Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Programming [Paperback]

Jamie Plenderleith (Author), Steve Bunn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 23, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0071604081 | ISBN-13: 978-0071604086 | Edition: 1

Take your Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 programming skills to the top tier

"A must-read for experienced developers who want to dive deeply into Visual Studio 2008. The authors provide practical guidance combined with real-world applicability. The best of Visual Studio 2008 uncovered-buy this book!" --Michelle Clarke, Program Manager, Microsoft Ireland

Maximize every powerful programming feature available in Visual Studio 2008 with expert instruction from two Microsoft MVPs. Through clear explanations and real-world code samples, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Programming reveals how to develop innovative, high-performance applications with C# and VB.NET. Learn how to deploy ADO.NET and WCF services, incorporate XML and Ajax scripts, build hack-resistant code, and much more. The latest security tools, visualizers, and debuggers are also covered in detail.

• Work with WinForms, JavaScript, and Windows Services
• Use extension methods, partial classes, and XML literals
• Handle database transactions with XSLT, ADO.NET, and LINQ
• Build mobile-ready and offline applications using Sync Services
• Manage Active Directory and Internet Information Services from code
• Defend against SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks
• Learn from secure code guru Michael Howard how to take advantage of the security defenses in Visual C++
• Construct setup packages using ClickOnce and Windows Installer
• Cut development time using Visual Studio Team System and WPF

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About the Author

Jamie Plenderleith runs Software du Jour, a successful development company in Ireland, using the latest technologies from Microsoft. He received the Microsoft MVP Award for Visual Basic in 2005, and is a member of Mensa.

Steve Bunn has more than eight years of experience with VB.NET and C#.NET, and more than 20 years of experience developing bespoke applications. In 2005 and 2006, he received the Microsoft MVP award for Visual Basic.

Product Details

• Paperback: 442 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (March 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071604081
• ISBN-13: 978-0071604086
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #678,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what you think, but better, July 27, 2009

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Michael R. Broschat "mrbroschat" (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Programming (Paperback)

This book was such a surprise. I had been working in Visual Studio 2008, writing a couple Windows Forms applications, and I realized that I don't know much at all about the IDE. When I went looking on Amazon, I chose this book for some unknown reason. And, actually, it doesn't spend much time on the kinds of things for which I bought it.

But what it does--magnificently--is tell you about everything that Microsoft is using Visual Studio 2008 for. It is, therefore, an introduction (and real code) to such entities as the new language features (for both VB and C#), WPF, XAML, XML, LINQ, ADO.NET (I didn't know it was still around--it's now the foundation for Entity Framework), multi-threading, an incredible section on Active Directory programming (clearly the specialty of one or both of the boys), creating or dealing with Windows services, debugging (I had no idea there is so much there), deploying Windows applications (I used ClickOnce, myself, and want to see more about it), ASP.NET deployment, and various other things (including the Team System).

My only complaint is that many of the examples are in VB, and I don't want to deal with VB. The examples are short enough that this shouldn't be too much of an annoyance, but I wouldn't have minded access to C# versions of all code. Both boys are MVPs in Visual Basic, so their preference is not suprising even if it is also not understandable.

So, don't get this to learn what all the buttons on Visual Studio 2008 are for. Application Help should do that for us, I guess. But get it to actually dip your toes in everything going on in Microsoft development these days, and for most of this, that experience (however tiny) can be a job-saver.