C# Network Programming

Book Description
On its own, C# simplifies network programming. Combine it with the precise instruction found in C# Network Programming, and you’ll find that building network applications is easier and quicker than ever.

This book helps newcomers get started with a look at the basics of network programming as they relate to C#, including the language’s network classes, the Winsock interface, and DNS resolution. Spend as much time here as you need, then dig into the core topics of the network layer. You’ll learn to make sockets connections via TCP and “connectionless” connections via UDP. You’ll also discover just how much help C# gives you with some of your toughest chores, such as asynchronous socket programming, multithreading, and multicasting.

Network-layer techniques are just a means to an end, of course, and so this book keeps going, providing a series of detailed application-layer programming examples that show you how to work with real protocols and real network environments to build and implement a variety of applications. Use SNMP to manage network devices, SMTP to communicate with remote mail servers, and HTTP to Web-enable your applications. And use classes native to C# to query and modify Active Directory entries.

Rounding it all out is plenty of advanced coverage to push your C# network programming skills to the limit. For example, you’ll learn two ways to share application methods across the network: using Web services and remoting. You’ll also master the security features intrinsic to C# and .NET–features that stand to benefit all of your programming projects.

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On its own, C# simplifies network programming. Combine it with the precise instruction found in C# Network Programming, and you’ll find that building network applications is easier and quicker than ever.

This book helps newcomers get started with a look at the basics of network programming as they relate to C#, including the language’s network classes, the Winsock interface, and DNS resolution. Spend as much time here as you need, then dig into the core topics of the network layer. You’ll learn to make sockets connections via TCP and “connectionless” connections via UDP. You’ll also discover just how much help C# gives you with some of your toughest chores, such as asynchronous socket programming, multithreading, and multicasting.

Network-layer techniques are just a means to an end, of course, and so this book keeps going, providing a series of detailed application-layer programming examples that show you how to work with real protocols and real network environments to build and implement a variety of applications. Use SNMP to manage network devices, SMTP to communicate with remote mail servers, and HTTP to Web-enable your applications. And use classes native to C# to query and modify Active Directory entries.

Rounding it all out is plenty of advanced coverage to push your C# network programming skills to the limit. For example, you’ll learn two ways to share application methods across the network: using Web services and remoting. You’ll also master the security features intrinsic to C# and .NET–features that stand to benefit all of your programming projects.

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Beginners Guide to SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005

Beginners Guide to SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005

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This step-by-step, hands on guide will take you right into the Visual Studio 2005 Integrated Development Interface making you appreciate and understand how Business Intelligence Projects and Packages are created using the Visual Studio designer.

Sql Server Integration Services with the acronym SSIS is a comprehensive ETL tool that made its debut with SQL Server 2005. It is a tool tightly integrated with the Visual Studio 2005 having all the functionalities that its forerunner DTS (Data Transformation Services) had in SQL Server 2000. This does not mean that it is just an improvement over DTS but a product which is totally different with a vastly improved interface; an extensible architecture; an enlarged tool set; ease of integration with other SQL Server Tools such as Analysis Services; capable of supporting connectivity with third party databases and bringing into a central location many database management tasks.

Beginners Guide to SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005 provides you with the basic knowledge that you should have before you move on to more advanced ETL [Extraction, Transformation, and Loading]. The book will also provide you with a comprehensive description of the many designer windows that you may encounter while working with the designer. This guide provides the building blocks describing each block by way of an example as well as describing the nuts and bolts that bind the blocks. A majority of SSIS tasks are covered in this book and they are described fully in the summary of table contents section. You start building packages right from Chapter 2 and continue on to Chapter 20 gathering and building upon your knowledge in each step.

The book will give you step-by-step explanation of the examples in the book. In each chapter you will get a little background of the SSIS task that you are going to create. You will then step through the numbered steps, creating, configuring, executing, and reviewing the results. The book has minimal coding (only two chapters) and exclusively uses the Visual Studio 2005 Designer.

