Mastering^TM Visual C#^TM.Net

by Jason Price; Mike Gunderloy

• ISBN13: 9780782129113
• ISBN10: 0782129110
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

Get Everything You Can Out of Visual C# and the .NET FrameworkMastering 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 servicesa 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

Author Biography

Jason Price is an independent consultant and writer, and is both a Microsoft Certified Professional and an Oracle Certified Professional. Jason has more than 10 years of experience in the software industry, and he has extensive experience with C#, .NET, and Java. He is the author of Oracle 9i JDBC Programming and Java Programming with Oracle SQLJ.

Mike Gunderloy is an independent consultant who has worked with Microsoft data access and web technologies for more than a decade. He is the author of ADO and ADO.NET Programming, and coauthor of .NET E-Commerce Programming and the best-selling Access 2002 Developer's Handbook series, all from Sybex.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xxii
Part 1 Fundamental C# Programming	1	(448)
Introduction to C#	3	(16)
Basic C# Programming	19	(28)
Expressions and Operators	47	(24)
Decisions, Loops, and Preprocessor Directives	71	(26)
Object-Oriented Programming	97	(44)
More about Classes and Objects	141	(24)
Derived Classes	165	(44)
Interfaces	209	(30)
Strings, Dates, Times, and Time Spans	239	(62)
Arrays and Indexers	301	(38)
Collections	339	(58)
Delegates and Events	397	(20)
Exceptions and Debugging	417	(32)
Part 2 Advanced C# Programming	449	(270)
Threads	451	(36)
Streams and Input/Output	487	(52)
Assemblies	539	(30)
Attributes and Reflection	569	(34)
Remoting	603	(16)
Security	619	(26)
XML	645	(32)
Other Classes in the Base Class Library	677	(42)
Part 3 .NET Programming with C#	719	(184)
Introduction to Databases	721	(36)
Active Data Objects: ADO.NET	757	(62)
Introduction to Windows Applications	819	(28)
Active Server Pages: ASP.NET	847	(34)
Web Services	881	(22)
Appendices	903	(32)
Appendix A C# Keywords	903	(6)
Appendix B C# Compiler Options	909	(12)
Appendix C Regular Expressions	921	(14)
Index	935