Murach's ADO.NET 4 Database Programming With C# 2010: Training & Reference

For experienced C# programmers, this guide to using ADO.NET 4 provides practical instruction in creating database centered applications within the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 environment. Beginning with an overview of ADO.NET 4 features and conventions, the work covers topic areas such as using datasets for rapid application development, three-layer Windows forms applications,ADO.NET and web applications, and advanced database programming with ADO.NET. Chapters include numerous illustrations and code examples, summaries of important terms and concepts, and practice exercises. Access to additional online resources, including sample files, is provided. Boehm and Mead are the authors of several related works on programming and database development. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Anne Boehm has over 30 years of experience as an enterprise programmer. She got started with Visual Basic in the days of VB5, and has been programming on .NET since its inception. In the past 5 years, she's added C# to her programming repertoire, and she's authored or co-authored books on Visual Basic, C#, ADO.NET, and ASP.NET.

Ged Mead wrote his first computer program in 1983 and he hasn't stopped since. After training as a systems analyst in the military, he has spent time training others how to develop and use computer applications in the military and the police service. He has written many technical articles for developers and is a prolific blogger, specializing in explaining how to defeat those, often undocumented, gotchas that can so easily trip up and frustrate the unwary.

He has written several online e-learning courses for developers and has been awarded the prestigious Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award by Microsoft.