Professional C# 4 and .NET 4

  • 35h 19m
  • Bill Evjen, Christian Nagel, Jay Glynn, Karli Watson, Morgan Skinner
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2010

This book starts by reviewing the overall architecture of .NET 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: This section 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. Objects, types, inheritance, generics, arrays, tuples, operators, casts, delegates, lambdas, events, strings, regular expressions, collections, Language Integrated, Query (LINQ), Dynamic Language Extensions, memory management, pointers, reflection, errors, and exception are all covered in part 1.

Part II: Visual Studio: This section looks at the main IDE utilized by C# developers worldwide: Visual Studio 2010. The two chapters in this section look at the best way to use the tool to build applications based on the .NET Framework 4. In addition, this section also focuses on the deployment of your projects.

Part III: Foundation: In this section, you look at the principles of programming in the .NET environment. In particular, you look at assemblies, instrumentation, security, threading, tasks, synchronization, localization, System.Transactions, networking, interop, XAML, Managed Extensibility Framework, Manipulating Files and the Registry, transactions, how to build Windows services, and how to generate your own libraries as assemblies, among other topics.

Part IV: Data: Here, you look at accessing databases with ADO.NET, ADO.NET Entity Framework, data services. 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.

Part V: Presentation: This section shows how to build applications based upon the Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight, and covers writing components that will run on web sites, serving up web pages. It also has coverage 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. Finally, it includes coverage of the tremendous number of features that ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, and ASP.Net Dynamic Data provide.

Part VI: Communication: This section is all about communication. It covers services for platform-independent communication using the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). With Message Queuing, asynchronous disconnected communication is shown. This section looks at utilizing the Windows Workflow Foundation 4, as well as peer to peer networking, and creating syndication feeds.

The book closes with an appendix covering Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 development.

About the Authors

Christian Nagel is a Microsoft Regional Director, software architect, and author of many .NET books. He founded CN innovation and is an associate of thinktecture.

Bill Evjen is Global Head of Platform Architecture for Thomson Reuters, Lipper. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director and the founder of INETA.

Jay Glynn is the Principle Architect at PureSafety, a leading provider of results-driven software and information solutions for workforce safety and health.

Karli Watson is a freelance author and a consultant for Infusion Development.

Morgan Skinner works in premier support for developers at Microsoft.

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • .NET Architecture
  • Core C#
  • Objects and Types
  • Inheritance
  • Generics
  • Arrays and Tuples
  • Operators and Casts
  • Delegates, Lambdas, and Events
  • Strings and Regular Expressions
  • Collections
  • Language Integrated Query
  • Dynamic Language Extensions
  • Memory Management and Pointers
  • Reflection
  • Errors and Exceptions
  • Visual Studio 2010
  • Deployment
  • Assemblies
  • Instrumentation
  • Threads, Tasks, and Synchronization
  • Security
  • Localization
  • System.Transactions
  • Networking
  • Windows Services
  • Interop
  • Core XAML
  • Managed Extensibility Framework
  • Manipulating Files and the Registry
  • Core ADO.NET
  • ADO.NET Entity Framework
  • Data Services
  • Manipulating XML
  • .NET Programming with SQL Server
  • Core WPF
  • Business Applications with WPF
  • Creating Documents with WPF
  • Silverlight
  • Windows Forms
  • Core ASP.NET
  • ASP.NET Features
  • ASP.NET Dynamic Data and MVC
  • Windows Communication Foundation
  • Windows Workflow Foundation 4
  • Peer-to-Peer Networking
  • Message Queuing
  • Syndication
  • Graphics with GDI+
  • Visual Studio Tools for Office
  • Managed Add-In Framework
  • Enterprise Services
  • Directory Services
  • C#, Visual Basic, C++/CLI, and F#
  • .NET Remoting
  • Web Services with ASP.NET
  • LINQ to SQL
  • Windows Workflow Foundation 3.0
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