Book description
Professional C# 2008 starts by reviewing the overall architecture of .NET in Chapter 1 in order to give you the background you need to be able to write managed code. After that the book is divided into a number of sections that cover both the C# language and its application in a variety of areas.
Part I: The C# Language gives a good grounding in the C# language itself. This section doesn't presume knowledge of any particular language, although it does assume you are an experienced programmer. You start by looking at C#'s basic syntax and data types, and then explore the object-oriented features of C# before moving on to look at more advanced C# programming topics.
Part II: Visual Studio looks at the main IDE utilized by C# developers world-wide: Visual Studio 2005. The two chapters in this section look at the best way to use the tool to build applications based upon either the .NET Framework 2.0 or 3.0. In addition to this, this section also focuses on the deployment of your projects.
Part III: Base Class Libraries looks at the principles of programming in the .NET environment. In particular, you look at security, threading localization, transactions, how to build Windows services, and how to generate your own libraries as assemblies.
Part IV: Data looks at accessing databases with ADO.NET and LINQ, and at interacting with directories and files. This part also extensively covers support in .NET for XML and on the Windows operating system side, and the .NET features of SQL Server 2008. Within the large space of LINQ, particular focus is put on LINQ to SQL and LINQ to XML.
Part V: Presentation focuses on building classic Windows applications, which are called Windows Forms in .NET. Windows Forms are the thick-client version of applications, and using .NET to build these types of applications is a quick and easy way of accomplishing this task. In addition to looking at Windows Forms, you take a look at GDI+, which is the technology you will use for building applications that include advanced graphics. This section also covers writing components that will run on Web sites, serving up Web pages. This covers the tremendous number of new features that ASP.NET 3.5 provides. Finally, this section also shows how to build applications based upon the Windows Presentation Foundation and VSTO.
Part VI: Communication covers Web services for platform-independent communication, .NET Remoting for communication between .NET clients and servers, Enterprise Services for the services in the background, and DCOM communication. With Message Queuing asynchronous, disconnected communication is shown. This section also looks at utilizing the Windows Communication Foundation and the Windows Workflow Foundation.
Part VII: Appendices (Online): This section includes three appendices focused on how to build applications that take into account the new features and barriers found in Windows Vista. Also, this section looks at the upcoming ADO.NET Entities technology and how to use this new technology in your C# applications. You can find these three appendices online at www.wrox.com
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Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Authors
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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Part I: The C# Language
- Chapter 1: .NET Architecture
- Chapter 2: C# Basics
- Chapter 3: Objects and Types
- Chapter 4: Inheritance
- Chapter 5: Arrays
- Chapter 6: Operators and Casts
- Chapter 7: Delegates and Events
- Chapter 8: Strings and Regular Expressions
- Chapter 9: Generics
- Chapter 10: Collections
- Chapter 11: Language Integrated Query
- Chapter 12: Memory Management and Pointers
- Chapter 13: Reflection
- Chapter 14: Errors and Exceptions
- Part II: Visual Studio
- Part III: Base Class Libraries
- Part IV: Data
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Part V: Presentation
- Chapter 31: Windows Forms
- Chapter 32: Data Binding
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Chapter 33: Graphics with GDI+
- Understanding Drawing Principles
- Measuring Coordinates and Areas
- A Note About Debugging
- Drawing Scrollable Windows
- World, Page, and Device Coordinates
- Colors
- The Safety Palette
- Pens and Brushes
- Drawing Shapes and Lines
- Displaying Images
- Issues When Manipulating Images
- Drawing Text
- Simple Text Example
- Fonts and Font Families
- Example: Enumerating Font Families
- Editing a Text Document: The CapsEditor Sample
- Printing
- Summary
- Chapter 34: Windows Presentation Foundation
- Chapter 35: Advanced WPF
- Chapter 36: Add-Ins
- Chapter 37: ASP.NET Pages
- Chapter 38: ASP.NET Development
- Chapter 39: ASP.NET AJAX
- Chapter 40: Visual Studio Tools for Office
- Part VI: Communication
- Part VII: Appendices
- Index
Product information
- Title: Professional C# 2008
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2008
- Publisher(s): Wrox
- ISBN: 9780470191378
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