Book Description Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Wiley (March 1, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0471386316 ISBN-13: 978-0471386315

Build 10 of the most sought after Visual Basic .NET enterprise applications–now!. Gain the tools to create 10 reusable enterprise projects utilizing the new features of VB.NET.

Going beyond the standard reference books, Tony Martin takes readers step-by-step through the process of creating ten reusable enterprise applications with the next version of Microsoft’s leading programming language-Visual Basic.NET. Readers will start by building a standard application template, which will form the basis of all the projects. Martin explains how to combine VB.NET with other key technologies, such as Web Services, ASP.NET, XML, WebForms, and the Microsoft Mobile Framework, to solve the important issues corporate Visual Basic programmers face today.

Tired of the typical VB.NET reference books that only provide a little information on a lot of topics? Looking for real-world examples of how to use .NET in your day-to-day enterprise projects? Youve come to the right place.

In Visual Basic .NET at Work, Tony Martin and Dominic Selly show you how to combine the new features of VB.NET with must-know technology to create real-world business applications. Take a tour of the major .NET technologies, learn how they work, and then follow step-by-step through the projects –– complete programs that utilize VB.NET and related technologies to create fully functional solutions that you can use in your enterprise environments.

Each project begins with a clear statement of the problem, a walk-through of the solution that youll build, and the list of supplies and technologies that youll need to complete the project. In addition, Martin and Selly provide a list of suggestions for enhancing each project, which alternate between simple upgrades to completely new features.

The ten example projects are:
* A WinForms library
* Bug tracking with ADO.NET
* Bug reporting with XML Web Services
* Application performance testing with .NET Remoting
* Deployment packages usingVisual Studio .NET
* A Web portal with ASP.NET
* Schema generator with XML
* User authentication login screen with ASP.NET
* Employee information system using the .NET Mobile Framework
* Employee intranet that combines all of the .NET technologies

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Book Description Paperback: 541 pages Publisher: Digital Press (June 11, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 1555583156 ISBN-13: 978-1555583156

Covers the latest version of .NET. This book will help you develop network applications with .NET, using either the C# (pronounced C-sharp) or VB.NET programming language.

The purpose of this book is to provide tools to design and implement network-orientated applications in .NET. It is also a guide for software designers to choose the best and most efficient way to implement mission critical solutions. The book addresses real-world issues facing professional developers, such as using third-party components as opposed in-house development. It differentiates itself from existing .NET publications because it is aimed at experienced professionals and concentrates on practical, ready-to-use information. The book is written in two languages C# and VB.NET, and covers never-before published information on Telephony in .NET and packet-level networking.

This is the second book in the Digital Press Software Development Series.
- Coverage of lower level protocols allows implementation of performance-centric applications
- Demonstrates the feasibility of developing telephony solutions in-house rather than outsourcing
- Written in VB.NET and C# to assist readers working in either language
- Coverage of Email, FTP and the WWW allows implementation of applications in all three areas

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Book Description Paperback: 700 pages Publisher: Microsoft Press (July 26, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0735615330 ISBN-13: 978-0735615335

This official MCAD/MCSD TRAINING KIT.

This official MCAD/MCSD TRAINING KIT teaches professional developers how to create Windows applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework as they prepare for MCP Exams 70-306 and 70-316-core requirements on the MCAD/MCSD tracks. Students learn through an integrated system of skill-building tutorials, case study examples, and self-assessment tools while topics map directly to MCP exam objectives. An economical alternative to classroom instruction, this kit enables students to set their own pace and learn by doing.

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Book Description Paperback: 528 pages Publisher: Microsoft Press (November 5, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 0735619247 ISBN-13: 978-0735619241

Create compelling and effective program interfaces that best suit your users’ needs—and make your products more competitive and useful—by customizing the intrinsic controls in the Microsoft .NET Framework and building your own controls from scratch.

As another reviewer mentioned, this book is exceptional many ways. If you have never heard of a custom designer, isolated storage, custom editors, type converters, advanced use of attributes and serialization, use of encryption, using raw GDI+, designer verbs, etc., if you are like me you will probably find this book useful. I have been using .net since 2/2002 and thought I knew my way around the framework. But I didnt realize another hidden universe of capablity regarding custom controls. Each chapter develops new and mostly useful controls you can place on your tool palette.