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Professional Ajax

Professional Ajax

Product Description
Professional Ajax 2nd Edition provides a developer-level tutorial of Ajax techniques, patterns, and use cases. The book begins by exploring the roots of Ajax, covering how the evolution of the web and new technologies directly led to the development of Ajax techniques. A detailed discussion of how frames, JavaScript, cookies, XML, and XMLHttp requests (XHR) related to Ajax is included. After this introduction, the book moves on to cover the implementation of specific Ajax techniques. Request brokers such as hidden frames, dynamic iframes, and XHR are compared and contrasted, explaining when one method should be used over another. To make this discussion clearer, a brief overview of HTTP requests and responses is included.

Once a basic understanding of the various request types is discussed, the book moves on to provide in-depth examples of how and when to use Ajax in a web site or web application. Different data transmission formats, including plain text, HTML, XML, and JSON are discussed for their advantages and disadvantages. Also included is a discussion on web services and how they may be used to perform Ajax techniques. Next, more complex topics are covered. A chapter introducing a request management framework explores how to manage all of the requests inside of an Ajax application. Ajax debugging techniques are also discussed.

The last part of the book walks through the creation of two full-fledged Ajax web applications. The first, FooReader.NET, is an Ajax-powered RSS reader. The second, called AjaxMail, is an Ajax-enabled email system. Both of these applications incorporate many of the techniques discussed throughout the book.

Professional Ajax 2nd edition is written for Web application developers looking to enhance the usability of their web sites and web applications and intermediate JavaScript developers looking to further understand the language. Readers should have familiarity with XML, XSLT, Web Services, PHP or C#, HTML, CSS. This book is not aimed at beginners without a basic understanding of the aforementioned technologies. Also, a good understanding of JavaScript is vitally important to understanding this book. Those readers without such knowledge should instead refer to books such as Beginning JavaScript, Second Edition (Wrox, 2004, ISBN: 978-0-7645-5587-9) and Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (Wrox, 2005, ISBN: 978-0-7645-7908-0).

Professional Ajax 2nd edition adds nearly 200 pages of new and expanded coverage compared to the first edition. Some of the new topics covered here include:
Ajax Libraries including the Yahoo! Connection Manager, Prototype, and jQuery
Request Management with Priority Queues and the RequestManager Object
Comet push-based web systems and HTTP streaming
Maps and Mashups with Geocoding, Google Maps API and Yahoo! Maps API
Ajax Debugging with FireBug and Microsoft FiddlerASP.NET AJAX Extensions (formerly code-named “Atlas”)

And of course the Second Edition retains and updates the core first edition content including:
the range of request brokers (including the hidden frame technique, iframes, and XMLHttp) and explains when one should be used over another
different Ajax techniques and patterns for executing client-server communication
Ajax patterns including predictive fetch, page preloading, submission throttling, incremental field and form validation, periodic refresh, multi-stage download and more
Syndication with RSS, Atom, and XParser
JSON and creating an autosuggest textbox example
web site widgets for a news ticker, weather information, web search, and site search
Ajax Frameworks JSpan, DWR, and Ajax.NET Professional
A Web-based RSS/Atom aggregator case study
An AjaxMail case study

This book is also available as part of the 4-book JavaScript and Ajax Wrox Box (ISBN: 0470227818). This 4-book set includes:
Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (ISBN: 0764579088)
Professional Ajax 2nd edition (ISBN: 0470109491)
Professional Web 2.0 Programming (ISBN: 0470087889)
Professional Rich Internet Applications: Ajax and Beyond (ISBN: 0470082801)

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ASP.NET 3.5: A Beginner’s Guide

ASP.NET 3.5: A Beginner's Guide

Product Description
Essential ASP.NET 3.5 Skills–Made Easy!

Learn how to create database-driven ASP.NET 3.5 websites using C# 3.0. ASP.NET 3.5: A Beginner’s Guide shows you just what you need to know to build rich Internet applications quickly and easily. You’ll find details on Web controls, CSS, event handlers, validation, SQL, ADO.NET, data binding, text files, and security. Coverage of the latest technologies, such as LINQ and Ajax, is also included. All examples use Visual Studio 2008 to ease you through the learning process, and all the source code is displayed. Start building dynamic ASP.NET 3.5 Web applications today with help from this fast-paced tutorial.

