Applied .NET: Developing People-Oriented Software Using C# - Softcover

Ronan Sorensen; George Shepherd; John Roberts; Russ Williams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201738287 ISBN 13: 9780201738285

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2001

Synopsis

A guide to C# programming within the Microsoft .NET framework demonstrates the creation of realistic Internet-based applications, furthering the trend towards the development of "people-oriented" programs.

About this title

About the Author

Ronan Sorensen is director of strategic technology at Plural, a leading e-business consulting and development firm. He is the author of Inside Microsoft Windows NT Internet Development (Microsoft Press, 1998) and a co-author of Official Microsoft Intranet Solutions (Microsoft Press, 1997).

George Shepherd is an independent software consultant specializing in Microsoft technologies. He delivers seminars for DevelopMentor; is a contributing editor to MSDN magazine; and is co-author of MFC Internals (Addison-Wesley, 1996), Programming Visual C++ (Microsoft Press, 1998), and Inside ATL (Microsoft Press, 1999).

John Roberts is director of technology at Grace Community Church.

Russ Williams is a technical director at Plural. 0201738287AB10102001

From the Back Cover

"There is a revolution underway in the software industry--and it goes by the name of XML Web Services. Applied .NET provides a valuable perspective on this change and shows how Microsoft .NET technologies can be applied to creating the next generation of software."
--Sanjay Parthasarathy, VP, Microsoft .NET Platform Strategy

"Applied.NET makes an important contribution to the field of software engineering by applying new principles in software development to building practical Internet applications based on the Microsoft .NET framework. There is no doubt that Web services, in many forms, will have an ever-increasing impact on the field of software engineering."
--William Swope, VP, Intel Architecture Group, and General Manager, Solution Enabling Group, Intel Corporation

A revolution is taking place in the software industry--object-oriented technology is now becoming people-oriented. As software's ability to increase connectivity between people grows, a more specialized focus on the online community is needed. The new .NET technologies enable software architects and developers to meet these growing needs. Designed to be a reference manual as well as a good cover-to-cover read, Applied.NET: Developing People-Oriented Software Using C# shows readers the .NET platform at work from the C# point of view.

One of the most important elements of the .NET platform is the introduction of a formal runtime environment--Common Language Runtime (CLR). Programming for the CLR represents a paradigm shift in the development environment, wherein C# introduces new syntax, types, and application architectures. The .Using this paradigm, the authors show how .NET technologies can help build a new and exciting class of software for creating the next generation of the Internet.

C# is emerging as a prominent Web development language. Applied.NET illustrates this through the development of several .NET applications using C#. It describes C# structure and syntax in detail, including types and type safety, as well as classes, delegates, and exceptions. This book takes you even further by examining how people-oriented software can be created with ASP.NET and the .NET Enterprise servers--BizTalk Server and Commerce Server. Through the .NET technologies, software architects and developers will be able to more completely and seamlessly connect people in the global online community. This book provides the necessary know-how to do just that for today and tomorrow.

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Like a storm that has built energy out at sea, the first waves of a new era of computing have begun to pound the "beaches" of software development. The forces behind this storm have been building for some time and as the waves make land, a somewhat unsuspecting industry braces itself and prepares to survive the fury.Although this is a rather dramatic way to characterize the current state of affairs in the computer industry, it is nonetheless accurate. Never before has so much technology been made available to such a large community of developers in such an integrated and distributed fashion. Just as someone standing on a beach can tell there's a storm approaching, as a developer you can recognize that a change in the industry is underway. Undoubtedly, you're trying to figure out what all this means and how best to prepare yourself. This book is meant to provide a level of understanding that will prepare you not only to survive in this new era of development but to actually thrive. The information here will help you understand the .NET technologies and show you how they all fit together in a way that will enable you to effectively build next-generation solutions. This book conveys these ideas through the development of several .NET applications using C#.Applied .NET offers a people-oriented perspective on the new forces changing software development and a set of principles that can be applied to building effective Internet software. We use the term people oriented to describe the new wave of software that is approaching as it captures the dynamism that stirred up the .NET storm. The origin of this term dates back several years to a book authored by Ronan in 1998--Inside Microsoft Windows NT Internet Development. Part I of that book introduced the new paradigm of people-oriented programming and the concepts embodied within this type of software. The second part of the book explained how earlier technologies could be used to develop systems adhering to these principles. The .NET technologies take such a significant step closer to the goals and ideals first presented in that earlier work that our choice of a subtitle for this book was natural--Developing People-Oriented Software Using C#. This serves our desire to present a perspective on how .NET can be applied to build a new and very exciting class of software. Therefore, although this book applies .NET technology, the objective of that application is to create something more transcendent, which is formally referred to as people-oriented software.In the period of time since Inside Microsoft Windows NT Internet Development was published, the ideas it presented have matured and sharpened as a result of various discussions among the authors of this current book. Some of those discussions produced more heat than light, but in the end we are all in agreement that the principles laid out in this book are the right ones and that the future will no doubt be people oriented. This became even more evident just recently when Microsoft announced their HailStorm initiative. Any doubts about the people-oriented perspective ended with that announcement. We are entering a new era in which people will not have to be computer oriented to use software--software will be oriented toward how people actually live. Software will be running many everyday devices, and all of them will be connected in unimaginable ways. The core theme running through it all will be how software is embedded within society and oriented to the people who will use it.From a people-oriented perspective, .NET is a means to an end rather than an end in itself. No doubt, other books will go into more detail in certain areas of .NET than this one does, and they will be very useful in that regard. This book, however, tries to strike a balance between theory and practice so that we can show you not only how to apply .NET but also what you can achieve as a result of that application. As useful as we think the perspectives and principles contained in Applied .NET are, we just don't stop there. The book will actually show you how to apply what you've learned by building realistic .NET applications--it takes a practical look forward. 0201738287P10182001

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201738287
• ISBN 13: 9780201738285
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 397