Mastering Visual C#.Net

Helps you to master C# language essentials. You'll learn how to create stand-alone applications, as well as build Windows, web, and database applications. This book teaches you how to develop web services.

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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.
Coverage also includes: 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; and programming defensively with exception handling.