Designed for Easy Learning:
Key Skills & Concepts–Lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
Ask the Expert–Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
Try This–Hands-on exercises that show how to apply your skills
Notes–Extra information related to the topic being covered
Tips–Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
Annotated Syntax–Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

About the Author
William B. Sanders has been developing software for the last 25 years, ranging from Basic to assembly language and everything in between. In 2001 he began developing back end applications using asp and then when it became available, ASP.NET 1.0. He is a founding faculty member of the Multimedia Web Design and Development major at the University of Hartford where he teaches ASP.NET, C#, SQL and ADO.NET to upper division students, among other Internet languages and applications. He has consulted and developed software for major software companies as well other business clients.

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Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008

Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008

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Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug–in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It’s a rules–changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it’s able to host true .NET applications in non–Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non–Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X). Silverlight is still new and evolving fast, and you need a reliable guidebook to make sense of it.

With four–color graphics and screenshots throughout, Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 is the perfect reference: you’ll learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D drawing, animations, and media playback, and best of all, you’ll experience the plumbing of .NET and the design model of WPF through Silverlight—all of the same .NET technology that developers use to design next–generation Windows applications. Author Matthew MacDonald provides an expertly crafted tutorial written from professional developer to professional developer. You’ll learn to create rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you’re most productive in–no matter what the target platform.
What you’ll learn
Develop rich media applications using Silverlight across browsers and platforms.
Create a project, set up a layout, and use controls.
Handle 2D drawing, animation, and media playback through Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
Integrate web services support.
Use Silverlight in conjunction with ASP.NET and its interactions with HTML.

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Expert C# 2008 Business Objects

Expert C# 2008 Business Objects

Product Description
Do you want to create .NET applications that provide high performance and scalability? Do you want to employ object–oriented programming techniques in a distributed environment? Do you want to maximize the reuse and maintainability of your code? Then this book is for you.

In Rockford Lhotka’s Expert C# 2008 Business Objects, you’ll learn how to use advanced .NET Framework capabilities alongside OO design and programming to create scalable, maintainable object–oriented applications. Better still, this book includes CSLA .NET 3.6, a widely used framework on which you can base your application development. By using the concepts and framework in the book, you can focus more on your business issues and less on technology.

Using VS 2008 and C# 3.0, Rockford Lhotka shows you how CSLA .NET 3.6 allows great flexibility in object persistence, so business objects can use virtually any data sources available. The CSLA framework supports 1–, 2– and n–tier models through the concept of mobile objects. This provides the flexibility to optimize performance, scalability, security, and fault tolerance with no changes to code in the UI or business objects.

Business objects based on CSLA.NET 3.6 automatically gain many advanced features that simplify the creation of Windows forms, web forms, WPF, WCF, WF, and web services interfaces, and LINQ.
Who is this book for

This book is for .NET developers using VS 2008 who want to create .NET applications that provide high performance and scalability, employing object–oriented programming techniques in a distributed environment.

About the Author
Rockford Lhotka is the author of numerous books, including Expert One-on-One Visual Basic .NET and Expert C# Business Objects. He is a Microsoft Software Legend, Regional Director, MVP, and INETA speaker. Rockford speaks at many conferences and user groups around the world and is a columnist for MSDN Online. Rockford is the principal technology evangelist for Magenic Technologies, one of the nation’s premiere Microsoft Gold Certified Partners dedicated to solving today’s most challenging business problems using 100% Microsoft tools and technology.

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Microsoft .NET Kick Start

Microsoft .NET Kick Start

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‘Microsoft .NET Kick Start’ answers the essential questions ¿What is .NET?¿ and ¿What can .NET do for me?¿ from the developer¿s perspective. Expert author Hitesh Seth explains the.NET platform¿its core components, development tools, and programming model¿so you¿ll be ready to build professional .NET applications in no time.’Microsoft .NET Kick Start’ puts .NET into perspective, explaining how .NET differs from other development platforms.
You¿ll learn about the consistent .NET programming model forWeb, desktop, wireless, and speech applications. You¿ll also see how .NET is tightly integrated with XML and Web service technologies and standards. Hitesh Seth¿s insights and tips, along with dozens of practical examples that you can put to use immediately, will have you up and running at full speed in nothing flat.In this book, you’ll:- Program with Visual Studio .NET and your choice of language including C#, Visual Basic .NET, Visual C++, Visual J#, and more- Understand the Common Language Runtime (CLR)- Work with the .NET Framework class library- Develop .NET Windows desktop applications, Web applications, Web services, wireless applications, and speech applications - Integrate and interoperate with existing COM and Win32 applications- Incorporate the Windows Server System into .NET, including SharePoint Portal Server and BizTalk Server- Leverage Microsoft Office System 2003 applications with .NET applications- Learn best practices for .NET application development with blueprints and case studies