One example in particular lets you inherit a stock textbox, and add an extender to allow it of validate a phone number, email address, url, or other input with regular expressions. No need to rewrite this boring code over and over. Click this on your toolbox and you have a new control. Or you might want to add / remove properties from a new or existing control. If you have been using ASP.NET, a simple program shows you how to decrypt the Viewstate. Complete programs on control licensing show how to use various techniques to usethe licensing object and the registry or XML to handle piracy.

The thing I like is that each chapter has one or more full programs that are targeted at program designers. For example, sorting a listbox in VB6 was easy, but in .net it’s ASCII only. Connell shows how to build a .dll to sort in numeric, date, or any other sort order. While you would think this is built in – it’s not?? which makes the stock control limited for all but the most trivial use. Anyway, I liked the book for those reasons. Some sections could be longer and others shorter – but on balance it’s well written and you are probably guaratneed to learn more from this book than many of the others filling the bookshelves. One thing I have to say is that now I “think” about developing my own custom controls – either for work use or for sale to other developers. I never thought like this before, so for this alone it was worth the read.

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Book Description Paperback: 864 pages Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (July 4, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0130933821 ISBN-13: 978-0130933829

Gives experienced developers the practical insight they need to build enterprise applications using Visual Basic .NET. Covers the entire process of constructing a .NET application. Softcover.

Build industrial-strength .NET applications with Visual Basic.

* Experienced programmers: Quickly come up to speed on the new, powerful Visual Basic .NET
* Practical, hands-on coverage of the .NET Framework, CLR, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, Web services, security, interoperability, and more
* Running case study: see how concepts work together when you build .NET applications

This book gives experienced developers the practical insight they need to build enterprise applications using Visual Basic .NET. Using extensive code examples and a running case study, the authors illuminate the .NET concepts and technologies that offer developers the greatest power and value. They cover the entire process of constructing a .NET application: developing a simple .NET console application; adding a Windows Forms interface; isolating functionality within components; providing database access via ADO.NET; securing your code; and using ASP.NET to create Web applications and services.

* .NET Framework and Common Language Runtime fundamentals for experienced programmers
* Key .NET features: interfaces, attributes, collections, I/O, threading, remoting, and more
* In-depth coverage of ADO.NET, ASP.NET Web Forms, and Web services
* Advanced user interface programming with Windows Forms and GDI+
* Assemblies, component deployment, and versioning
* Ensuring interoperability with diverse and legacy systems
* Includes a self-contained Visual Basic .NET overview for those new to the language

Part of The Integrated .NET Series from Object Innovations and Prentice Hall PTR.

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Book Description Paperback: 512 pages Publisher: Microsoft Press (March 28, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 073562335X ISBN-13: 978-0735623354

Get hands-on guidance for using Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation to create process-managed applications for Microsoft Windows—one step at a time.

Understanding Windows Workflow Foundation is essential for every developer who works with multiple applications and services that must exchange data or results. Windows Workflow Foundation defines a process flow amongst people, applications, and services—mapping dependencies and sequences to allow automation of tasks across previously stand-alone programs. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises to understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for working with Windows Workflow Foundation. New-to-topic developers can take a sequential approach to understanding workflows and learning how to create Windows Workflow Foundation–enabled applications and services. This book includes a CD with practice exercises and code samples to help developers accelerate their productivity.

Key Book Benefits:
- Delivers context for understanding workflow and guidance for creating workflows and Windows Workflow Foundation–enabled applications and services – Features sequential, procedural guidance for new-to-topic developers – Includes a CD with all practice exercises and code samples for each chapter

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Book Description Paperback: 264 pages Publisher: Apress (Oct 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 1-59059-718-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-718-7

Have you ever spent hours coding workflow for your applications? If so, the new Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) technology will make your life easier. Foundations of WF: An Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation introduces you to using Visual Studio 2005 and the Windows Workflow Foundation (part of Windows Vista) to create workflow packages. The book begins by giving you an overview of Windows Workflow Foundation. Then it introduces and shows examples of the various types of workflow that can be created.

