C# and the .NET Platform, Second Edition
by Andrew Troelsen |
ISBN:1590590554 |
Apress © 2003 (1200 pages)
This comprehensive text starts with a brief overview of the C# language and then quickly moves to key technical and architectural issues for .NET developers.
Table of Contents
C# and the .NET Platform, Second Edition
Introduction
Part One - Introducing C# and the .NET Platform
Chapter 1 - The Philosophy of .NET
Chapter 2 - Building C# Applications
Part Two - The C# Programming Language
Chapter 3 - C# Language Fundamentals
Chapter 4 - Object-Oriented Programming with C#
Chapter 5 - Exceptions and Object Lifetime
Chapter 6 - Interfaces and Collections
Chapter 7 - Callback Interfaces, Delegates, and Events
Chapter 8 - Advanced C# Type Construction Techniques
Part Three - Programming with .NET Assemblies
Chapter 9 - Understanding .NET Assemblies
Chapter 10 - Processes, AppDomains, Contexts, and Threads
Chapter 11 - Type Reflection, Late Binding, and Attribute-Based Programming
Part Four - Leveraging the .NET Libraries
Chapter 12 - Object Serialization and the .NET Remoting Layer
Chapter 13 - Building a Better Window (Introducing Windows Forms)
Chapter 14 - A Better Painting Framework (GDI+)
Chapter 15 - Programming with Windows Forms Controls
Chapter 16 - The System.IO Namespace
Chapter 17 - Data Access with ADO.NET
Part Five - Web Applications and XML Web Services
Chapter 18 - ASP.NET Web Pages and Web Controls
Chapter 19 - ASP.NET Web Applications
Chapter 20 - XML Web Services
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
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ISBN:1590590554 |
by Andrew Troelsen |
C# and the .NET Platform, Second Edition starts with a brief overview of the C# language and then quickly moves
Apress © 2003 (1200 pages)
to key technical and architectural issues for .NET developers. Not only is there extensive coverage of the .NET Framework, but AndrewThis comprTroelsenhenalsoiveshowstext startsprogrammerswith a briefwhatoverviewthey needof theto know about such necessary, but subtle, areas as theC#properlanguseageofandthreadsthen andquicklyhowmtovleverages to keythetechnicalnew .NETandremoting protocol. Readers will also see how to use C# forarchitecturalGUI applicationsissues forwith.NETa completedevelopersdiscussion. of Windows Forms, custom controls, and GDI+.
There are equally useful discussions on how to use C# and .NET for Web development, Web services, and data
access using ADO.NET. From Windows-based to Web-based applications, it's all here. There are detailed discussions
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of every aspect of .NET development and useful examples with no toy code. C# and the .NET Platform, Second Edition
Introduction About the Author
Part One - Introducing C# and the .NET Platform
Andrew Troelsen is a partner, trainer, and consultant at Intertech-Inc., a .NET and J2EE developer education center Chapter 1 - The Philosophy of .NET
(http://www.intertech-inc.com). He is a leading authority on both .NET and COM. His earlier five-star treatment of
Chapter 2 - Building C# Applications
traditional COM in the best-selling Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0 is mirrored in his latest book, COM andPart.NETTwoInteroperability,- The C# Programmingand his Languageaward-winning treatment of C# in C# and the .NET Platform, as well as his five-
star investigation of VB .NET in Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide . He has a degree in Chapter 3 - C# Language Fundamentals
mathematical linguistics and South Asian studies from the University of Minnesota and is a frequent speaker at
Chapter 4 - Object-Oriented Programming with C# numerous .NET-related conferences.
