Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Unleashed

by Hoffman, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780672327766
• ISBN10: 0672327767
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Sams
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Summary

Setting the standard for a premium C# reference,Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Unleashedprovides practical examples for virtually every aspect of the C# programming language. The book is structured for progressive learning, so it can be read cover-to-cover or used as a comprehensive reference guide. You will be exposed to everything from low-level information on the Garbage Collector to advanced concepts, such as creating applications that use Enterprise Services, creating Web Services, and even advanced Windows GUI. Chapters include: Expressions and Control Structures UI Controls Code Access Security Remoting Peer-to-Peer Applications

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
C# 2.0 Fundamentals
Introduction to C# 2.0	p. 5
What Is the .NET Framework?	p. 5
Working with Variables in C# 2.0	p. 8
C# Basic Syntax	p. 10
What You Can Do with C#	p. 12
Summary	p. 13
Expressions and Control Structures	p. 15
Branching and Conditional Logic	p. 15
Looping and Repetition	p. 19
Summary	p. 21
Strings and Regular Expressions	p. 23
Working with Strings	p. 23
Working with Regular Expressions	p. 29
Summary	p. 31
Arrays and Collections	p. 33
Working with Arrays	p. 33
Working with Collections	p. 42
Summary	p. 50
Object-Oriented Programming in C#	p. 51
Object-Oriented Design	p. 51
Object-Oriented Programming	p. 54
Summary	p. 63
Introduction to Generics	p. 65
Overview of Generics	p. 65
Building Generic Types	p. 69
Using Generic Collections	p. 72
Summary	p. 74
.NET Framework 2.0 Fundamentals
I/O and Persistence	p. 77
Introduction to Streams	p. 77
Introduction to Basic File I/O	p. 81
Using Asynchronous File I/O	p. 85
Working with Isolated Storage	p. 86
Summary	p. 88
Working with XML	p. 91
Reading and Writing XML Documents	p. 91
Querying XML with XPath	p. 95
Transforming Documents with XSLT	p. 97
Validating Documents with XSD	p. 100
Summary	p. 102
Events and Delegates	p. 103
Introduction to Delegates	p. 103
Using Anonymous Methods	p. 106
Creating Multicast Delegates	p. 109
Introduction to Events	p. 111
Advanced Event-Based Programming	p. 114
Summary	p. 118
Multithreaded Programming	p. 121
The Basics of Threaded Programming	p. 121
Writing Your First Multithreaded Application	p. 123
Dealing with Thread Synchronization and Contention	p. 129
Using the ThreadPool Class	p. 138
Summary	p. 139
Reflection Fundamentals	p. 141
Introduction to Reflection	p. 141
Working with Method Information	p. 143
Working with Member Information	p. 146
Examining Events	p. 148
Creating and Examining Custom Code Attributes	p. 150
Summary	p. 153
Assemblies and AppDomains	p. 155
Introduction to Assemblies	p. 155
Assemblies Under the Hood	p. 156
Building and Using Assemblies	p. 158
Storing and Retrieving Assembly Resources	p. 160
Localization and Satellite Assemblies	p. 163
Introduction to AppDomains	p. 165
Programming with AppDomains	p. 166
Summary	p. 168
COM and Windows Interoperability	p. 169
Introduction to Interoperability in C#	p. 169
Using COM Objects from the .NET Framework	p. 170
Using .NET Classes from COM	p. 174
Accessing Code in Unmanaged DLLs	p. 176
Summary	p. 178
Code Access Security	p. 181
Introduction to Code Access Security (CAS)	p. 181
Using and Administering Security Policy	p. 182
Using Imperative Security	p. 185
Using Declarative Security	p. 189
Summary	p. 191
Cryptography and Data Protection	p. 193
Introduction to Cryptography	p. 193
Using Secret-Key Encryption	p. 196
Using Public-Key Encryption	p. 198
Working with Hashes and Digital Signatures	p. 200
Using the Data Protection API (DPAPI)	p. 202
Summary	p. 205
Optimizing Your .NET 2.0 Code	p. 207
Understanding Boxing and Unboxing	p. 207
Using Proper String Manipulation Techniques	p. 209
Efficient Loop Construction	p. 210
Speeding Up Application Start Times	p. 211
Code Profiling Using the Performance Wizard	p. 212
Summary	p. 216
Data Access with .NET 2.0
ADO.NET Fundamentals	p. 219
Introduction to ADO.NET	p. 219
Establishing a Connection	p. 220
Communicating with the Data Source	p. 223
Working with the Data	p. 231
Summary	p. 236
Advanced ADO.NET Techniques	p. 237
Working with the New Improved DataTable	p. 237
Accessing Data Asynchronously	p. 241
Updating Data in Batches	p. 242
Using the New System. Transactions Namespace	p. 245
Summary	p. 250
Working with ADO.NET Data Providers	p. 251
Introduction to ADO.NET Data Providers	p. 251
Using Provider Factories	p. 252
Working with Connection Strings	p. 255
Enumerating Data Sources	p. 256
Obtaining Additional Provider Information	p. 257
Creating a Custom ADO.NET Data Provider	p. 260
Summary	p. 261
Strongly Typed DataSets	p. 263
Introduction to the Typed DataSet	p. 263
Connecting Typed DataSets to Live Data	p. 267
Annotating a Typed DataSet	p. 273
Extending a Typed DataSet Using Partial Classes	p. 275