Youll discover the power of WF. Youll learn about all the prebuild activities you can include in your workflow, along with how to create your own activities. WF is fully extensible and allows you an unlimited number of options for your workflow. Youll also learn how to use workflow activities to retrieve data, and finally, how to tie an ASP.NET application with a workflow built in WF.

This book, unlike most of the Microsoft WF samples, has code in both VB .NET and C#. All the examplesand there are manyhave VB .NET code, and many have the accompanying C# code. This book will allow you to begin creating new workflow applications easily in either VB .NET or C#. Each chapter includes an introduction to one or more activities that make up WF, along with examples of how to use each activity. Many chapters include a final section providing a real world example (a purchase order system). This book will have you using WF to create workflow applications with VB .NET or C# in a short amount of time.

Brian Myers is a Microsoft Certified Professional and Microsoft Certified Application Developer for .NET. He is currently a software engineer and database administrator.

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Book Description Paperback: 600 pages Publisher: Apress (November 19, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1590597893 ISBN-13: 978-1590597897

Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 is all about code.

Literally, this book starts with code and ends with code. In most books, the author shows the simplest example demonstrating how to use a method, but they so rarely show how to use the more complex prototypes. Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 is different. Demonstrating the overwhelming majority of LINQ operators and protoypes, it is a veritable treasury of LINQ examples.

LINQ is the project name for a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that provide a generic approach to querying data from different data sources. LINQ will premier in Visual Studio 2008, and will become the next must-have skill for .NET developers.

Rather than obscure the relevant LINQ principles in code examples by focusing on a demonstration application you have no interest in writing, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 cuts right to the chase of each LINQ operator, method, or class. However, where complexity is necessary to truly demonstrate an issue, the examples are right there in the thick of it. For example, code samples demonstrating how to handle concurrency conflicts actually create concurrency conflicts so you can step through the code and see them unfold.

Most books tell you about the simple stuff, while few books warn you of the pitfalls. Where Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 returns your investment is in the hours, and sometimes days, spent by the author determining why something may not work as expected. Sometimes this results in an innocent looking paragraph that may take you a minute to read and understand, but took days to research and explain.

Face it, most technical books while informative, are dull. LINQ need not be dull. Written with a sense of humor, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 will attempt to entertain you on your journey through the wonderland of LINQ and C# 2008.

What you’ll learn
* How to leverage all the new LINQ relevant C# 2008 language features including extension methods, lambda expressions, anonymous data types, and partial methods.
* How to use LINQ to Objects to query in-memory data collections such as arrays, ArrayLists, and Lists to retrieve the data you want.
* Why some queries are deferred, how a deferred query can bite you, and how you can make deferred queries work for you.
* How to use LINQ to XML to revolutionize your creation, manipulation, and searching of XML data.
* How to query DataSets with LINQ to DataSet so you can co-exist with legacy code and use LINQ to query databases other than SQL Server.
* How to query Databases with LINQ to SQL, write your own entity classes, and understand how to handle concurrency conflicts.

From the Publisher: Who is this book for?
This book is written for the proficient C# developer, but you do not need to be up on all the latest C# features to understand the material. When you finish this book, you will be up on all the latest C# features. 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.

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Book Description Paperback: 252 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing (November 16, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1847192548 ISBN-13: 978-1847192547

A Practical Guide to Programming Language Integrated Query with C#:
* LINQ to Objects
* LINQ to XML
* LINQ to SQL
* LINQ to DataSets
* LINQ to XSD

In Detail

This book gets you started with LINQ and shows how it will make your programming life easier by making use of new features from the .NET Framework 3.0. This book is split into seven chapters, each of which is dedicated to presenting a feature of LINQ and its usage in real-life scenarios.

Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is a new feature in Visual Studio 2008 that extends its query capabilities, using C# and Visual Basic. Visual Studio 2008 comes with LINQ provider assemblies that enable the use of LINQ with data sources such as in-memory collections, SQL relational databases, ADO.NET Datasets, XML documents, etc.
In Visual Studio 2008, Visual C# and Visual Basic are the languages that implement the LINQ language extensions. LINQ language extensions use the new standard query operators API, which is the query language for any collection that implements IEnumerable.

What you will learn from this book?
* Overview of new features for LINQ in .NET 3.0–partial methods, expressions, anonymous types, initializers, and implicitly typed local variables
* Accessing in-memory data structures using LINQ–lists, arrays, and dictionaries
* Directly querying the collections and filtering the required values without using powerful filtering, ordering, and grouping capabilities
* Creating and manipulating XML data through .NET using XElement and XAttribute
* Creating and navigating XML trees using Functional Construction
* Importing and exporting data from dictionaries, databases, objects, and CSV files
* Creating and manipulating the database objects using the DataContext object
* Working with stored procedures, user-defined functions, handling concurrency conflicts, and transactions during database updates
* Working with .NET framework data providers and DataSets
* Using DataSet for easier and faster querying of cached data
* Working with typed and un-typed XML trees using XSD
* Examining standard query operators provided by LINQ and using them to query data sources
* Implementing your own standard query operators
* Building an ASP.NET web application

Approach
This book introduces the reader to the basic concepts of LINQ, and takes them through using LINQ with an example-driven approach.

Who this book is written for?
This book is for .NET developers who want to find out exactly what LINQ is, what it can do for them, and how to program with LINQ. This book presumes a sound knowledge of XML, ADO.NET, and .NET data access–No knowledge of LINQ is presumed.

About the Author
N. Satheesh Kumar

N. Satheesh Kumar has Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Engineering and has around eleven years of experience in software development life cycle, project, and program management. He started his career developing software applications using Borland software products in a company based in India and then moved to the United Arab Emirates where he continued developing custom application software using Borland Delphi and customizing Great Plain Dynamics (now known as Microsoft Dynamics) for an automobile company. He moved back to India and spent three years designing and developing application software using Microsoft products for a top Multinational Company in India and then spent couple of years in Project Management and Program Management activities. Now he works as a Technical Architect for a top retail company based in the United States. He works with the latest Microsoft technologies and has published many articles on LINQ and other features of .NET.

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Book Description Paperback: 161 pages Publisher: O’Reilly Media; illustrated edition edition (February 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0596519249 ISBN-13: 978-0596519247

Ready to take advantage of LINQ with C# 3.0? This guide has the detail you need to grasp Microsoft’s new querying technology, and concise explanations to help you learn it quickly. And once you begin to apply LINQ, the book serves as an on-the-job reference when you need immediate reminders.

All the examples in the LINQ Pocket Reference are preloaded into LINQPad, the highly praised utility that lets you work with LINQ interactively. Created by the authors and free to download, LINQPad will not only help you learn LINQ, it will have you thinking in LINQ. This reference explains: LINQ’s key concepts, such as deferred execution, iterator chaining, and type inference in lambda expressions The differences between local and interpreted queries C# 3.0’s query syntax in detail-including multiple generators, joining, grouping, query continuations, and more Query syntax versus lambda syntax, and mixed syntax queries Composition and projection strategies for complex queries All of LINQ’s 40-plus query operators How to write efficient LINQ to SQL queries How to build expression trees from scratch All of LINQ to XML’s types and their advanced use

LINQ promises to be the locus of a thriving ecosystem for many years to come. This small book gives you a huge head start. “The authors built a tool (LINQPad) that lets you experiment with LINQ interactively in a way that the designers of LINQ themselves don’t support, and the tool has all kinds of wonderful features that LINQ, SQL and Regular Expression programmers alike will want to use regularly long after they’ve read the book.” -Chris Sells, Connected Systems Program Manager, Microsoft.

About the Author
Albahari is a freelance consultant and developer with over 10 years experience in designing networked systems.

Albahari is cofounder of Genamics, a provider of components for C# programmers, as well as software for DNA and protein sequence analysis. He currently is a program manager in the .NET Compact Framework team at Microsoft.

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