.NET 2.0 Wrox Box: Professional ASP.NET 2.0, Professional C# 2005, Professional .NET 2.0 Generics, and Professional .NET Framework 2.0 - Softcover

Evjen, Bill; Nagel, Christian; Duffy, Joe; Golding, Tod; Hanselman, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470048409 ISBN 13: 9780470048405

Publisher: Wrox, 2006

Synopsis

A veteran hockey writer takes on hockey culture and the NHL--addressing the games most controversial issue Whether its on-ice fist fights or head shots into the glass, hockey has become a nightly news spectacle--with players pummeling and bashing each other across the ice like drunken gladiators. And while the NHL may actually condone on-ice violence as a ticket draw, diehard hockey fan and expert Adam Proteau argues against hockeys transformation into a thuggish blood sport. In Fighting the Good Fight, Proteau sheds light on the many perspectives of those in and around the game, with interviews of current and former NHL stars, coaches, general managers, and league executives, as well as medical experts. One of the most well-known media figures on the hockey scene today, famous for his funny, feisty observations as a writer for the Toronto Star and The Hockey News and commentator on CBC radio and TV, Adam Proteau is also one of the few mainstream media voices who is vehemently anti-fighting in hockey. Not only is his book a plea to the games gatekeepers to finally clamp down on the runaway violence that permeates the sport even at its highest level, he offers realistic suggestions on ways to finally clean the game up. · Includes interviews with medical experts on head injuries and concussions, as well as with other members of the media · The author not only wages an attack on the value of fighting in hockey--but also on the establishment hockey culture Covering the most polarizing issue in hockey today, Fighting the Good Fight gives hockey fans and sports lovers everywhere a reason to stamp their feet and whistle--at a rare display of eloquence and common sense.

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The professional developer's best buy on .NET 2.0!

Includes

• Professional ASP.NET 2.0
• Professional C# 2005
• Professional .NET Framework 2.0
• Professional .NET 2.0 Generics
• CD-ROM with more than 700 pages of bonus chapters from 10 other .NET 2.0 and SQL Server™ 2005 Wrox books
• DVD with 180-day trial version of Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Professional Edition

Master ASP.NET 2.0's power and time-saving features

With more than 50 new server controls, the number of classes inside ASP.NET 2.0 has more than doubled and the changes are sometimes dramatic. This book teaches you

• The pivotal role of the server control in ASP.NET development
• How to create templated ASP.NET pages with the master pages feature
• Debugging and error-handling techniques
• Frameworks that help you extract, create, manipulate, and store XML

Revolutionize the way you program

Get the fundamentals of C# plus essential background on the .NET architecture. Here's what you must know to write dynamic Web pages, an XML Web service, a classic Windows desktop app, and more, including

• Principles of programming in the .NET environment
• How to use existing COM components with .NET applications
• Techniques for manipulating XML using C# 2005
• How to access databases with ADO.NET

Explore underlying platform commonalities you can use

Here's an in-depth look at Common Language Runtime (CLR) fundamentals, Base Class Libraries (BCL), and the more advanced Framework libraries used in most managed applications. You'll discover

• Details of the CLR's architecture
• How assemblies work and options for deployment
• Specific portions of the BCL and advanced Framework libraries, including transaction libraries
• The secure programming model and forms of isolation and concurrency

Examine what you can achieve with generics

Generics bring a new dimension of type-safety, expressiveness, and performance to data types. Here's comprehensive information on generics and the rules governing them, BCL generic types, the Power Collections library, and more, such as

• How to use generics to improve the type-safety of your code
• Steps for extending classes and introducing derivative generic types
• Guidelines for applying generics
• Ways to achieve runtime efficiencies

Edition details

• Publisher: Wrox
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0470048409
• ISBN 13: 9780470048405
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 3600