In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will be creating your own Windows applications using the power and functionality of Visual C# .NET. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of Visual C# .NET from the ground up. As an added bonus, the book includes a 60-day Trial Version of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 on DVD-ROM so you will have every tool you need to create the applications demonstrated in the book. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common Visual C# .NET tasks while questions and answers, quizzes, and exercises at the end of each hour help you test your knowledge. Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions and help steer you clear of potential problems. You will learn... The basics of Visual C# and then quickly begin applying your knowledge to real-world Windows programming tasks. Important features such as building forms, working with controls, looping, debugging, and working with data in the world of .NET. Tips that ease migration from Visual C++ and Visual Basic 6 to Visual c# .NET 2003.

The typical user of this book will be past users of Visual C++ looking to get up to speed quickly on developing applications for the .NET framework in Visual C++.

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This practical, example-driven task reference contains over 350 C# code recipes, covering many common and not so common aspects of .NET programming. If you're a developer who already understands the fundamentals of C# and .NET programming, then this cookbook will provide you with helpful code examples and reference material to take your programming skills to the next level. Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Developer's Cookbook is divided into sections corresponding to technologies within Visual C# .NET. Each part contains recipes to help you understand a single task without having to read pages of introductory material. Recipes are carefully constructed first to show you how to accomplish a task using a certain technique and then to follow with comments that provide a closer inspection of the solution. Along with the array of task-specific recipes in the book, you'll find a large collection of source code on the Sams Web site. Learn how to program graphics with GDI+, Windows Forms Controls, XML in .NET, ASP.NET applications, and Web Services. Then, move into more advanced techniques such as security, threading and synchronization, COM interop, and Smart Device extensions. Book jacket.

"Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET in 21 Days" will help developers that are new to application development and experienced developers understand how to use the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET to rapidly develop any type of computer application. The Visual Studio .NET development environment is the most comprehensive developer tool ever created, putting that together with the .NET Frameworks' Class Libraries, the developer has everything he or she needs to get up-to-speed on Microsoft's latest revolution in application development. This book will guide the developer through using the VS .NET IDE, the Visual Basic .NET and C# language, and the supporting tools available from Microsoft to create Windows and Web-based applications. The market is full of books that pretty much say the same thing, which is already available in the help files, the author of this book has written and deployed over a dozen successful applications using Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework. All of his expertise and experience is used to give you the most comprehensive title on using Visual Studio .NET.

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