Beginning C# (Programmer to programmer)

Beginning Visual C# is now available. Beginning Visual C# is a new edition of this book, and is fully compatible with the final release of the .NET Framework. We strongly recommend that you order the new edition, Beginning Visual C# in preference to this edition.

C# is Microsoft's brand new programming language for its new platform, the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework consists of a runtime environment for managing the execution of our code, and a whole host of class libraries for performing almost any programming task you can think of. Although .NET code can be written in many languages, C# is the only language designed specifically for the .NET Framework, and as such is set to become the language of choice for writing .NET applications for years to come.

This book will be an indispensable guide as you learn to write C# programs, gradually explaining the key concepts of C# and .NET as your skills develop. After a thorough explanation of the basics of the C# language, we take an in-depth look at object-oriented programming in C#, before moving on to see how we write Windows applications in C#. We also show how you can create dynamic web pages and web services in C#. Finally, two case studies provide full examples of C# applications in action and show how it all ties together.

This book covers:

- The C# language
- .NET Programming with C#
- Object-oriented programming
- Writing Windows applications
- Accessing databases
- Writing web pages and web services in C#

Karli Watson is an in-house author for Wrox. Karli's computing interests include all things mobile and upcoming technologies such as C#. He can often be found preaching about these technologies at conferences.

Jon Reid is the Chief Technology Officer for the database and development tool maker Micro Data Base Systems, Inc. John is the editor for the C++ and Object Query Language (OQL), components of the Object Data Management Group (ODMG) standard and has contributed to previous Wrox titles.

Christian Nagel is working as a trainer and consultant for Global Knowledge. He enjoys teaching others programming and architecting distributed solutions. As founder of the now called .NET User Group Austria and as MSDN Regional Director, he is a speaker at European conferences (TechEd, VCDC.

Eric White is an independent consultant. Eric has particular interest in Object-Oriented design methodologies, including use case analysis, UML, and design patterns. Eric is currently specializing in C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, XML, COM+, GDI+, SQL Server and other Microsoft technologies.

Jacob Hammer Pedersen is a systems developer at ICL Invia - a member of the Fujitsu Group. Primarily working on the Microsoft platforms, other expertises include MS Office development, COM, COM+ and Visual Basic.Net.

Ollie Cornes co-founded a business-to-business Internet company and until recently was their Chief Technical Officer. Prior to that his various roles involved programming, technical authoring, network management, writing, leading development projects and consulting.

Morgan Skinner has used a variety of languages and platforms, including VAX Macro Assembler, Pascal, Modula2, Smalltalk, x86 assembly language, PowerBuilder, C/C++, Visual Basic, PL/SQL, TSQL and current C#. You can reach Morgan by email at morgan.skinner@totalise.co.uk.

David Espinosa is a Senior Programmer and owner of Espinosa Consulting. He concentrates on Microsoft technologies and tools. David has worked with Microsoft as a Lead Author for the Desktop Visual FoxPro Certification Exam and has recently been focusing on E-Commerce and data integration solutions.

Zach Greenvoss, MCSD is a Senior Consultant with Magenic Technologies, a Microsoft Gold Certified consulting firm. He specializes in middle tier architecture and implementation, utilizing various technologies including COM+, MSMQ, BizTalk, and XML. He can be reached at zachg@magenic.com.

After working with Wrox Press on a number of projects, Matthew Reynolds is now an in-house author writing about and working with virtually all aspects of Microsoft.NET. He's also a regular contributor to Wrox's ASPToday, C#Today and Web Services Architect. He can be reached on matthewr@wrox.com.

Marco Bellinaso is a freelance software engineer and has been working with VB, C/C++ and other Microsoft tools for several years, specializing in User Interface, API, ActiveX/COM design and programming. Marco now spends all his time on the .Net Framework with both C# and VB.You can reach him at mbellinaso@vb2themax.com