Visual C# 2005: A Developer’s Notebook

Publisher : O'Reilly
Pub Date : April 2005
ISBN : 0-596-00799-X

In the three years since Microsoft made C# available, there have been lots of tweaks to the language. That's because C# is not only essential for making .NET work, it's a big way for Microsoft to attract millions of Java, C and C++ developers to the platform.

And C# has definitely made some inroads. Because of its popularity among developers,the language received standardization from ECMA International, making it possible to port C# applications to other platforms. To bolster its appeal, C# 2.0 has undergone some key changes as part of Visual Studio 2005 that will make development with .NET quicker and easier.

That's precisely what Visual C# 2005: A Developer's Notebook allows you to do. There are some great new features in C# and this unique "all lab, no lecture" guide covers them all with 50 hands-on projects. Each project explores a new feature, with emphasis on changes that increase productivity, simplify programming tasks, and add functionality to applications. C#'s component-based design combines the productivity of Microsoft's popular Visual Basic with the raw power of C++ for web-based applications.

Visual C# 2005: A Developer's Notebook is full of no-nonsense code without the usual page-filling commentary. You'll find suggestions for further experimentation, links to on-line documentation, plus practical notes and warnings. The book also tells developers how to acquire, install and configure Visual Studio 2005. Are you a coder to the core? Learn what C# 2.0 can do for you now.

Chapter 1. C# 2.0
Section 1.1. Create a Type-Safe List Using a Generic Collection
Section 1.2. Create Your Own Generic Collection
Section 1.3. Implement the Collection Interfaces
Section 1.4. Enumerate Using Generic Iterators
Section 1.5. Implement GetEnumerator with Complex Data Structures
Section 1.6. Simplify Your Code with Anonymous Methods
Section 1.7. Hide Designer Code with Partial Types
Section 1.8. Create Static Classes
Section 1.9. Express Null Values with Nullable Types
Section 1.10. Access Objects in the Global Namespace
Section 1.11. Limit Access Within Properties
Section 1.12. Gain Flexibility with Delegate Covariance and Contravariance
Chapter 2. Visual Studio 2005
Section 2.1. Configure and Save Your Developer Environment
Section 2.2. Configure Your Application
Section 2.3. Make the Editor Work for You
Section 2.4. Use Refactoring to Speed Revision of Your Code
Section 2.5. Use Code Snippets to Save Typing
Section 2.6. Examine Objects While Debugging Them
Section 2.7. Visualize XML Data
Section 2.8. Diagnose Exceptions
Chapter 3. Windows Applications
Section 3.1. Add Tool Strips to Your Application
Section 3.2. Allow Valid Input Only
Section 3.3. Create Auto-Complete Text Boxes
Section 3.4. Play Sounds
Section 3.5. Create Split Windows
Section 3.6. Create Data-Driven Forms
Section 3.7. Create Safe Asynchronous Tasks
Section 3.8. Put the Web in a Window
Section 3.9. Enable One-Click Deployment
Chapter 4. Web Applications
Section 4.1. Develop Web Apps Without IIS
Section 4.2. Provide Forms-Based Security Without Code
Section 4.3. Add Roles to ASP.NET Accounts
Section 4.4. Create Personalized Web Sites
Section 4.5. Personalize with Complex Types
Section 4.6. Add Anonymous Personalization to Your Site
Section 4.7. Let Users Personalize Your Site with Themes
Section 4.8. Unify Your Look and Feel with Master Pages
Chapter 5. Data
Section 5.1. Bind to Data Without Writing Code
Section 5.2. Create Detail Pages
Section 5.3. Create Master Detail Records
Section 5.4. Get Database Statistics
Section 5.5. Batch Updates to Improve Performance
Section 5.6. Bind to an XmlDataSource Control
Section 5.7. Improve XML Manipulation with XPathDocument
Section 5.8. Select Within XPathDocument Using XPath