Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX: A Practical Hands-on Guide

• Paperback: 520 pages
• Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc. (September 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596513976

With this book, web developers can build engaging and interactive sites and applications using Microsoft’s latest web development tools — ASP.NET 2.0 and the new ASP.NET AJAX framework. You learn to create applications that have all the great tricks you see on popular commercial web sites, such as order forms and the ability to interact with a database. And you can build pages that display information interactively without a page refresh. This straightforward tutorial explains how. Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX helps you master the concepts and techniques of Microsoft’s tools with plenty of annotated examples, review quizzes, web construction exercises and chapter summaries, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. With it, you’ll learn to: Master the fundamental skills of ASP.NET 2.0 to build professional quality web applications Integrate new Ajax tools and CSS with ASP.NET 2.0 for flashier and more interactive sites Build applications with minimal coding using Visual Studio or its free counterpart, Visual Web Developer Connect your site with a database so that users can retrieve, interact and save data Debug your application, deal with unexpected problems, and protect your site from malicious users Use the community-maintained ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit to extend the controls that come with ASP.NET AJAX Use personalization tools to give your site a customized look for each user Ideal for beginning web developers, or those who are new to ASP.NET, this book gets you involved with your own learning through hands-on lessons that are clear and to the point. You get the chance to try out new techniques on the spot. Want to join the world of modern webdevelopment? This book will get you started.

About the Author
Jesse Liberty, Microsoft .NET MVP, is the best-selling author of O’Reilly Media’s “Programming ASP.NET”, “Programming C#”, “Programming Visual Basic 2005″ and over a dozen other books on web and object-oriented programming. He is president of Liberty Associates, Inc. where he provides contract programming, consulting and on-site training in .NET. Jesse is a frequent contributor to O’Reilly Network web sites as well as many industry publications and has spoken at numerous industry events. He is a former Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T and Vice President for technology development at CitiBank. Dan Hurwitz is the president of Sterling Solutions, Inc., where for nearly two decades he has been providing contract programming and database development to a wide variety of clients. He has co-authored three editions of “Programming ASP.NET.” Brian MacDonald is an editor of programming and networking books. He has edited books for several major publishers on topics ranging from securing Windows servers to PHP web programming to running an eBay business. His work for O’Reilly includes Programming WCF Services and Programming ASP.NET. He also co-authored Learning C# 2005 with Jesse Liberty. He lives in southeastern Pennsylvania with his wife and son.

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The ASP.NET 2.0 Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: SitePoint (September 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 098028581X

An ASP.NET 2.0 book that just helps you get things done!

This book contains a collection of 101 best practice, object oriented solutions that you can easily adapt to your own projects.

Coverage includes:

Working with text, numbers, dates & times

Accessing data with ADO.NET

Form validation under multiple scenerios

Page, Session and application state tips

Access control in web applications

Producing standards compliant output

Enhancing applications with AJAX

Working with Email

Handling errors and debugging

Performance tips and pitfalls

And much more! As a bonus, all book buyers get download access to the code archive which has all the examples in the book in both C# and VB.

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Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 8 in 24 Hours

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 3Rev Ed edition (October 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672327546

Explore the depth and flexibility of Macromedia Flash 8 with Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 8 in 24 Hours. Fundamental topics are presented one-by-one in a series of 24 one-hour lessons that will help you master the basics of Flash. Author Phillip Kerman, an internationally-known Macromedia trainer and multimedia expert, offers you a clearly-written, well-organized introduction to Macromedia Flash 8 without becoming too overwhelming. You will cover such subjects as:

• Drawing and Painting Original Art
• Using Motion Tween to Animate
• Animatng Using Movie Clips
• Using Actions to Create Non-Linear Movies
• Optimizing a Flash Site
• Publishing a Creation

Not only will you master the basics of Macromedia Flash 8 with Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 8 in 24 Hours, you will also be better prepared to learn more advanced topics in the future.

About the Author
Philip Kerman is an internationally recognized expert on the use of the Web and multimedia for training and entertainment. He frequently presents at Macromedia User Conferences, contributes articles to Macromedia User Journal, and he has taught Flash and other Macromedia authoring tools in workshops around the world. In addition to showing others how to create multimedia, Kerman has had plenty of opportunities to get his hands dirty in programming. He programmed the all-Flash website www.m-three.com for Paris France Inc., which was included in both Communication Arts Interactive Design Annual and the British Design and Art Direction Annual.

