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Build real-world programming skills—and prepare for MCP Exams 70-330 and 70-340—with this official Microsoft study guide. Work at your own pace through a system of lessons, practices, and labs—with code examples in both Visual Basic and Visual C#. For further self-assessment and practice, use the Readiness Review Suite on CD— featuring 300 challenging test questions for each language, plus detailed feedback. Whether advancing the skills you need on the job—or preparing for MCAD or MCSD certification—you’ll gain practical experience developing application security features with the Microsoft .NET Framework.

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As Financial markets continuously evolve and expand, so ever-increasing demands are placed on the technology that underpins the smooth and effective operation of these markets.

This book provides fascinating insight into the nature and operation of Financial (Equity) markets and the singular demands and challenges placed on technology solutions in this environment. It then takes an in-depth look at how these challenges can be addressed using Microsoft .NET technology. Each chapter starts with a detailed explanation of a specific and ubiquitous business requirement in Equity market applications, and then the particular features of the.NET framework that can be used to meet that requirement

The authors are techno-domain experts whose experience and insight will open the door to financial market development for experienced .NET programmers, and will provide cutting-edge .NET techniques and solutions.

Help ensure consistent success in deploying Microsoft® .NET Framework–based applications with expert guidance, recommendations, and technical information that span the deployment life cycle. Drawing on the knowledge of Microsoft development teams and the field experience of external consultants, this guide shares proven practices for planning, implementing, and maintaining .NET applications, including orchestration among project stakeholders, and technical issues unique to working in the .NET environment. Developers and IT professionals can use the guide whether they’re just beginning their deployment planning, currently implementing a deployment strategy, or updating a solution that has already been rolled out to the production environment. PATTERNS & PRACTICES guides are reviewed and approved by Microsoft engineering teams, consultants, partners, and customers—delivering accurate, real-world information that’s been technically validated and tested.

XML is the de facto language for communication both within and between distributed applications whether they are on the Internet or a corporate network. It owes its success to its two key strengths: a highly-structured human readable format and the fact that it can be transmitted as pure text. No matter how disparate applications and their architectures may be almost everything can read text files and hence can accept XML data. This gives it a great advantage over rival technologies such as Remoting which were previously popular but which are now being replaced by XML-based solutions.

This book will be the first to provide a complete solution to XML on the .NET 2.0 Framework including the new .NET 3.0 extensions that are being released in January 2007. It will provide readers with everything they need to know to take advantage of XML in every aspect of their working lives up to and including integration using Windows Communication Foundation.

This book is a step-by-step tutorial to guide you through learning WCF and LINQ to Entities. You will be guided to create five WCF and LINQ solutions from scratch, of which three are multi-tiered real-world WCF service solutions, so you will not only be reading, but also be coding through the book, to gain practical experience of WCF and LINQ to Entities. Various test clients will be associated with each solution and these solutions can be built and run independently of other solutions. Clear step-by-step instructions and relevant screenshots will make sure you won't get lost in the new world of WCF and LINQ to Entities. Configuration files, host applications, test clients, and WCF services for each solution will also be available for download for you to examine, modify, and debug from the outside in. The book focuses on the essentials of using WCF and LINQ to Entities, rather than providing a reference to every single possibility. It leaves the reference material online where it belongs, and concentrates instead on practical examples, code, and advice. This book is for C# and C++ developers who are eager to get started with WCF and LINQ to Entities, and want a book that is practical and rich with examples from the very beginning. Developers and architects evaluating SOA implementation technologies for their company will find this book particularly useful because it gets you started with Microsoft's tools for SOA and shows you how to customize our examples for your prototypes. This book presumes basic knowledge of C# or C++. Previous experience with Visual Studio will be helpful but is not required, as detailed instructions are given throughout the book.

Professional WPF Programming

If you want to learn how to build killer user interfaces for Windows and the web, then this book is for you. It arms you with the tools and code you'll need to effectively utilize the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). From creating appealing graphics and animated structures to enhancing performance and security, you'll be programming in no time.

First you'll explore the WPF framework and learn how to develop basic applications with ASP.NET or Visual Basic(r). Next you'll discover how to build more sophisticated WPF interfaces using Microsoft(r) ExpressionBlend and then progress to more advanced programming techniques.

Throughout the book, you'll find best practices for enterprise architectures using the WPF and its underlying technology. All this will help you quickly learn how to develop next-generation applications on the .NET 2.0 platform using the WPF.