Chapter 5 - Exceptions and Object Lifetime
Chapter 6 - Interfaces and Collections
Chapter 7 - Callback Interfaces, Delegates, and Events
Chapter 8 - Advanced C# Type Construction Techniques
Part Three - Programming with .NET Assemblies
Chapter 9 - Understanding .NET Assemblies
Chapter 10 - Processes, AppDomains, Contexts, and Threads
Chapter 11 - Type Reflection, Late Binding, and Attribute-Based Programming
Part Four - Leveraging the .NET Libraries
Chapter 12 - Object Serialization and the .NET Remoting Layer
Chapter 13 - Building a Better Window (Introducing Windows Forms)
Chapter 14 - A Better Painting Framework (GDI+)
Chapter 15 - Programming with Windows Forms Controls
Chapter 16 - The System.IO Namespace
Chapter 17 - Data Access with ADO.NET
Part Five - Web Applications and XML Web Services
Chapter 18 - ASP.NET Web Pages and Web Controls
Chapter 19 - ASP.NET Web Applications
Chapter 20 - XML Web Services
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
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comprehensive text starts with a brief overview of the language and then quickly moves to key technical and
architectural issues for .NET developers.
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I would like to dedicateApressthis© 2003book(1200topages)my father, Wally Troelsen. Thanks, Dad, for all of your support over the years and theThisyearscomprehensiveto com e. text starts with a brief overview of the
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C# and the .NET Platform, Second Edition
Andrew Troelsen is a partner, trainer, and consultant at Intertech-Inc., a .NET and J2EE developer
Introduction
). He is a leading authority on both .NET and
COM. His earlier five-star treatment of traditional COM in the best-selling Developer's Workshop to COM
Chapter 1 - The Philosophy of .NET
and ATL 3.0 is mirrored in his latest book, COM and .NET Interoperability, and his award-winning
Chapter 2 - Building C# Applications
treatment of C# in C# and the .NET Platform, as well as his five-star investigation of VB .NET in Visual
Part Two - The C# Programming Language
Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide. He has a degree in mathematical linguistics and
Chapter 3 - C# Language Fundamentals
South Asian studies from the University of Minnesota and is a frequent speaker at numerous .NET-related
Chapter 4 - Object-Oriented Programming with C# conferences.
Chapter 5 - Exceptions and Object Lifetime
ChapterHe currently6 - Intlivesrfacesin Minneapolis,and CollectionsMinnesota, with his wife Amanda, and spends his free time investigating
.NET and waiting for the Wild to win the Stanley Cup, the Vikings to win the Super Bowl (before he retires
Chapter 7 - Callback Interfaces, Delegates, and Events
would be nice), and the Timberwolves to grab numerous NBA championship titles.
Chapter 8 - Advanced C# Type Construction Techniques
Part Three - Programming with .NET Assemblies
Acknowledgments
Chapter 9 - Understanding .NET Assemblies
Chapter 10 - Processes, AppDomains, Contexts, and Threads
Completing the second edition of C# and the .NET Platform would have been completely impossible Chapterwithout11the-assistanceType Refl ction,and talentLate Binding,offeredandby numerousAttribute-BasedindividualsProgramming. First of all, many thanks to my copy
Parteditors,FourAnne- LeveragingFriedmantheand.NETAmiLibrariesKnox. Both of you, as always, did an outstanding job massaging my raw
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Special thanks to Beth Christmas, Ron Strauss, Susan Glinert Stevens, and Liz Berry, whose combined
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efforts formatted, indexed, and finalized this text to completion. Of course, any remaining errors (spelling,
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coding, or otherwise) that may have snuck into this book are my sole responsibility.
Chapter 17 - Data Access with ADO.NET
Part Five - Web Applications and XML Web Services
I also must say a huge thanks to all of those at Apress who have made a publishing company that is a
Chapter 18 - ASP.NET Web Pages and Web Controls
pleasure to work with. Thanks to Hollie Fisher (for many things), Doris Wong (for many more things), and
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Grace Wong, my chaka friend, for not totally blasting me into pieces when I abused the phrase "I'll get it to
Chapter 20 - XML Web Services you today" one too many times.
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ListThanksof Figuresto my friends and family who (once again) tolerated my lack of time and sometimes grumpy
demeanor. More thanks to my friends at Intertech-Inc. (not Tom Salonek, who I still don't like much). Your
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support (directly and indirectly) is greatly appreciated. Finally, thanks to my wife Mandy and "all the kids" for their love and encouragement.