Murach's ADO.NET 2.0 Database Programming with VB 2005 [Paperback]

Anne Boehm (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2007

For the current edition of this book, please see Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework with VB 2008 (ISBN 9781890774523).

This book shows Visual Basic developers how to use Visual Studio 2005 and ADO.NET 2.0 to develop database applications the way the best professionals do. For rapid application development and prototyping, this book shows how to use the 2.0 data sources feature. For serious production applications, this book shows how to build 3-layer applications that consist of presentation, business, and database classes. For web applications, this book shows how to use the time-saving ASP.NET 2.0 data controls. To ensure mastery, this book presents 25 complete database applications that demonstrate best programming practices. And it's all done in the distinctive Murach style that has been training professional developers for more than 30 years.

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About the Author

Anne Boehm has over 20 years of experience as an enterprise programmer. For the past 7 years, she's specialized in Visual Basic and .NET programming, and she's authored or co-authored books on VB.NET, ADO.NET, and ASP.NET.

Product Details

• Paperback: 784 pages
• Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates (August 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189077443X
• ISBN-13: 978-1890774431
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,083,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Of Class, September 15, 2007

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Wallace C. Allison - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murach's ADO.NET 2.0 Database Programming with VB 2005 (Paperback)

Learning, teaching, or referring to it under pressure, this is a best-of-class book you want on your shelf. Combined with Murach's SQL Server 2005 title there's little you won't know how to do with db programming in Visual Studio. And, you'll have code samples for all of it--not just a high-level description. These 2 books, combined and used in unison, get my vote as something every visual studio programmer should have and hold. Some of my other faves are discussed on the ITSBITS website if you're ever interested.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Training and Reference Book!, September 13, 2007

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K. Starnes (Battle Ground, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murach's ADO.NET 2.0 Database Programming with VB 2005 (Paperback)

This is a clear and concise book using the "paired pages" format. How-to on the left page and examples on the right. This style contributes to the effectivness of the learning process. This book contains a lot of information - 764 pages. The section on Three-layer Windows Forms applications contains a complete payable entry application complete with code.

As a professional developer, I need information that is accurate and easy to understand. This book qualifies on both counts.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework with VB 2008, June 11, 2009

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Rick Griffin (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework with VB 2008 (Paperback)

As with all of the other Murach books that I've read, this book has a good layout and was easy to read and understand. The first chapter of the book briefly covers the fundamentals of database programming. It then gives a brief introduction to ADO.NET 3.5 followed by several critical chapters on working with the ADO.NET components such as connections, commands, stored procedures, parameters, data sources, data sets, data readers, data tables, transactions, and object data sources. It gives detailed explanations and examples of how to use each of these components and then follows up with a very detailed chapter devoted solely to building a sample application.

The book then proceeds to give a brief introduction to LINQ, followed by chapters on working with LINQ components, with 2 chapters devoted to LINQ to SQL technology.

The last several chapters of the book cover The Entity Framework including creating an Entity Data Model, LINQ to Entities, the Entity SQL language, and the use of Entity Data Source Controls in web based applications.

Although, it would have been nice for the book to include some additional sample applications for the LINQ and Entity Framework technologies, I would still recommend it to anyone in need of a good solid reference for how to use these new technologies.