"Discover how to select the correct database technology to use with Visual C++; learn to use the database development tools in Visual C++ 6; explore effective database design techniques; develop client/server applications using SQL, ODBC, ADO, and OLE DB; harness the power of database servers; meld object-oriented programming (OOP) with relational databases; and build scalable database applications using Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Twenty-one lessons for learning Visual C++ and hundreds of pages of reference material for applying Visual C++. The CD-ROM includes a number of tools and controls, along with source code and applications from the book.

"Sams Teach Yourself Game Programming with Visual Basic in 21 Days" teaches the reader the art of game programming from the ground up. The reader is assumed to have basic programming knowledge that he wishes to apply to the creation of basic games. Upon completion of the book readers will have learned to build eight games including card games, puzzles, and strategy games, each focusing on a specific task and building the reader's knowledge and skill level. The final week is a culmination of the skills learned in the first two weeks where the reader builds a complete game incorporating sound, animation, etc.

Learn Visual C++ through the "Teach Yourself" series. Week One starts you with Visual C++. In Week Two, you'll look at components of Windows applications and how they are invoked with Visual C++. Week Three examines the more involved aspects of Visual C++ and Windows applications.

Learn how to how to use C# for Internet programming with the hands-on techniques and clear explanations. This book discusses some C# features that allow rapid development of solutions such as garbage collection, simplified type declarations, and scalability support. The book explains key concepts in a simple and practical manner. Web Forms and Web Controls usher in an elegant way to make dynamic Web pages. The book covers these topics with how-to code examples and projects. One of the newest developments in Internet programming is the use of XML and the SOAP communication protocol. .NET Web Services harness these two technologies, and is covered in later sections of the book.

Updated and reworked to trim down the material into shorter, more focused one-hour lessons, this book contains numerous examples of syntax and detailed analysis of code to provide solid instruction for beginning programmers.