Dissecting A C Sharp Applications

The SharpDevelop project started as a “one man show” in September of 2000, just a few months after Microsoft released an Alpha of what was to become .NET 1.0 in early 2002.

SharpDevelop is Mike Krüger’s brainchild, and he got started because he was disappointed with current programming languages, and did want to try out the new programming language C#. As there was no really good programming editor aside from betas of Visual Studio .NET - which he didn’t have access to - he just started to program what he needed.
The SharpDevelop core team - who wrote this book - consists of programmers who came aboard during the Beta of .NET because they wanted to see how “real” Microsoft’s new platform was and how good or bad an experience it would be to program with it. Your best bet to learn a new platform is to test it with an ambitious “proof of concept” project, and that is what SharpDevelop initially was: pounding .NET and C# to see if it is viable in real-world applications.
Today, SharpDevelop is a full-featured Integrated Development Environment that leverages the features of C# and .NET, and we can say that both met or exceeded our expectations for building powerful realworld applications.
Over the course of more than two years of development, we learned a lot about this platform. This book is about sharing our experience in building real applications using .NET and C#. You will learn about design issues and decisions made, techniques and technologies used, as well as background information on features of SharpDevelop that you won’t usually find in everyday applications.
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Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code

Beginning C# Objects: From Concepts to Code is a comprehensive yet approachable guide for anyone interested in learning the C# language, beginning with the basics.

To begin, this book addresses the two fundamental concepts that programmers must grasp in order to write a professional object-oriented C# application: the nature and characteristics of objects, and the structure that allows you to take best advantage of C#’s object-oriented makeup.
In addition to the basics of C# syntax, this book introduces object terminology-teaching you how to think in terms of objects-and provides an introduction of object modeling, illustrating how to translate an object model into C# code with ease.
For folks who have already attempted to learn C# but are still having trouble mastering C#’s object-oriented nature, the case study format of this book will be invaluable in showing you how to translate a UML model into a fully-functional C# application.
An overwhelming number of programmers are now moving to C# as their language of choice for developing powerful, maintainable, scalabe software applications. Whether you’re learning C# as your first programming language, moving to C# from a non-object-oriented language, or have previously programmed with C# but still feel unsure when it comes to object aspects, this book is a perfect fit for you.
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Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008

ASP.NET 3.5 is the latest version of Microsoft’s revolutionary ASP.NET technology. It is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 raises the bar for high–quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft’s dynamic web solution.
Seasoned .NET professionals Matthew MacDonald and Mario Szpuszta explain how you can get the most from this groundbreaking new technology. They cover ASP.NET 3.5 as a whole, illustrating both the brand–new features and the functionality carried over from previous versions of ASP. This book will give you the knowledge you need to code real ASP.NET 3.5 applications in the best possible style.
The book will teach you ASP.NET 3.5 starting with core concepts to more advanced topics. You will learn

• Core concepts of ASP.NET 3.5. Why it’s special. What it’s fundamental principals are. The basics of Visual Studio. How ASP.NET 3.5 controls are created, and how they fit into ASP.NET 3.5 pages, ultimately creating full applications
• Data access details. The intricacies of ADO.NET and how to perform data binding to many sources from databases to file streams to XML. We include LINQ coverage so you’re on the bleeding edge
• Security. Once considered the Achilles heel of all Windows web applications, security has vastly improved and is a cornerstone of ASP.NET 3.5. This section explains the various forms of available security, and how to best apply them
• Taking things further using advanced user interface techniques. This includes user controls, customer server controls, client–side JavaScript, and GDI+.
• Web services. In an increasingly connected world, working with web services grows in importance. This book will show you how to work with them.
• ASP.NET AJAX, with an emphasis on comtemporary web development techniques
• Development using Internet Information Services 7, Microsoft’s premier web hosting platform.
• And much more.

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Threading in C Sharp

C# supports parallel execution of code through multithreading. A thread is an independent execution path, able to run simultaneously with other threads.

A C# program starts in a single thread created automatically by the CLR and operating system (the “main” thread), and is made multi-threaded by creating additional threads.
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The Language C Sharp

In this chapter we assume that the reader already has some programming experience, preferably in Java or C++. While we are explaining the concepts of C# we will also compare them with Java and C++.

C# is not a revolutionary new language. It is more a combination of Java, C++
and Visual Basic. The aim has been to adopt the best features of each of these languages while avoiding their more complex features. C# has been carefully developed by a small team lead by Anders Hejlsberg. Hejlsberg is an experienced language expert. At Borland he was the chief designer of Delphi. He is known to design his languages with the needs of practitioners in mind.
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Coding Standard: C#

A considerable part of a coding standard for C or C++ could be condensed into a single rule, avoid undefined behavior, and maybe shun implementation defined behavior. Officially C# does not exhibit any of these, barring a few minor, well-defined exceptions. Most examples of undefined behavior in C++ will cause an exception to be thrown in C#. Although this is an improvement on the “anything might happen” of C++, it is highly undesirable for post-release software.
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Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008

ASP.NET 3.5 is the latest version of Microsoft’s revolutionary ASP.NET technology. It is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 raises the bar for high–quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft’s dynamic web solution.
Seasoned .NET professionals Matthew MacDonald and Mario Szpuszta explain how you can get the most from this groundbreaking new technology. They cover ASP.NET 3.5 as a whole, illustrating both the brand–new features and the functionality carried over from previous versions of ASP. This book will give you the knowledge you need to code real ASP.NET 3.5 applications in the best possible style.
The book will teach you ASP.NET 3.5 starting with core concepts to more advanced topics. You will learn

• Core concepts of ASP.NET 3.5. Why it’s special. What it’s fundamental principals are. The basics of Visual Studio. How ASP.NET 3.5 controls are created, and how they fit into ASP.NET 3.5 pages, ultimately creating full applications
• Data access details. The intricacies of ADO.NET and how to perform data binding to many sources from databases to file streams to XML. We include LINQ coverage so you’re on the bleeding edge
• Security. Once considered the Achilles heel of all Windows web applications, security has vastly improved and is a cornerstone of ASP.NET 3.5. This section explains the various forms of available security, and how to best apply them
• Taking things further using advanced user interface techniques. This includes user controls, customer server controls, client–side JavaScript, and GDI+.
• Web services. In an increasingly connected world, working with web services grows in importance. This book will show you how to work with them.
• ASP.NET AJAX, with an emphasis on comtemporary web development techniques
• Development using Internet Information Services 7, Microsoft’s premier web hosting platform.
• And much more.

Download Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008