Professional C#

If we were to describe the C# language and its associated environment, the .NET framework, as the most important new technology for developers for many years, we wouldn't be exaggerating. .NET is designed to provide a new environment within which you can develop almost any application to run on Windows, while C# is a new programming language that has been designed specifically to work with .NET.

Using C#, you can write, for example, a dynamic web page, a component of a distributed application, a database access component, or a classic Windows desktop application. Between them C# and .NET are set to revolutionize the way that you write programs and to make programming on Windows very much easier than it has ever been.

In this book, we introduce all the key concepts of the C# language and the .NET Framework. As well as full coverage of C# syntax, there are examples of building all types of applications using C# - Windows applications and Windows services, web applications and web services with ASP.NET, and Windows and web controls. There is also full discussion of the most common .NET class libraries, such as data access using ADO.NET, and accessing Active Directory using the DirectoryServices classes.

This book is aimed at experienced developers - probably from a VB, C++, or Java background - but no previous experience of C# or .NET programming is assumed. This book will provide the ideal introduction to writing C# programs on the .NET Framework, for developers working at the leading edge.

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: .NET Architecture
• Chapter 2: Introduction to C#
• Chapter 3: C# Basics
• Chapter 4: Classes and Inheritance
• Chapter 5: Object Oriented C#
• Chapter 6: Advanced C# Topics
• Chapter 7: C# and the Base Classes
• Chapter 8: Programming in the .NET Environment
• Chapter 9: Windows Applications
• Chapter 10: Assemblies
• Chapter 11: Data Access with .NET
• Chapter 12: Viewing .NET Data
• Chapter 13: XML
• Chapter 14: File and Registry Operations
• Chapter 15: Working with the Active Directory
• Chapter 16: ASP.NET Pages
• Chapter 17: Web Services
• Chapter 18: Custom Controls
• Chapter 19: COM Interoperability
• Chapter 20: COM+ Services
• Chapter 21: Graphics with GDI+
• Chapter 22: Accessing the Internet
• Chapter 23: Distributed Applications with .NET Remoting
• Chapter 24: Windows Services
• Chapter 25: NET Security
• Appendix A: C# for C++ Developers
• Appendix B: C# for Java Developers
• Appendix C: C# for VB6 Developers
• Appendix D: C# Compilation Options
• Index