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Programming .NET 3.5
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.NET 3.5 will help you create better Windows applications, build Web Services
that are more powerful, implement new Workflow projects and dramatically enhance
the user's experience. But it does so with what appears to be a collection of
disparate technologies. In Programming .NET 3.5, bestselling author Jesse Liberty
and industry expert Alex Horovitz uncover the common threads that unite the
.NET 3.5 technologies, so you can benefit from the best practices and architectural
patterns baked into this newest generation of Microsoft frameworks.
While single-topic .NET 3.5 books delve into Windows Presentation Foundation
and the other frameworks in greater detail, Programming .NET 3.5 offers a "Grand
Tour" of the release that describes how the four principal technologies
can be used together, with Ajax, to build modern n-tier and service-oriented
applications. Developers have struggled to implement these patterns with previous
versions of the .NET Framework, but this hands-on guide uses real-world examples
and fully annotated source code to demonstrate how .NET 3.5 can make it easy.
The concepts and technologies that this book covers include:
• XAML -- Microsoft's new XML-based markup language for UI, used with WPF
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) -- a new presentation framework and
graphics subsystem for Windows that puts Vista-like effect in your grasp
• Ajax
• Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) - a new standards-based framework that
enables applications to communicate across a network using a variety of protocols
• Workflow Foundation (WF) -- framework for defining, executing, and managing
workflows
• CardSpace -- framework for managing the identities of your users
You'll learn how to use each of the four frameworks alone and in concert to
build a series of meaningful example applications. Examples are written in C#,
and all of the source code will be available for download at both the O'Reilly
and the authors' site, which offers access to a free support forum.
Between them, authors Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz have nearly forty years
of experience in delivering commercial applications for companies such as Citibank,
Apple, AT&T, NeXt, PBS, Ziff Davis, and dozens of smaller organizations.
Their combined experience is valuable for telling the story of .NET 3.5 and
how it will shorten the development life cycle for applications developers,
and enhance your productivity.
About the Authors
Jesse Liberty, "Silverlight Geek", is a senior program manager
for Microsoft Silverlight in the Silverlight Development Division where he is
responsible for the creation of tutorials, videos and other content to facilitate
the learning and use of Silverlight.
Even before joining Microsoft, Jesse was well known in the industry in part
because of his many bestselling books, including O'Reilly Media's Programming
.NET 3.5, Programming C# 3.0, Learning ASP.NET with AJAX and the soon to be
published Programming Silverlight. He has over two decades experience writing
software, consulting and training, with stints as at AT&T as a Distinguished
Software Engineer and at Citibank as a Vice President in the Information Division.
Alex Horovitz is Sr. Director of Enterprise Architecture & Standards
at K12, Inc. where he develops enterprise applications leveraging the Model-View-Controller
design pattern and re-usable Frameworks. During the 1990s he worked at both
NeXT Computer and later at Apple.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 1 Average Customer Rating: Aug 3, 2008 Techie Evan
Brief introductions to key .Net 3.5 technologies
Nothing more than a competent but whirlwind tour of all the new technologies included in the 3.5 version of .Net. While the book proudly proclaims that now more than ever it should be easier for .Net developers to build N-Tier Applications, the sample applications in the book were mostly limited to the two-tier kind!! What's up with that?
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