C# Application from Inspiration to Implementation [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Kyle Dunn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2002

This book will take you through the complete development of a real application step by step, from the first discussions of what the application should do to creating an installer and deploying the application.

The book will show you how to:

Collect requirements from the client
Transform requirements into an application design
Design a user interface that will meet the clients needs
Build a database to store application data
Create an application specification
Write good data access code
Take advantage of custom controls
Print reports
Construct a useful help system
Test the application
Create an installer
Distribute post-release modifications

Throughout the book, the author will share with you his experience of building applications that meet the needs of the client. Coding is only part of the software development process; this book will show you the whole story. However, this is not a dry software engineering text. The book is based on a real example and the advice given is practical throughout.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Wrox Press; 1st edition (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 186100754X
• ISBN-13: 978-1861007544
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,133,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete Book, May 8, 2003

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Steve Graddy (Cordova, Tennessee USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C# Application from Inspiration to Implementation (Paperback)

I purchased this book to use as a guide for installing MSDE with my current project. The author talks of using his setup project and even explains how to modify it in chapter 12. The only problem is he does not supply any code example. Neither printed code nor a download is available for chapter 12 that gives you everything he talks about. He talks about 8 additional projects that are needed for the book. In Chapter 12 on page 306,
he states and I quote "There are several other projects included in the LazyMan Inventory that we will not have space to detail in this book. The complete solution is available for download, and here is a brief synopsis of each project." I have not been able to acquire this solution nor have I been able to contact anyone. I talked to the publisher WROX and they stated they would have the author handle this problem. But now that will not be done because WROX has gone out business or is being acquired by Wiley Publishing. He constantly refers to all of these projects but does not make them available. So in short I can not recommend this book because it is not complete and the author has not followed thru on promises made in the book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Source code is available, December 23, 2005

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Kenneth A. Klinger (Northbrook, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C# Application from Inspiration to Implementation (Paperback)

I found the source code for this book (and two additional chapters in PDF format) at

http://support.apress.com/books.asp?bID=186100754x&s=0

Hope this helps.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad at all all -- if you have a good copy..., December 23, 2004

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Oleg Andreev - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C# Application from Inspiration to Implementation (Paperback)

I was fortunate to get a "good" copy of this book - i.e., without all these printing horrors so vividly described by other frustrated reviewers (missing chapters, wrong pages, inserts from another book on Apache server, etc.) - and have found it very useful.

I think this book could have a great value for someone, who has some programming experience with a fragmented "academic" knowledge on .NET, but has not had much of "real life" experience on developing and implementing desktop .NET applications. In my opinion, the author does keep his promise - to show "the entire process of desktop software construction from design to delivery". Also, I have found a number of useful little tips (e.g., on organizing your code and its documentation, enhancing GUI with self-made custom icons, etc.) - of course, nothing "revolutionary" or "mind-blowing" - everything can found in other books or in on-line tutorials...

Chapter 8: "Custom Controls" - in my opinion - is almost excellent and could be very helpful for a novice developer like myself: unlike in so many other books, both custom control examples presented by the author have some "real life" value and contain a few lines a rather not trivial code.

Provided that you have a GOOD copy of this book, it could be a nice reading -- for someone who wants to get a quick overview on using VS .NET -- over a weekend or within just a few days.