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Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Design: CSS, Themes, and Master Pages

• Paperback: 474 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; Pap/Onl edition (September 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470124482

With ASP.NET 2.0, .NET developers finally have the tools in their hands to effortlessly create aesthetically pleasing web application interface designs that can be easily carried forward to create a consistent look and feel to their site. In this book you’ll see how to join these new ASP.NET tools with universal web standards like CSS, color, graphics, and accessibility in the planning of any of your web projects. This combination will provide you with unique skills in the art of making powerful ASP.NET pages look as amazing as the technology that drives them.

Before delving into the new Navigation Controls, Master Pages, and Themes, ASP.NET programmers get a thorough grounding in basic web design considerations, including colors and fonts, Photoshop basics, and the fundamentals of CSS standards. With these tools in hand, ASP.NET developers can expand their programming horizons to make ASP.NET sites that are not only well-designed but attractive and easy-to-use.

What you will learn from this book

• How adding visual and interface design skills to your data access and business logic skills makes you a well-rounded and valuable developer
• How properly structured navigation controls can not only allow for the globalization of your site but can increase the security of your pages through integration with the ASP.NET Membership API
• How Master pages can be used to template the look and feel of your site and how other pages can then inherit them
• How to make ASP.NET controls render accessible CSS code rather than tables
• How to create a new theme for only mobile devices using new graphics, CSS rules, and master pages
• A preview of Microsoft’s newest web developer technologies, including SilverLight and Visual Studio 2008

Who this book is for

ASP.NET developers who want to learn about using ASP.NET for web interface design. Examples are written in C# but should be easily understandable for experienced VB developers as well.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.Download:

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ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed

• Hardcover: 1992 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (June 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672328232

ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed is a revision of the best-selling ASP.NET Unleashed, by Microsoft Software Legend Stephen Walther. It covers virtually all features of ASP.NET 2.0 including more than 50 new controls, personalization, master pages, and web parts. All code samples are presented in VB and C#. Throughout the more than 2,000 pages, you will be shown how to develop state-of-the-art Web applications using Microsoft’s latest development tools. This resource is guaranteed to be used as a reference guide over and over!

About the Author
Stephen Walther has taught workshops on building ASP.NET applications at NASA, Lockheed Martin, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. House of Representatives, Verizon and others. He got his start working with Active Server Pages by developing two large commercial Web sites. First, he created the Collegescape Web site, a Web site used by over 200 colleges, including Harvard, Stanford, and MIT, to accept admittance applications online. Next, he created the CityAuction Web site, and auction site used by both Snap! and CitySearch. He received his Bachelor of Arts from UC Berkeley.

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Foundations of F# (Expert’s Voice in .Net)

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Apress (May 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590597575

Functional programming (FP) is the future of .NET programming, and F# is much more than just an FP language. Every professional .NET programmer needs to learn about FP, and there’s no better way to do it than by learning F#–and no easier way to learn F# than from Foundations of F#.

If you’re already familiar with FP, you’ll find F# the language you’ve always dreamed of. And all .NET programmers will find F# an exciting real-world alternative to C# and Visual Basic. This book is likely to have many imitators, but few true competitors. Written by F# evangelist Rob Pickering, and tech reviewed by F#’s main designer, Don Syme, this is an elegant, comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the language and an incisive guide to using F# for real-world professional development. F# is the future of programming (not just on .NET), and the future is now.

About the Author
Robert Pickering is an extraordinarily prolific writer on F#. The F# Wiki on his Strangelights.com web site is among the most popular F# web sites in the world. He is a consultant for LexiFi, lives in France, and works on projects in England, Denmark, Holland, and Belgium. He received his bachelor’s of science in computer science from Manchester University in 1999.

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Embedded Programming with the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (June 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735623651

Learn how to use the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework to develop applications for the next generation of embedded devices. Embedded programming is set to move into the mainstream as a variety of new device scome to market. A key embedded device enabled by Windows Vista(tm) that requires the .NET Micro Framework is Windows Side Show(tm), the external display that will be incorporated into many notebook computers. This reference shows developers how to use the .NET Micro Framework to create new applications for Windows Side Show displays and small,resource-constrained devices. With insights direct from the product team it covers essential topics, including interface design and managed drivers,device capabilities, and how to use emulation technologies. In addition, it delves into how to port key functionality from existing applications into other form factors. Ideal for developers with experience working with Microsoft Visual Studio- 2005 and Microsoft Visual C#-, this essential guide includes practical examples and code samples.

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