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Appropriate for all basic-to-intermediate level courses in Visual C# 2010 programming.

Created by world-renowned programming instructors Paul and Harvey Deitel, Visual C# 2010 How to Program, Fourth Edition introduces all facets of the C# 2010 language hands-on, through hundreds of working programs. This book has been thoroughly updated to reflect the major innovations Microsoft has incorporated in Visual C# 2010 and .NET 4; all discussions and sample code have been carefully audited against the newest Visual C# language specification.

Students begin by getting comfortable with the C# Express 2010 IDE and basic Visual C# syntax. Next, they build their skills one step at a time, mastering control structures, classes, objects, methods, variables, arrays, and the core techniques of object-oriented programming. With this strong foundation in place, the Deitels introduce more sophisticated techniques, including searching, sorting, data structures, generics, and collections. Throughout, the authors show students how to make the most of Microsoft’s Visual Studio tools. A series of appendices provide essential programming reference material on topics ranging from number systems to the Visual Studio Debugger, UML 2 to Unicode and ASCII.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to Computers, the Internet and Visual C#
Chapter 2. Dive Into® Visual C# 2010 Express Download Now »

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Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 is a rapid application deployment tool that lets power users and administrators build data-centric business applications for the desktop, cloud, and Web in just a few clicks, with no code required. But more advanced developers and business users will hunger for more: how do you design complex screens? How do you query data using LINQ and other syntax structures? How do you secure your application?

Pro Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 Development answers these questions and more as authors Tim Leung and Yann Duran—both awarded Microsoft 2011 Community Contributor Awards for their LightSwitch expertise—cover this breakthrough product and its operations and structure under the covers.

For serious developers building, enhancing and deploying advanced business applications using LightSwitch, Pro Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 Development is the guide for going beyond the “click-and-you’re-done” interface, while still maintaining the elegance and convenience of rapid application development.

What you’ll learn
With Pro Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011, learn how to:

• Add visibility through with Relationships and Details screens
• Use customized queries, sorts and filters, and reporting
• Customize displays via user controls Download Now »

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Pro NuGet offers you a solid architectural understanding of how to manage software dependencies using NuGet, an open-source package management tool for the .NET Framework. Providing practical guidance through a multitude of examples and more advanced scenarios, this book shows you how to unleash all the power that NuGet offers. It will help you to streamline your day to day development and even make it more fun to write code.

Authors Maarten Balliauw and Xavier Decoster have been working with NuGet since it was first released, contributing many ideas and practical solutions to the community over that time. In this book they demonstrate both the core concepts and the more advanced thinking needed to use NuGet effectively.

What you’ll learn

• Interact with NuGet using both the graphical user interface and the command line.
• Set up your own NuGet repository and develop a basic NuGet server application.
• Explore different automation scenarios leveraging NuGet, including continuous integration and automated deployment.
• Quickly set up an enterprise-ready environment with MyGet, a NuGet-as-a-Service web application.
• Use NuGet to accomplish other goals, such as delivering plug-ins or modules to a web application.

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With this digital Early Release edition of Programming F# 3.0, second edition, you get the entire book bundle in its earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content – so you can take advantage of this content long before the book’s official release. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version.Why learn F#? This multiparadigm language not only offers you an enormous productivity boost through functional programming, it also lets you develop applications using your existing object-oriented and imperative programming skills. With Programming F#, you’ll quickly discover the many advantages of Microsoft’s new language, which includes access to all the great tools and libraries of the .NET platofrm.

Learn how to reap the benefits of functional programming for your next project – whether it’s quantitative computing, large-scale data exploration, or even a pursuit of your own. With this comprehensive guide, F# former team member Chris Smith gives you a head start of the fundamentals and advanced concepts of the F# language.

• Get a clear understanding of functional programming, and how you can use it to simplify code
• Learn the language’s core syntax, including object-oriented and imperative styles
• Simplify concurrent and parallel programming with F# Asynchronous Workflows and the Parallel Extensions to .NET
• Discover the power of F# 3.0′s new Info Rich Programming and LINQ Queries Download Now »

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Entity Framework 4.1 allows us to dive into the world of data access without having to write SQL statements. With the power to shape data access by your object model comes questions and this book holds the answers.

Entity Framework 4.1: Expert’s Cookbook holds many examples to help guide you through tough technical decisions and avoid technical landmines. The book will guide you from just using Entity Framework to enhancing the data access wizard.

This book starts with examples that require some familiarity of object relational mappers, and then moves on to more advanced tasks. You will be guided through complex mapping scenarios, query definition, reusability, integration with other technologies, and architectural management. The approach is step-by-step and test driven so that it is focused as much as possible on solving problems and getting the most out of the time spent working through the book.

Entity Framework 4.1: Expert’s Cookbook is a must have for any .NET developer who uses Entity Framework, and wants better, cleaner, and more maintainable code.

What you will learn from this book

• Manage database queries
• Leverage the full power of LINQ
• Test the data access layer Download Now »

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A one-of-a-kind book on Android application development with Mono for Android

The wait is over! For the millions of .NET/C# developers who have been eagerly awaiting the book that will guide them through the white-hot field of Android application programming, this is the book. As the first guide to focus on Mono for Android, this must-have resource dives into writing applications against Mono with C# and compiling executables that run on the Android family of devices.

Putting the proven Wrox Professional format into practice, the authors provide you with the knowledge you need to become a successful Android application developer without having to learn another programming language. You’ll explore screen controls, UI development, tables and layouts, and MonoDevelop as you become adept at developing Android applications with Mono for Android.

• Answers the demand for a detailed book on the extraordinarily popular field of Android application development
• Strengthens your existing skills of writing applications and shows you how to transfer your talents to building Android apps with Mono for Android and .NET/C#
• Dives into working with data, REST, SOAP, XML, and JSON
• Discusses how to communicate with other applications, deploy apps, and even make money in the process Download Now »