Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft® Visual C#™ .NET in 24 Hours

Hour 24. Building a Real-World Application

As you've worked through this book, you've progressively added to your development skill set. You've covered a lot of material so far, and you might be wondering what's next—how do you put it all together? In this hour, you'll do just that; put everything together. This hour is unique in that I'm really not going to teach you anything new (well, maybe a few things). Instead, you're going to follow explicit instructions to build a working, real-world application.

The application you're about to build is the CD/Album Catalog program. It's a database application that stores basic information about a CD/album collection, including title, artist name, and associated artwork such as cover art. You'll create ...