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Category: Programming
Level: Beginner to seasoned
900 pages
ISBN-10 097661322-0
ISBN-13 978-097661322-0
$59.99 USA
$79.99 CANADA


Practical .NET 2 and C#2


Table of content:
0.     Preface

PART I    The .NET 2 Platform
1.     Introduction to .NET
2.     Assembly, module, IL language
3.     Build, deploy and configure your .NET applications
4.     The CLR (Common Languages Runtime)
5.     Processes, threads and synchronization
6.     Security
7.     Reflection, late binding, attributes
8.     Interoperability between .NET and native code/COM/ COM+

PART II    The C#2 Language
9.     Fundamental concepts of the language
10.     The .NET 2 type system from a C#2 point of view
11.     Classes and objects
12.     Inheritance, polymorphism and abstraction
13.     Generics
14.     Unsafe code, exceptions, anonymous methods, iterators

PART III    The .NET 2 Framework
15.     Collections
16.     Base classes
17.     Input/Output and streams
18.     Windows forms applications
19.     ADO.NET 2
20.     Transactions
21.     XML
22.     .NET Remoting
23.     ASP.NET 2
24.     Introduction to web services development with .NET
25.     Appendix

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This book was conceived from real world experience. The author takes the point of view of the developer that needs to be productive. Concepts are illustrated with a multitude of relevant and directly usable examples. When appropriate, features of Visual Studio 2005 and other .NET development tools are explained.

With numerous references to standard programming principles, students as well as beginners will feel at ease. Seasoned developers will be glad to know that advanced features will also be discussed such as CLR internals, closures, transactional programming and .NET design patterns. The reader experienced with .NET 1 will take advantage of more than 400 pages solely dedicated to the new features of .NET2.


Patrick Smacchia is a .NET MVP involved in software development for over 15 years. After graduating in mathematics and computer science from the ENSEEIHT school, he has worked on software in a variety of fields including stock exchange at Société Générale, airline ticket reservation system at Amadeus as well as a satellite base station at Alcatel. He's currently a software consultant and trainer on .NET technologies as well as the author of the freeware NDepend which provides numerous metrics and caveats on any compiled .NET application.

  • Patrick has written an awesome book.
    Scott Guthrie Product Unit Manager, Web Platforms and Tools Team, at Microsoft Corporation

  • I have perhaps half a dozen C# books on my desk, but I think this book does away with the need for the others.
    Steven Smith Microsoft Regional Director, MVP ASP.NET, president of AspAlliance.com and AspAdvice.com

  • You will keep this book on your desk for a very long time and refer to it frequently.
    Peter Bromberg MVP C#, webmaster of EggHeadCafe.com

  • The main thing that impressed me about the book is its combination of an enormous scope alongside a good level of depth.
    Mike Taulty Miscrosoft UK developer evangelist

  • I recommend this to any .NET developer who wants to fill in the gaps and get a solid understanding of the .NET Framework v2.
    John Papa MVP C#, author of several books on ADO.NET, XML and SQL Server

  • The chapters I have read so far are excellent and full of detail. The book is a real joy to read.
    David Hayden MVP C#, professional website developer

  • If you don't have the patience to read through 5 different books to learn what you need to, then keep this book at an arms length.
    Sahil Malik MVP C#, author of Pro ADO.NET 2.0 (Apress 2005)

  • Definitely a book that you should own!
    Gabriel Lozano-Morán freelance MCSD.NET

  • In more than a few instances, I couldn't have gotten my new stuff done without this book.
    Bill Ryan MVP Windows Embedded, co-author of Professional ADO.NET 2

  • All in all, I would say that this is a Swiss army knife kind of book and I warmly recommend it for anybody in .NET 2 development.
    Miha Markic MVP C#, authors the RightHand blog

  • This is an excellent book for beginner to intermediate level developers, who wants to write applications using .NET Framework 2.0.
    Mahesh Chand MVP, webmaster of the site http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/, author of Graphics Programming with GDI+ (Addison Wesley 2003)

  • The book is very well-written and very comprehensive (...) This is a really great C# book.
    Wesner Moise ISV, ex Microsoft developer, authors the blog Smart Software (formerly .NET Undocumented)

  • It's a very educational book with an amazing breadth of knowledge and a nice tour guide through Whidbey.
    Mike Stall Developer on the Common Language Runtime (CLR) at Microsoft Corporation

  • Basically, if it's in the .NET platform you'll find it in this book.
    Fritz Onion MVP, Pluralsight trainer, author of Essential ASP.NET (Addison Wesley 2003)

  • Patrick illuminates quite a number of interesting pieces
    Mike Gunderloy MCSD.NET Webmaster of Larkware.com