What you will learn from this book

• How to write applications with identical UIs on both Windows and the web
• Tips for collaborating design and code development with Microsoft(r) Expression Blend
• All about the object models, built-in server controls, HTML markup, code-behind, and the coordinative structure of each file
• How to migrate Win32 applications to WPF
• Techniques for integrating special effects and custom controls into an application
• Advanced development concepts, including building workflows and a WCF service

Who this book is for

This book is for experienced .NET developers who want to begin creating WPF web and desktop applications.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

Pro WCF 4.0: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation is a complete guide to Windows Communication Foundation from the service-oriented architecture (SOA) perspective, showing you why WCF is important to service-oriented architecture and development. This book provides deep insight into the functionality of WCF, which shipped with .NET 4.0-like service discovery, routing service, simplified configuration, and other advanced features. Included in this title are informative examples that will aid the reader in understanding and implementing these important additions. This book also covers the unified programming model, reliable messaging, security, and the peer-to-peer programming model. You'll also learn how to move your current .NET remoting and web service applications to WCF, and how to integrate those applications with WCF 4. This book offers genuine insight into solving real enterprise problems using WCF and .NET 4.0.

What you’ll learn

• Features of WCF new to .NET 4.0
• A comprehensive WCF programming model
• How queue management and reliable messaging work in WCF
• Implementing transaction support in WCF
• Making WCF services interoperable with other SOA offerings
• Best practices in using WCF effectively
• Developing WCF applications with Visual Studio 2010

Who this book is for

The release of .NET 4.0 brought a wide range of new functionality to WCF. Developers and architects with experience using WCF 3.5 or earlier who want to apply this new functionality to their application will benefit greatly from the discussions and code samples in this book. This book is also a great resource for application developers and architects new to service-oriented architecture or the core concepts of WCF.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing WCF and SOA Basics
2. What's New in WCF 4
3. Exploring the WCF Programming Model
4. Installing and Creating WCF Services
5. Hosting and Consuming WCF Services
6. Managing WCF Services
7. Implementing WCF Security
8. Implementing Reliable Messaging and Queue-Based Communications
9. Using Transactions in WCF
10. Integrating with COM+
11. Working with Data
12. Developing Peer-to-Peer Applications with WCF
13. Implementing SOA Interoperability
14. Appendix: QuickReturns Ltd

Take your ASP.NET 4.0 programming skills to the top tier

Deliver faster, lighter, more efficient distributed applications using the powerful technologies and tools available in ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. Written by a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET, this definitive guide lays out each development tactic alongside detailed code samples and real-world examples. Build feature-rich web applications, leverage the power of the ASP.NET MVC framework, interface with databases using ADO.NET, create modular Web Parts, integrate Dynamic Data controls, and deploy all-new Ajax and LINQ features. ASP.NET 4.0 Programming also covers the latest security, verification, tracing, and troubleshooting techniques.

• Design, debug, and administer cutting-edge web sites and applications
• Work with Web Parts, Web Services, ADO.NET, and the ASP.NET MVC Framework
• Maintain state, application, and session data across multiple requests
• Use namespaces to create multilingual, globalized, and localized applications
• Build and distribute powerful RIAs using Silverlight, Ajax, and SOAP
• Develop data-driven applications with LINQ and Entity Framework
• Leverage WCF features in ASP.NET applications
• Implement reliable role- and membership-based security policies
• Optimize page load time, memory usage, and database query performance
• Simplify event handling, animation, and document traversing with jQuery

Joydip Kanjilal has been a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET since 2007. He has more than 12 years of IT experience with more than six years in Microsoft .NET and its related technologies. Joydip also has authored multiple books, and magazine articles for various programming sites. He was selected as an MSDN Featured Developer of the Fortnight several times. Joydip was also a community credit winner at www.community-credit.com.

The new edition of the ultimate comprehensive guide to Microsoft Visual Basic

Where most VB books start with beginner level topics, Mastering Visual Basic 2010 vaults you right into intermediate and advanced coverage. From the core of the language and user interface design to developing data-driven applications, this detailed book brings you thoroughly up to speed and features numerous example programs you can use to start building your own apps right away.

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All the books in the Sybex Mastering series feature comprehensive and expert coverage of topics you can put to immediate use.

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"This wonderful book is a great reference for developers of all levels." -- Chris Burrows, C# Compiler Team, Microsoft

When you have questions about how to use C# 4.0 or the .NET CLR, this highly acclaimed bestseller has precisely the answers you need. Uniquely organized around concepts and use cases, this fourth edition includes in-depth coverage of new C# topics such as parallel programming, code contracts, dynamic programming, security, and COM interoperability. You'll also find updated information on LINQ, including examples that work with both LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework. This book has all the essential details to keep you on track with C# 4.0.

• Get up to speed on C# language basics, including syntax, types, and variables
• Explore advanced topics such as unsafe code and preprocessor directives
• Learn C# 4.0 features such as dynamic binding, type parameter variance, and optional and named parameters
• Work with .NET 4's rich set of features for parallel programming, code contracts, and the code security model
• Learn .NET topics, including XML, collections, I/O and networking, memory management, reflection, attributes, security, and native interoperability