ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook

• Paperback: 980 pages
• Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.; 2 edition (March 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596101406

This guide is strikingly different from other books on Microsoft ADO.NET. Rather than load you down with theory, the new edition of ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook gives you more than 200 coding solutions and best practices for real problems you’re likely to face with this technology using Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET 3.5 platform. Organized to help you find the topic and specific recipe you need quickly and easily, this book is more than just a handy compilation of cut-and-paste C# code. ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook also offers clear explanations of how and why each code solution works, and warns you of potential pitfalls so you can learn to adapt the book’s problem-solving techniques to different situations. This collection of timesaving recipes covers vital topics including: Connecting to data Retrieving and managing data Transforming and analyzing data Modifying data Binding data to .NET user interfaces Optimizing .NET data access Enumerating and maintaining database objects Maintaining database integrity Ideal for ADO.NET programmers at all levels, from the relatively inexperienced to the most sophisticated, this new edition covers the significant 3.5 upgrade, including new programming tools such as LINQ. ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook offers a painless way for those of you who prefer to learn by doing when it comes to expanding your skills and productivity.

About the Author
Bill Hamilton is a software architect specializing in designing, developing and implementing distributed applications using .NET and J2EE technologies. Over the last ten years, he has provided consulting services in B2B, B2C, B2E, data integration, and portal initiatives for banking, retail, accounting, manufacturing, and financial services. An early technology adopter, he frequently evaluates, recommends, and helps his clients use new technologies effectively. Bill has designed and helped build several award winning software packages.

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Foundations of ASP.NET AJAX

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 2Rev Ed edition (November 12, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590598288

Since the emergence of Google Maps 12 months ago, Ajax programming techniques have become one of the hottest topics in the programming arena. To date, the frameworks available for creating these applications have been complex and have separated the development of the client–side Ajax (on the user’s machine) from the server–side supporting technology (on the company’s machines). This separation has made development slow and difficult.

ASP.NET AJAX is Microsoft’s solution to this problem. ASP.NET AJAX (formerly code–named Atlas) is a set of extensions to the existing ASP.NET 2.0 technology that provides you with a fast-and-simple environment to create Ajax applications. Microsoft has combined Ajax with ASP.NET technology and provided a unified set of development tools within Visual Studio 2005. For the first time, Ajax applications can be developed seamlessly in conjunction with a supporting technology.

Foundations of ASP.NET AJAX (written by Laurence Moroney the author of Apress successful Foundations of Atlas) gives you a detailed grounding in how ASP.NET AJAX works. It takes you swiftly through the basic principles of Ajax, then deep into the heart of the technology, where every namespace is discussed and every function considered. By the end of the book, you’ll know all the essentials to confidently produce cutting-edge ASP.NET AJAX applications swiftly and professionally. You will not need any reference beyond this book.

About the Author
A biography for this author is not available. Laurence Moroney is the Director of Technology Evangelism at Mainsoft, the cross-platform development company. He has over 10 years in software development and architecture, specializing in interoperability, security and performance in such diverse environments as Casinos, Jails, the Border Patrol, Airports, Professional Soccer and Financial Services. He has written several books on computing, including some on Web Services Security, ASP.NET and Java/.NET interoperability, as well as dozens of articles on various technology issues.
He lives in Sammamish, Washington with wife Rebecca and children Claudia and Christopher. His blog is at www.philotic.com, where you can find lots of Atlas and other development resources. John Grieb lives on Long Island, New York, and works for Reuters as a technical specialist. He is currently the lead developer of a project to migrate Reuters Messaging to Microsoft Live Communication Server 2005. Prior to that, he spent several years in Reuter’s Microsoft R&D Group and Innovation Lab, gaining experience in a broad range of cutting-edge Microsoft technologies by participating in a many of Microsoft’s beta programs and developing prototypes demonstrating how they could be applied to Reuter’s own products and services.

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Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform

• Paperback: 1377 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 3Rev Ed edition (March 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590598229

Whether you’re moving to .NET for the first time, or you’re already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.0, Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform will provide you with a solid grounding in this new technology and serve as a comprehensive reference throughout your coding career:

• Explore five new chapters of content—including the grammar of the common intermediate language (CIL), .NET generics, and object serialization services.
• Discover all the new .NET 3.5 features—nullable types, delegate covariance, ASP.NET 2.0 master pages, the new Windows Forms “Strip” controls, and much more.
• Get a professional foothold—targeted to appeal to experienced software professionals and/or graduate students of computer science (so don’t expect three chapters on iteration or decision constructs!).
• Gain a rock–solid foundation in programming using Visual Basic.
• Get comfortable with all the core aspects of the .NET platform—including assemblies, remoting, Windows Forms, Web Forms, ADO.NET, XML web services, and much more.

Once you’ve digested the information contained in the 25 chapters of this 1000+ page book, you’ll be ready to apply this knowledge to your specific programming assignments and well equipped to explore the .NET universe on your own.

What you’ll learn

• Everything you need to put .NET 3.5 and Visual Basic 2008 to use in your professional workbefore anyone else!
• Insights and techniques from the author’s experience since .NET 1.0
• Complete coverage of .NET 3.5—WPF, WCF and WF

Who is this book for?

