Application development using C# and .NET

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with a Summary.). Preface. Organization. Sample Programs. Caveat. Web Sites. Acknowledgments. About this Series. 1. What is Microsoft .NET? Microsoft and the Web. Windows on the Desktop. A New Programming Platform. The Role of XML. 2. .NET Fundamentals. Problems of Windows Development. Applications of the Future. 3. C# Overview for Sophisticated Programmers. Hello World in C#. Performing Calculations in C#. Classes. C# Type System. Strings. Arrays and Indexers. More about Methods. Exceptions. Unsafe Code. 4. Object-Oriented Programming in C#. Review of Object-Oriented Concepts. Acme Travel Agency Case Study: Design. Inheritance in C#. Access Control. Acme Travel Agency Case Study: Implementation. More about Inheritance. 5. C# in the .NET Framework. System.Object. Collections. Interfaces. Acme Travel Agency Case Study: Step 2. Generic Interfaces in .NET. Delegates. Events. Attributes. 6. User Interface Programming. Windows Forms Hierarchy. Simple Forms Using .NET SDK. Windows Forms Event Handling. Menus. Controls. Visual Studio.NET and Forms. Dialog Boxes. ListBox Control. Acme Travel Agency Case Study-Step 3. 7. Assemblies and Deployment. Assemblies. Private Assembly Deployment. Shared Assembly Deployment. Assembly Configuration. Multimodule Assemblies. Setup and Deployment Projects. 8. .NET Framework Classes. Metadata and Reflection. Input and Output in .NET. Serialization. .NET Application Model. Context. Application Isolation. Asynchronous Programming. Remoting. Custom Attributes. Garbage Collection and Finalization. 9. Programming with ADO.NET. .NET Data Providers. The Visual Studio.NET Server Explorer. Data Readers. Parameters Collection. SqlDataAdapter and the DataSet Class. DataSet Collections. DataSet Fundamentals. Database Transactions and Updates. Optimistic vs. Pessimistic Locking and the DataSet. Working with DataSets. Acme Travel Agency Case Study. XML Data Access. AirlineBrokers Database. Schema with Relationships. Typed DataSet. 10. ASP.NET and Web Forms. What is ASP.NET? Web Forms Architecture. Request/Response Programming. Web Applications Using Visual Studio.NET. Acme Travel Agency Case Study. ASP.NET Applications. State in ASP.NET Applications. ASP.NET Configuration. Server Controls. Database Access in ASP.NET. 11. Web Services. Protocols. Web Service Architecture. SOAP Differences. Web Service Class. Hotel Broker Web Service. 12. Security. User-Based Security. Code Access Security. Internet Security. Role-Based Security in .NET. Forms-Based Authentication. Code Access Permissions. Code Identity. Security Policy. 13. Tracing and Debugging in .NET. The TraceDemo Example. Enabling Debug and Trace Output. Using the Debug and Trace Classes. Using Switches to Enable Diagnostics. Enabling or Disabling Switches. TraceListener. Listeners Collection. 14. Interoperability. Calling COM Components from Managed Code. Calling Managed Components from COM Client. Platform Invocation Services (PInvoke). Appendix A Visual Studio.NET. Overview of Visual Studio.NET. Creating a Console Application. Project Configurations. Debugging. Index.