What you’ll learn

• Advanced design concepts to develop loosely coupled web–based applications using Silverlight 2
• The role of Silverlight library assembly
• How to use dynamic Silverlight user controls to build your user interface at runtime
• How to externalize your data source definitions
• LINQ integration
• WCF/Web services integration
• Secured same–domain/cross–domain deployment
• The ABCs of developing mobile applications using Silverlight, including coverage of the common pitfalls and traps you may encounter
• Practical advice on how to adopt the Silverlight development platform in you’re your organization

Who is this book for?

This book is for enterprise architects, IT executives and IT professionals, the developer community, technical and project managers, and anyone who wants to start using Silverlight 2 in a corporate environment.

Pro Dynamic .NET 4.0 Applications: Data-Driven Programming for the .NET Framework

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What you'll learn

• How to allow the user to create validation logic at runtime
• How to define and instantiate controls at runtime and the pitfalls of doing so
• How to create data-driven reports using Excel, Crystal Reports, and SQL Server Reporting Services
• How to design a database structure for optimizing data-driven applications
• How to build a user interface that allows users to modify their application visually

Who is this book for?

This book is for anyone wanting to distribute an application in which the user needs to be as independent of the developer as possible. By using the techniques described in the book, the user will have the power to make modifications to his own applications, and the developer will reduce the frequency with which he needs to redistribute EXEs.

Expert C# Business Objects

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This book is a translation of Rockford Lhotka's industry-standard titleExpert One-on-One Visual Basic .NET Business Objectsinto C# language. Lhotka's ideas remain extremely influential in .NET development, and this book translates those ideas directly to you, the C# programmer.

Expert C# Business Objects reveals the opportunities available through .NET. You will learn to make informed decisions about developing your enterprise C# projects. Further, you will learn how to successfully trade off between performance and flexibility.

This book contains the author's Component-based, Scalable, Logical Architecture (CSLA .NET)an object-oriented framework that acts as the foundation for a range of enterprise applicationswhich you are free to examine, use and modify.

What you'll learn

• How C# works with and exploits the CLR
• How to use arrays, collections, and iterators
• How to handle events with delegates and anonymous functions
• How to design and use generic types and methods
• How to thread efficiently and robustly
• How C# anonymous types, lamba expressions, and extension methods work and how to use them

Who is this book for?

If you're an experienced C# programmer, you need to understand how C# has changed with C# 2010. If you're an experienced object-oriented programmer moving to C#, you want to ramp up quickly in the language while learning the latest features and techniques. In either case, this book is for you. The first three chapters succinctly present C# fundamentals, for those new to or reviewing C#. The rest of the book covers all the major C# features, in great detail, explaining how they work and how best to use them. Whatever your background or need, you’ll treasure this book for as long as you code in C# 2010.

A Tester's Guide to .NET Programming

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Beginning ASP.NET E-Commerce in C#: From Novice to Professional

eBook Price: $31.49

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What you’ll learn

• Use Microsoft’s Express products to build an online product catalog.
• Add payment processing with PayPal and DataCash.
• Expand your site’s product listing through web services.
• Implement an order pipeline.
• Take advantage of SEO techniques to publicize your site.

Who is this book for

Developers wanting to build professional e–commerce sites using the latest .NET technologies.

What you'll learn

• Gain a deep familiarity with the tenets and advantages of functional programming.
• Understand F#'s concise and elegant syntax.
• Access the huge range of libraries and components that run on the .NET Framework.
• Develop for real-world scenarios using functional programming and F#.
• Develop realistic applications through a comprehensive tutorial-based approach.
• Learn imperative and concurrent programming techniques within the functional programming paradigm.

Who is this book for?

F# is the future of programming (not just on .NET), and the future is now. If you are already familiar with functional programming, you'll find Beginning F# a great introduction to the language itself. If you are new to the FP arena, this book will also serve as a superb reference to FP in general and F# specifically.

The Definitive Guide to db4o

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To satisfy the demand for 24/7 information access, applications available in airport and conference kiosks, and in the mobile, gaming, and medical industries, provide consumers data access wherever they are. But its essential that fast availability not be traded for quality performance.

A prominent solution for managing the data in these applications and devices is db4othe open source object database native to the Java and .NET platforms. Highly reliable and scalable, db4o cuts down on development time by smoothly integrating into the system, cutting out the otherwise costly object-relational mapping typical of larger applications.

The Definitive Guide to db4o is the first book to comprehensively cover this project in detail. You will learn about all relevant topics, including installing and configuring db4o, querying and managing objects, performing transactions, and replicating data. To aid newcomers to the topic, early chapters cover object database fundamentals, as well as technical considerations and migration strategies. The book is complete with numerous C# and Java examples, so youll be able to follow along regardless of your chosen language.

What you'll learn

• How to optimize games using iPhone SDK tools such as Instruments and Shark, and how to optimize your graphics and sound files for the best performance
• Insight into the art and craft of game design
• How to implement social networking in your game with RESTful web services
• Tips on rapid game development with C on iPhone
• How to increase your market by developing games that run on iPhone, Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows
• How to create multiplayer iPhone games

Who is this book for?

All iPhone game developers, and anyone with an iPhone who wants to learn how games are made.

iPhone Advanced Projects

eBook Price: $27.99

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What you'll learn

• Use wi-fi to do more than simply connect to the Internet.
• Communicate with other iPhone users in real time.
• Take advantage of all the tricks built into Cocoa Touch.
• Convert your iPhone and iPod touch apps for use in other environments.
• Convert your other mobile apps for use with iPhone and iPod touch.

Who is this book for?

All iPhone application developers with any level of experience or coming from any development platform, though this title is the natural choice after any of the other iPhone X Projects books.