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This title is aimed at current VB developers who want to learn C#, and want a tutorial that is focused squarely on their needs, in particular on building and deploying Windows Forms applications, and data access and manipulation. This book is light on theory, but big on real-world, usable code, and full of practical examples.

Microsoft's C# ("C sharp") is a modern, object-oriented programming language built from the ground up to exploit the power of XML-based Web services on Microsoft's new .NET platform. With its Visual C++ development system heritage, C# will enable millions of C and C++ developers to use existing skills to rapidly build sophisticated XML-based .NET applications. Why Will Web Developers Switch to C#? ...Because it's the ideal solution for C and C++ programmers who need to combine rapid development with the power to access all the functionality of the Microsoft.NET platform. They want an environment that is completely in sync with emerging Web standards and one that provides easy integration with existing applications. C#.net Web Developer's Guide will enhance developer productivity and help them eliminate programming errors that can lead to increased development costs. This book teaches Web developers to quickly and easily build solutions for the Microsoft .NET platform. Web developers will learn to use C# components to build Web services and applications that are available across the Internet, from any application running on any platform. * Timely coverage of newly released product - programmers and developers are anxious to learn about the new technology * Comes with Syngress' revolutionary wallet-sized CD containing a printable HTML version of the book and all of the source code examples and demos of popular C# upgrade and programming tools

This is the essential source for the professional developer seeking to create complex, robust, and high performance applications. Learn programming techniques to integrate graphic animation and streaming video into a site.

Get Everything You Can Out of Visual C# and the .NET Framework Mastering Visual C# .NET is the best resource for getting everything you can out of the new C# language and the .NET Framework. You'll master C# language essentials, quickly taking advantage of the many improvements it offers over C++ and see tons of examples that show you all the ways that .NET can make your programming more efficient and your applications more powerful. You'll learn how to create stand-alone applications, as well as build Windows, web, and database applications. You'll even see how to develop web services—a technology that holds great promise for the future of distributed application. Coverage includes: Mastering the fundamentals and advanced aspects of the C# language Using Visual Studio .NET for increased coding productivity and debugging Creating distributed applications with remoting and web services Understanding object-oriented concepts Delivering data across the Internet with web services Using XML to communicate with other applications Accessing databases with ADO.NET Building Windows applications Creating web applications using ASP.NET Reading and writing data from/to files or the Internet Using advanced data structures to store and manipulate information Using multi-threading for greater application efficiency Using reflection to manipulate running code Building distributed applications with remoting and web services Securing code and authenticating users Using built-in encryption facilities Making your applications world-ready Parsing strings with regular expressions Using delegates to handle runtime events Programming defensively with exception handling

“If you have any interest in writing .NET programs using Active Directory or ADAM, this is the book you want to read.” —Joe Richards, Microsoft MVP, directory services Identity and Access Management are rapidly gaining importance as key areas of practice in the IT industry, and directory services provide the fundamental building blocks that enable them. For enterprise developers struggling to build directory-enabled .NET applications, The .NET Developer’s Guide to Directory Services Programming will come as a welcome aid. Microsoft MVPs Joe Kaplan and Ryan Dunn have written a practical introduction to programming directory services, using both versions 1.1 and 2.0 of the .NET Framework. The extensive examples in the book are in C#; a companion Web site includes both C# and Visual Basic source code and examples. Readers will Learn to create, rename, update, and delete objects in Active Directory and ADAM Learn to bind to and search directories effectively and efficiently Learn to read and write attributes of all types in the directory Learn to use directory services within ASP.NET applications Get concrete examples of common programming tasks such as managing Active Directory and ADAM users and groups, and performing authentication Experienced .NET developers—those building enterprise applications or simply interested in learning about directory services—will find that The .NET Developer’s Guide to Directory Services Programming unravels the complexities and helps them to avoid the common pitfalls that developers face.

Covers topics such as integrating multiple .NET technologies, cross-language integration, versioning, database and monitoring tools for application development, accessing data, and COM+.