Applied ADO.NET: Building Data-Driven Solutions provides extensive coverage of ADO.NET technology including ADO.NET internals, namespaces, classes, and interfaces. Where most books cover only SQL and OLE DB data providers, Mahesh Chand and David Talbot cover SQL, OLE DB, ODBC data providers and the latest additions to ADO.NET: Oracle, MySQL, and XML .NET data providers. Chand and Talbot also cover internals of data binding and they provide detailed coverage on both Windows Forms and Web Forms data binding and data-bound controls. Since XML plays a major role in .NET development, the authors also provide a comprehensive look at XML namespaces and classes, and how to integrate both with ADO.NET.

Applied ADO.NET: Building Data-Driven Solutions begins with the basics of ASP.NET and data-bound controls. It then delves into internals of data binding and shows how to use DataGrid, DataList, and other data-bound controls in real-world applications. Chand and Talbot also discuss the ASP.NET guest book, database XML Web services, and even an online bookstore site development and design process.

Advanced developers will learn from the coverage of ADO.NET architecture, related design issues, and how ADO.NET data
providers are designed. The authors also show how to create a Custom Data Provider. Event handling, server side programming, data relations and constraints, Active Directory, messaging, exception and error handling, and object relational model are other topics covered in detail.

eXtreme .NET shows developers and team leaders how to incorporate eXtreme programming (XP) practices with .NET-connected technologies to create high quality, low-cost code that will build better software. This practical, realistic guidebook systematically covers key elements of XP methodology in the specific context of the
.NET Framework, Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft Visual C#, and related Microsoft .NET-enabled applications.

Leading .NET and XP mentor Dr. Neil Roodyn covers planning, task definition, test-driven
development, user interfaces, refactoring, spiking, pair programming, and much more. Dr Neil offers field-proven advice for everything from automating builds to integrating third-party libraries. He also incorporates valuable exercises and presents a start-to-finish case study that shows exactly how XP and Microsoft .NET interoperate
throughout an entire development project. Coverage includes:

• Where to start if you’ve never used XP or other Agile methods before
• Pair programming: turning .NET programming into a collaborative game
• Test-Driven Development: Making sure your .NET code works as intended, while it’s easiest to fix
• Refactoring: Organizing your .NET code to improve flexibility and enable changes more readily
• Continuous integration and automated build/test: enhancing quality in distributed, component-based systems
• Spiking: using rapid experimentation to validate your expectations about behavior in the .NET Framework
• The importance of customer input to successful projects
• How to test .NET user interfaces and third-party libraries

The Microsoft .NET Framework is today’s most productive development platform. XP represents a fundamental breakthrough in building higher-value software. Combine them: transform your team into an eXtreme .NET team that can accomplish more than ever before. This book will show you how starting with your very next project.

Version 2.0 of the .NET Framework will offer powerful
enhancements to ADO.NET that will give application and service
developers unprecedented control over their data. In A First Look at ADO.NET and System.Xml v. 2.0,
Microsoft’s lead program manager on XML technologies joins with two
leading .NET and XML experts to present a comprehensive preview of
tomorrow’s ADO.NET and System.Xml classes.

Drawing
on the first .NET Framework 2.0 Technology Preview Release, the authors
introduce powerful new techniques for simplifying development,
enhancing flexibility, and leveraging .NET’s new support for emerging
XML standards. They also preview important new synergies between .NET
Framework 2.0, XML, and the next version of SQL Server (code-named
“Yukon”).

This book’s detailed coverage includes:

• Clear explanations of Microsoft’s data-access intentions and directions–so you’ll be ready when .NET 2.0 arrives
• A brief overview of ObjectSpaces–the exciting new technology for using objects that represent and hold their own data
• Major improvements in bulk loading, batch execution, and paging
• Support for truly asynchronous connection and command operations
• In-process server-side cursors for programmatic data processing within stored procedures
• XML class improvements that enhance standards support, promote integration, and maximize performance
• Beyond SQLXML 3.0: leveraging XQuery and XML Views in distributed query processing
• Better support for storing XML data and integrating relational and XML data management
• “Yukon’s” new XML data type: using SQL Server as an XML document store

Engineer Your Way to Excellence

Maximize the capabilities of
Visual C++ .NET using the advanced development strategies presented in
this professional resource. Inside, you’ll find full details on using
threads and graphics, working within the .NET Framework, handling
database integration, ensuring security, creating administrative tools,
and much more. Build and deploy robust Visual C++ .NET applications
that take full advantage of the innovative features of this powerful
development tool.

• Build managed and unmanaged (native EXE) desktop applications
• Maximize machine resources using threads
• Utilize the Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI)
• Take full advantage of ADO.NET for database management
• Work with Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI)
• Reduce development time using attributed programming
• Write distributed applications using Simple Object Access Model (SOAP)
• Understand how Web Services can help you develop applications faster
• Use the Windows Security and Cryptography APIs
• Develop customized Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins

Managed C++ and .NET Development is about writing .NET applications and
services. It is designed to start developers with a clean slate, wiping
clear any need for developing COM, DCOM, COM+, or ActiveX components.
Instead, it will show readers how to code in the world of .NET�free of
the unneeded baggage that accompanies component development.

More importantly, this is a book about writing .NET applications using
C++. It covers a lot of ground in a short period of time. In the end,
developers should be proficient at developing .NET applications,
specifically for Windows and the World Wide Web.

While readers
are learning the ins-and-outs of .NET application development, they
will also be learning the syntax of C++, both old and new to .NET.
Readers will also gain a good understanding of the .NET architecture.

Most of all, Managed C++ and .NET Development is truly a .NET book applying C++ as its development language�not another C++ syntax book which happens to cover .NET.