in these chapters, you should download and install Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. If you are more familiar with Visual Basic, you should download and install Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. For the projects in this book that require web development, you will need to download and install Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition.
For the hardware chapters, it is also assumed you have some standard tools and parts, such as screwdrivers, hammers, pliers, a soldering iron, etc.
There are some chapters that ...
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