Summary	p. 277
Programming with SQL Server 2005	p. 279
Introduction to the SQL Server 2005 CLR Host	p. 279
Building C# Stored Procedures	p. 280
Building C# User-Defined Functions	p. 283
Creating a C# User-Defined Type	p. 284
Working with the New Server-Side SQL Library	p. 290
Using MARS (Multiple Active RecordSets)	p. 293
Summary	p. 296
Developing ASP.NET 2.0 Web Applications
Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 and Web Forms	p. 299
Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0	p. 299
Understanding the ASP.NET Page Life Cycle	p. 302
Overview of Controls Provided by ASP.NET	p. 307
Creating and Debugging ASP.NET Applications	p. 310
Handling Events and Postbacks	p. 312
Building Interactive Dynamic Pages Using Client Callbacks	p. 314
Summary	p. 323
State Management in ASP.NET 2.0	p. 325
Working with Application State	p. 325
Working with Session State	p. 328
Working with View State	p. 341
State Management in Web Farms	p. 342
Summary	p. 345
Using Master Pages	p. 347
The World Before Master Pages	p. 347
Introduction to Master Pages	p. 349
Advanced Master Pages Techniques	p. 353
Summary	p. 357
ASP.NET Personalization and Customization	p. 359
User Interface Tailoring with Themes and Skins	p. 359
Working with ASP.NET User Profiles	p. 364
User Customization with Themes and Profiles	p. 371
Summary	p. 374
Introduction to Web Parts	p. 375
Web Part Basics	p. 375
Using a Personalization Provider	p. 378
Building Your First Web Part Page	p. 380
Creating Web Parts	p. 388
Building Connected Web Parts	p. 389
Summary	p. 394
Building Rich, Data-Driven Web Applications	p. 395
Introduction to Data Binding in ASP.NET	p. 395
Using Data-Bound Controls	p. 400
Advanced Data-Binding Techniques	p. 404
Summary	p. 406
Securing Your ASP.NET Applications	p. 407
Security Through Authentication	p. 407
Security Through Authorization	p. 415
The ASP.NET Security Controls	p. 418
Advanced ASP.NET Security	p. 423
Summary	p. 426
Creating Custom ASP.NET Providers	p. 427
The Membership Provider	p. 427
The Role Provider	p. 441
The ProfileProvider	p. 449
Additional Providers	p. 456
Summary	p. 458
Developing ASP.NET Controls	p. 459
Building User Controls	p. 459
Creating Server Controls	p. 463
Managing State Within Server Controls	p. 468
Summary	p. 472
ASP.NET Management and Monitoring	p. 473
Introducing the New Health Monitoring System	p. 473
Using ASP.NET Performance Counters	p. 483
Summary	p. 485
Web Services
Exposing Functionality with Web Services	p. 489
Introduction to Web Services	p. 489
Creating a Simple "Hello World" Service	p. 490
Creating Transactional Services	p. 498
Managing State in Web Services	p. 499
Summary	p. 501
Advanced Web Services Programming	p. 503
Designing for Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)	p. 503
Using Web Service Discovery	p. 507
Using Custom SOAP Headers	p. 509
Programming Secure Web Services	p. 512
Data-Binding Windows Forms to Web Services	p. 514
Summary	p. 516
Developing Windows Forms 2.0 Applications
Introduction to Windows Forms 2.0	p. 519
Windows Forms Basics	p. 519
Creating a Windows Forms Application	p. 522
Using the Windows Forms Designer	p. 523
Elements of Good User Interface Design	p. 527
Summary	p. 529
The Windows Forms Control Library	p. 531
The Common Controls Toolbox	p. 531
Containers	p. 538
Menus and Toolbars	p. 540
The Data-Related Controls	p. 541
The Components Toolbox Group	p. 542
Components and Controls for Printing	p. 545
Dialog Components	p. 546
Summary	p. 547
Advanced User Interface Programming	p. 549
Introduction to GDI+	p. 549
Creating Shaped Forms and Controls	p. 557
Using Visual Inheritance	p. 558
Globalizing Your User Interface	p. 560
Summary	p. 562
Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0	p. 563
Binding with Typed DataSets	p. 563
Introducing the BindingSource	p. 567
Using the BindingNavigator	p. 570
Working with the DataGridView	p. 572
Data Binding with Objects	p. 579
Parent-Detail Binding	p. 584
Summary	p. 585
Developing Smart Clients	p. 587
Practical Web Service Consumption	p. 588
Using the New Application Settings System	p. 589
Supporting Offline and Online Operation	p. 591
Authorizing and Authenticating Users	p. 594
Multithreaded Web Service Consumption	p. 597
Using the BackgroundWorker Control	p. 598
Summary	p. 601
Deploying Applications Using ClickOnce	p. 603
Introduction to ClickOnce	p. 603
Publishing ClickOnce Applications	p. 605
Updating ClickOnce Applications	p. 610
Programming with the System.Deployment.Application Namespace	p. 613
Summary	p. 617
Using Enterprise Services	p. 619
Registering Serviced Components	p. 619
Just-in-Time Activation and Pooling	p. 623
Queued Components	p. 624
Role-Based Security	p. 626
Transactions	p. 627
Shared Properties	p. 629
Loosely Coupled Events	p. 631
Summary	p. 634
Developing Enterprise and Distributed Applications
Remoting	p. 637
Overview of Remoting	p. 637
Working with Remoting Channels	p. 640
Working with Lifetime Leases	p. 648
Remoting with Generics	p. 650
Summary	p. 653
Index	p. 655
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