Windows Forms in Action: Second Edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# [Paperback]

Erik Brown (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1932394656 | ISBN-13: 978-1932394658 | Publication Date: May 4, 2006 | Edition: Second Edition

Using many examples all on a common theme, this second edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# presents Windows application development in a step-by-step, easy to follow format. Written for beginner and intermediate programmers eager to get their hands dirty, the text covers fundamentals like labels, buttons, and tool strips, as well as advanced concepts like owner-drawn lists, custom controls, and two-way data binding.

The book is a tutorial, leading the reader through Windows application development using C# and Visual Studio .NET. It illustrates how the classes in the .NET Framework interact in a fully functional application. Material added for the second edition includes coverage of the .NET 2.0 Framework, extender providers, cryptographic classes, and application deployment.

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About the Author

A mathematician by training, Erik Brown has been working with code for over 17 years, as a developer, architect, consultant, and manager. He is a veteran of three successful start up companies and currently works as a program manager at Unisys Corporation. Erik lives in northern Virginia with his wife and two daughters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 752 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications; Second Edition edition (May 4, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932394656
• ISBN-13: 978-1932394658
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,027,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic - Special Note about Finding Reviews, February 2, 2007

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Good-Energy Programmer (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windows Forms in Action: Second Edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# (Paperback)

I am a former VB6 programmer moving to C#. I have close to 15 C# books and I'm happy to say virtually every one is good in its own way. However, this is the one book I have chosen to carefully step through - and actually do the tutorial-coding along with the author. It is a remarkable book - can't say enough about Erik's abilities as a teacher. I also wanted to mention that most of the reviews for this book can be found under the first edition of this book. (I'm bringing this up because I couldn't understand why there weren't more reviews about this excellent book!) I don't have the first edition but I can tell you the glowing reviews there must also apply to this edition. (The first edition has a slightly different name - Windows Forms Programming with C#.) In any case, THANK YOU, Erik, for a fantastic job - As I work through each chapter, I am gaining very relevant and helpful new knowledge.

26 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Covers Forms Plus C# and Visual Studio, May 23, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windows Forms in Action: Second Edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# (Paperback)

This second edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# is an almost wholly new and extensively revised edition to take advantage of the Microsoft .NET 2.0 environment. The book is largely in tutorial format, it creates a sample application and throughout the book modifies and extends the application until the full range of capabilities are covered. As with the earlier book, there is a heavy reliance on C# and the Visual Studio system. In fact, the book has been used as a C#/Visual Studio text by some people although this is not its main focus.

By the time you finish the book, you will completely under the System.Windows.Forms namespace. You will have a good solid start with C# and at least a working knowledge of Visual Studio. The strong point of the application that is being developed throughout the book is that it is a useful, real, and robust application. Thus these aspects of what is needed in real life development, be it of forms or something else is also taught.

This is a very well written and informative book on a real application for .NET.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Teaches you windows forms, but cannot be used as a reference book, January 14, 2007

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Blue Cat (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windows Forms in Action: Second Edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# (Paperback)

This book creates and follows a single sample application throughout the book. Each chapter introduces additional windows form capabilities and integrates them into the sample application. This is an interesting approach and probably works if you have the time and patience to work through the book. However, most developers using windows forms are working under a deadline, and this book cannot be used to look up how to do things with a control. For example, if you need to learn how to use a tree view - or any other control - you can't just turn to the chapter on tree view and see a small self-contained example. What you see is a tree view fully integrated with the sample application. This makes it difficult to extract out what you need for your application. This makes the book not very useful. I recommend Windows Forms 2.0 Programming by Chris Sells instead.