About the Author

Hitesh Seth is editor-in-chief of XML Journal and chief technology officer of ikigo, a provider of business activity monitoring solutions. He has been following the development of Microsoft .NET through its early alpha/beta testing days and has played the role of a consultant and a technology evangelist-evaluating, educating, and implementing .NETbased enterprise applications at global organizations. Apart from .NET, his technology interests include XML, Web services, J2EE, and Integration technologies. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India.


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Silverlight 2 Unleashed

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Full Color Code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio and Expression Blend!

Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio and Expression Blend!

Silverlight is Microsoft’s new web-based User Interface (UI) technology, based on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), which is introducing many revolutionary concepts in the world of UI development. Silverlight uses XAML, with tools like Expression Design and Expression Blend, to create astonishing UI effects (such as gradients, compositions, and animations.) In addition to the richness of the UI elements, Silverlight 2 allows the use of C# or VB in addition to JavaScript to automate web pages. With Silverlight, you have the power of .NET on multiple platforms (IE and Firefox on Windows, Firefox and Safari on Macintosh, and Firefox on Linux). The author brings you up to speed very quickly with numerous hands-on examples.

* Use XAML to create state-of-the-art user interfaces
* Create XAML transforms and animations
* Design compelling user experiences with Microsoft Expression Blend
* Integrate media into your rich Internet applications
* Program Silverlight with both JavaScript and .NET languages
* Deploy Silverlight content to web pages
* Encode videos with Expression Media Encoder
* Make the most of Silverlight elements, resources, and styles
* Use templates to quickly change your application’s look and feel
* Efficiently debug Silverlight code
* Use design tools to create graphics that import seamlessly into Silverlight

Laurent Bugnion has been a software engineer since 1996. He has worked with many programming languages and environments, including C, C++, Java, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, and, since 2002, the Microsoft .NET platform. He has been honored twice as a Microsoft MVP: first for ASP.NET and now for Client Application Development.

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Pro ADO.NET Data Services: Working with RESTful Data

Pro ADO.NET Data Services: Working with RESTful Data


Book Description

Pro ADO.NET Data Services: Working with RESTful Data is aimed at developers interested in taking advantage of the new REST–style data services that ADO.NET Data Services (formerly code–named Astoria) provides. The book shows how to incorporate ADO.NET Data Services into a wide range of common environments including BizTalk, AJAX and Silverlight client applications. The material is intended for professional developers who are comfortable with the .NET 3.5 Framework but are coming to ADO.NET Data Services for the first time and want to understand how to integrate it into their own applications and enterprise solutions. The book is packed full with extensive real–world solutions and exercises, ensuring you walk away with a deep understanding of how to use ADO.NET Data Services to your best advantage.

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Programming Entity Framework

Programming Entity Framework

Book Description
Programming Entity Framework is a thorough introduction to Microsoft’s new core framework for modeling and interacting with data in .NET applications. This book not only gives experienced developers a hands-on tour of the Entity Framework and explains its use in a variety of applications, it also provides a deep understanding of its architecture and APIs. From the Entity Data Model (EDM) and Object Services to EntityClient and the Metadata Workspace, Programming Entity Framework covers it all.

Written by Julia Lerman, the leading independent authority on the framework, Programming Entity Framework, includes scores of reusable examples — written in both Visual Basic and C# — that you can implement right away.

This book will help you:
Understand the core concepts you need to make the best use of the Entity Framework (EF) in your applications
Learn to query your data, using either LINQ to Entities or Entity SQL
Create Windows Forms, WPF, and ASP.NET applications
Build ASMX web services and WCF services
Use Object Services to work directly with your entity objects
Delve into model customization, relationship management, change tracking, data concurrency, and more

Presented in a clear narrative style that reflects the hundreds of hours the author has spent consulting, teaching, and writing about this new data access technology and testing its myriad features, Programming Entity Framework will help you master the technology and put it to work.


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