A Programmer's Guide to .NET [Paperback]

Alexei Fedorov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 25, 2002

-- Explains all significant parts of Microsoft .NET Framework - not just one technology.

-- Provides many practical examples, that show how to use the technologies discussed.

-- Based on the final release of .NET.

The main purpose of this book is to provide essential information about the whole Microsoft .NET platform - not just about one component technology or another. This gives the reader a wide perspective, and shows how the main components of the platform can work together. Technologies covered include Windows Forms, Web Forms, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, and the CLR. It explains how to use them to create a variety of applications - from console apps to XML Web Services. The book provides a good balance of explanations with practical examples. The book is addressed primarily to VB developers, but while a background with VB is helpful, it is not required, so the book could also be used by developers with experience in C or C++.

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From the Back Cover

The new Microsoft platform, Microsoft.NET provides countless opportunities for different services and systems to interact, allowing programmers to develop powerful solutions for the internet. If you are a programmer or developer wanting to take full advantage of Microsoft.NET, this book, which provides essential information for the whole of the .NET platform, is for you.

A Programmer's Guide to .NET will help you to gain an in-depth understanding of the .NET framework, its architecture, main components and supported technologies. Alexei Federov describes how the main components of the platform -- Windows Forms, Web Forms, ADO.NET, web services and the Common Language Runtime -- can work together, enabling you to create high-performance applications more easily and efficiently.

A Programmer's Guide to .NET:

• Explains all of the significant parts of the Microsoft.NET framework -- not just one technology
• Contains practical examples showing how you can use .NET to create a variety of applications -- from console applications to XML web services
• Includes code examples written in VB.NET that can also be imported into other .NET languages
• Provides a comprehensive list of web resources in the appendix.

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About the Author

Alexei Fedorov is a developer and consultant based in Moscow. Alexei has more than 20 years’ experience, including working as a Chief Technology Officer for a Swiss company, technical writing for a software magazine, creation of internet and intranet sites, providing technical support for Borland languages, development and software localization as well as writing books and articles for progammers. Alexei has coauthored such books a Professional ASP 2.0 and ASP 2.0 Programmer’s Reference, published by Wrox, and Advanced Delphi Developer’s Guide to ADO, published by Wordware, and contributed several articles to such magazines as Asp.Net Pro, Office Pro, and Delphi Informant Magazine.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education (July 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321112326
• ISBN-13: 978-0321112323
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,378,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lacks web site to check for errata & to obtain example code, December 26, 2002

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Southern California .NET User Group (SoCalNETug.org) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Programmer's Guide to .NET (Paperback)

This book appears to be targeted at programmers who are familiar with object-oriented programming, but not necessarily familiar with Microsoft's development tools. It allows such programmers a way to explore most of the .NET platform apart from the Visual Studio IDE. Programmers primarily familiar with VB or Visual Studio would probably be better served by another book. Programmers more familiar with Java, Delphi, Perl, etc. will find this book a very good introduction to .NET.

The book covers all major areas from the core workings of the Common Language Runtime to web services. The general pace of the book is quick and broad. It assumes you already know the general topic and just want to know what classes, methods, etc. the .NET framework has to address the issue. There are numerous code examples written in VB.NET, but these are very easy to translate into another .NET language if desired.

As stated above, this book will be well received by an experienced C++, Delphi, or Java programmer who wants a strong overview before committing to the .NET platform. It is the best book I've seen towards that end. It is definitely not for programmers who primarily drop controls on a form and then write a few event handlers for them.

My main criticism of the book is lack of a corresponding web site to check for/report errata and obtain the example code found throughout the book. (There is no CD either.) While the programmers reading this book should have no problems debugging the code, they also don't need more keyboarding experience. --Reviewed by Greg S.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good way to understand .NET, October 23, 2002

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"fat_tortoise2" (Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Programmer's Guide to .NET (Paperback)

This book gives a good understanding of what .NET is and what you can do with .NET classes. It is a good reading for all who wants to develop .NET application or study VB .NET, C# .NET, etc - before creating applications, you need to understand the appropriate platform, and this book definitely can help with it. I am not a novice in programming, and found it very useful.

3.0 out of 5 stars Skips theories and gets right down to semantics of .NET, January 9, 2003

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Southern California .NET User Group (SoCalNETug.org) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Programmer's Guide to .NET (Paperback)

The book covers most of the building blocks of the .NET platform, such as the Language Runtime, Framework Class Library, ASP .NET Web Form, Server and HTML Controls, Windows Forms, GDI, ADO .NET, XML and Web Services.

The book's style is more like a manual due to the abundant use of bullet points. It's good for those who'd like to skip the theories and get down to the semantics of the .NET platform fast.

It does not stand out compared with some other .NET books because it does not go deep enough in each topic. Sometimes, I feel like reading an abridged version of the Visual Studio Online Help Topics with simple sample codes added.

I'd like to suggest that practical, more in-depth solutions be provided as examples for using the .NET platform. -- Reviewed by Timothy D.