Anyone with some software development experience interested in the new .NET 3.5 Platform and the Visual Basic language. Whether you’re moving to .NET for the first time or you’re already writing applications on .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.0, this book will provide you with a solid grounding in this new technology and serve as a comprehensive reference throughout your coding career.

Related Titles

• Beginning VB 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional
• Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008: From Novice to Professional
• Visual Basic 2008 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
• Pro WPF in VB 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 3.5

About the Apress Pro Series

You have gotten the job; now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard-won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.

About the Author
Andrew Troelsen is a partner, trainer, and consultant at Intertech-Inc., and is a leading authority on both .NET and COM. His book Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform won the prestigious 2003 Referenceware Excellence Award and is now in its third edition. Also of note are his earlier five-star treatment of traditional COM in the bestselling Developer’s Workshop to COM and ATL mirrored in his book, COM and .NET Interoperability, and his top-notch investigation of VB .NET in Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide. Troelsen has a degree in mathematical linguistics and South Asian studies from the University of Minnesota and is a frequent speaker at numerous .NET-related conferences. He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife, Amanda, and spends his free time investigating .NET and waiting for the Wild to win the Stanley Cup.

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The Microsoft Expression Web Developer’s Guide to ASP.NET 3.5: Learn to create ASP.NET applications using Visual Web Developer 2008

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (October 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789736659

Learn to create ASP.NET applications using Visual Web Developer 2008

“This book is a great reference for web designers new to ASP.NET who are looking to jump start their development with

Visual Web Developer 2008.”

Mikhail Arkhipov

Principal Development Manager – Web Development Tools

Microsoft Corporation

Expression Web introduced ASP.NET to a new group of web developers. This book is designed to help you start using ASP.NET right away to add powerful new features to your website. Don’t worry, you won’t have to learn a lot of programming; instead, you’ll create an ASP.NET application from start to finish using Visual Web Developer 2008, while writing only a very small amount of actual programming code.

DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW TO…

• Create and work with websites in Visual Web Developer 2008

• Use the different compilation and code models in ASP.NET

• Configure ASP.NET security and other settings

• Use ASP.NET master pages and user controls

• Take advantage of ASP.NET membership features for a password-protected website

• Use form validation in ASP.NET

• Use CSS, skins, and themes

• Access, edit, and add data to a database using ASP.NET

• Send email using ASP.NET

• Use Ajax and ASP.NET Web services

• Debug and troubleshoot ASP.NET

. . . and much more!

Jim Cheshire is the author of several books, including Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web. He has been working with ASP.NET since before its release. He has been heavily involved in the web design community for more than a decade and is widely considered an expert in Microsoft’s web design technologies. Jim currently works as an escalation engineer on the ASP.NET team at Microsoft.

ON THE WEB:

Download examples and source code presented in this book from www.informit.com/title/

9780789736659.

CATEGORY:

Web Development

COVERS:

ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer 2008

USER LEVEL:

Beginning to Intermediate

About the Author

Jim Cheshire is the author of several books, including the recently released Special Edition Using Expression Web. He has been working with ASP.NET since before its release. Jim works as an escalation engineer on the ASP.NET team at Microsoft, where he specializes in debugging and resolving some of the toughest problems Microsoft sees from users of ASP.NET.

Jim also operates the Jimco Software (www.jimcosoftware.com) and Jimco Books (www.jimcobooks.com) websites, where he distributes software and information for users of both Microsoft FrontPage and Microsoft Expression Web. He has been heavily involved in the web design community for more than a decade and is widely considered an expert in Microsoft’s web design technologies.

You can contact Jim via either of his websites.

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Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5, Second Edition

• Paperback: 1040 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 2 edition (February 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590599551

The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation provides the foundation for building applications and high–quality user experiences in Windows Vista. WPF blends application user interface, documents, and media content to provide richer control, design, and development of the visual aspects of Windows programs.

Author Matthew MacDonald shows you how WPF really works. His no–nonsense, practical advice will get you building high–quality WPF applications quickly and easily. MacDonald will take you through a thorough investigation of the more advanced aspects of WPF, and its relation to other elements of the WinFX stack and the .NET Framework 3.5, to complete your understanding of WPF and C# 2008.

WPFs functionality extends to support for Tablet PCs and other forms of input device, and provides a more modern imaging and printing pipeline, accessibility and UI automation infrastructure, data–driven UI and visualization, as well as the integration points for weaving the application experience into the Windows shell.

What you’ll learn

• WPF basics: XAML, layout, control essentials, and data flow
• WPF applications: Navigation, commands, localization, and deployment
• Advanced controls: Custom controls, menus, toolbars, and trees
• WPF documents: Text layout, printing, and document packaging
• Graphics and multimedia: Drawing shapes, sound and video, animation, geometric transformations, and imaging

Who is this book for?

Developers encountering WPF and .NET 3.5 for the first time in their professional lives

About the Apress Pro Series

The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.

You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.

Related Titles

• Beginning C# 2008: From Novice to Professional
• Illustrated C# 2008
• Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition
• Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, Second Edition
• Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008

About the Author
Matthew MacDonald is an author, educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He is a regular writer for developer journals such as Inside Visual Basic, ASPToday, and Hardcore Visual Studio .NET, and he’s the author of several books about programming with .NET, including User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, The Book of VB .NET, and .NET Distributed Applications. In a dimly remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics. Send e-mail to him with praise, condemnation, and everything in between, to p2p@prosetech.com.

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