Programming .Net Windows Applications (Paperback)

by Jesse Liberty (Author), Dan Hurwitz (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"There's now such a glut of fat volumes devoted to programming .NET that it's increasingly difficult to tell the wheat from the chaff. For a book of around 1,200 pages, "Programming .NET Windows Application" is remarkably low on chaff. Indeed, if you want to go beyond the basics of standalone application development with .NET, this is one of the best books on the market. I personally find it more useful even than Petzold's much admired "programming Microsoft Windows with C#". - PC Plus, Spring 04

Product Description
With this tutorial, you will explore all aspects of using .NET Windows Forms class libraries and the associated programming tools in Visual Studio .NET, enabling you to build applications for the Windows 9x, Windows 2000 and Windows XP desktop platforms. Step-by-step, you'll learn ways to design applications that either function alone on a PC, or work in combination with your web-based application server to take advantage of the richer interface and higher level of security. The book also explains how your new Windows applications can sidestep problems that used to arise from the use of DLLs (known collectively as "DLL hell"), and how .NET Windows Forms can be used as an alternative to ASP.NET and browser-based approaches for building web application clients. Jesse Liberty definitely knows his stuff when it comes to the .NET platform. As the author of O'Reilly's Programming C# and Learning Visual Basic .NET, he's well-known for his clear and concise style that prompted one reviewer to say, "It's as if he knows exactly what questions I'm going to ask ahead of time."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1246 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (October 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596003218
• ISBN-13: 978-0596003210
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #670,661 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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32 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Correcting previous review, May 22, 2004

By	Jesse Liberty "Silverlight Geek" (MA USA) - See all my reviews

I almost never respond to negative reviews (not everyone will like every book) but the previous review by Mr. Qiu is simply incorrect.

I provide unprecedented support for my books, including a FAQ, errata, complete source code and a private free support discussion forum through my web site: http://www.LibertyAssociates.com. In addition, more information is available thorugh my blog and articles I write for O'Reilly.com.

All the code in this book is complete, and all the code is available for download.

Thank you.

-j

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete! Well Documented! Superb!, July 4, 2004

By	Charles Profitt (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

I found myself searching for a book that covered the TreeView control and others in great detail. I needed a book that would give detailed examples of how to use the advanced features of Windows Forms Controls and this was it. I use C# but appreciate the fact that both the VB.Net and C# codes is included as I never know if I will be asked to work on a VB.Net project. I have several other C# books that documented the basics of how to program C#, but this is the first that really showed me how to use the power of Win Forms to build a user friendly UI.

18 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely well-written guide, March 9, 2004

By	Alastair Dallas (Los Gatos, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Programming .NET Windows Applications is not only a useful reference (the important enumerations and events are listed alongside descriptions of the various controls, for example), but it is a great introduction to the somewhat under-documented subject of creating fat clients using the latest tools. As a VB programmer converting to C#, I particularly appreciate the side-by-side code examples. But as an author of computer books myself, I am always on the lookout for books like this in which the authors do more than just parrot the official documentation. This book is full of helpful asides, tips, and warnings, and the text is authoritative. I will look for other books by these authors (and of course O'Reilly books are almost always excellent).

Nearly 2.5 inches thick, this is not an In-A-Nutshell book. It covers Windows Forms controls in great detail. (It assumes knowledge of VB or C# and basic .NET, and it naturally doesn't describe ASP.NET.) The chapter on creating custom controls has been particularly useful to me, and the GDI+ chapter includes source for a complex analog clock application. And for some reason, I haven't seen TreeView and ListView documented as well in other books. If you are writing Windows Applications using .NET, this is the one book to have at your side.