Programming .NET 3.5 /

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Author / Creator:Liberty, Jesse.
Imprint:Sebastopol, Calif. : O'Reilly, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 455 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13594292
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Other authors / contributors:Horovitz, Alex.
ISBN:059652756X
9780596527563
9780596551414
059655141X
9780596154707
0596154704
Digital file characteristics:text file
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Summary:"Programming .NET 3.5 demonstrates how Microsoft's new framework can greatly improve your programming capability for both Windows and web applications. This book shows how the various technologies that comprise .NET 3.5 converge on best practices through shared architectural patterns and tools." "In this grand tour of .NET 3.5, authors Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz describe how its four principal technologies can be used together to build modern n-tier and service-oriented applications. Every example is written in C♯, with source code available for download."--Jacket
Other form:9780596527563
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I. Presentation Options
  • 1. .NET 3.5: A Better Framework for Building MVC, N-Tier, and SOA Applications
  • Integration Versus Silos
  • What? All That in One Book?
  • 2. Introducing XAML: A Declarative Way to Create Windows UIs
  • XAML 101
  • Simple XAML Done Simply
  • Over Here...No, Wait, I Meant Over There!
  • It's Alive! (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Animation)
  • 3. Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation: A Richer Desktop UI Experience
  • Starting Simple: Panels
  • Nesting
  • Resources
  • Transformations
  • Animation
  • Data Binding
  • 4. Applying WPF: Building a Biz App
  • Breaking the Application into Pieces
  • Adorners
  • Business Classes
  • Page 1. Adding Items to the Shopping Cart
  • Page 2. Validating the Credit Card
  • 5. Introducing AJAX: Moving Desktop UIs to the Web
  • Web Applications Just Got a Whole Lot Faster
  • Getting Started
  • Creating a "Word Wheel" with AJAX
  • ScriptManager
  • What's Next?
  • 6. Applying AJAX: ListMania
  • Creating the To-Do List Manager
  • Personalizing the To-Do List
  • 7. Introducing Silverlight: A Richer Web UI Platform
  • Silverlight in One Chapter
  • The Breadth of Silverlight
  • Diving Deep: Building an Application
  • Controls
  • Events and Event Handlers
  • Creating Controls Dynamically
  • Data Binding
  • Styling Controls
  • Part II. Interlude on Design Patterns
  • 8. Implementing Design Patterns with .NET 3.5
  • .NET 3.5 Fosters Good Design
  • The N-Tier Pattern
  • The MVC Pattern
  • The Observer Pattern/Publish and Subscribe
  • The Factory Method Pattern
  • The Chain-of-Command Pattern
  • The Singleton Pattern
  • Part III. The Business Layer
  • 9. Understanding LINQ: Queries As First-Class Language Constructs
  • Defining and Executing a LINQ Query
  • Extension Methods
  • Adding the Adventure WorksLT Database
  • LINQ to SQL Fundamentals
  • Using the Visual Studio LINQ to SQL Designer
  • Retrieving Data
  • LINQ to XML
  • 10. Introducing Windows Communication Foundation: Accessible Service-Oriented Architecture
  • Defining a Service More Precisely
  • Implementing Web Services
  • UDDI: Who Is Out There, and What Can They Do for Me?
  • How It All Works
  • WCF's SOA Implementation
  • Putting It All Together
  • 11. Applying WCF: YahooQuotes
  • Creating and Launching a Web Service
  • Consuming the Web Service
  • 12. Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation
  • Conventional (Pre-WF) Flow Control
  • Using Windows Workflow
  • Understanding the WF Runtime
  • Workflow Services
  • 13. Applying WF: Building a State Machine
  • Windows Workflow and State Machines
  • Building an Incident Support State Machine
  • 14. Using and Applying CardSpace: A New Scheme for Establishing Identity
  • About Windows CardSpace
  • Creating a CardSpace Identity
  • Adding CardSpace Support to Your Application
  • Summary
  • Epilogue
  • Index