Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2008 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) - Softcover

Foxall, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672329905 ISBN 13: 9780672329906

Publisher: Sams, 2008

Synopsis

Sams Teach Yourself Visual C#® 2008 in 24 Hours

James Foxall

 

Starter Kit

DVD includes Visual C#® 2008 Express Edition

 

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you will be up and running with Visual C# 2008. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing you to learn the essentials of Visual C# from the ground up.

 

By the Way notes present interesting pieces of information.

 

Did You Know? tips offer advice or teach an easier way to do something.

 

Watch Out! cautions advise you about potential problems and help you steer clear of disaster.

 

Learn how to...

• Use the powerful design environment of Visual Studio 2008
• Design a feature-rich interface using components such as tree views and tabs
• Create robust applications using modern error handling
• Draw fast graphics using GDI+
• Build a database application using ADO.NET
• Distribute a Visual C# 2008 application

 

James Foxall is vice president of Tigerpaw Software, Inc. (www.tigerpawsoftware.com), a Bellevue, Nebraska, Microsoft Certified Partner specializing in commercial database applications. He manages the development, support, training, and education of Tigerpaw CRM+, an award-winning application that automates contact management, marketing, service and repair, proposal generation, inventory control, and purchasing. Tigerpaw has more than 20,000 licensed users in 27 countries. Foxall’s experience in creating certified Office-compatible software has made him an authority on application interface and behavior standards. In addition to being a well-known author, James is an international speaker on Microsoft technologies, has taught at the college level, and contributes to several journals.

 

DVD Includes:

• Microsoft® Visual C#® 2008 Express Edition

 

On the Web:

• Register your book at informit.com/title/9780672329906 for access to author code, examples, updates and corrections as they become available.

 

Category: Microsoft Programming

Covers: Visual C# 2008

User Level: Beginning

 

About this title

About the Author

James Foxall is vice president of Tigerpaw Software, Inc. (www.tigerpawsoftware.com), a Bellevue, Nebraska, Microsoft Certified Partner specializing in commercial database applications. He manages the development, support, training, and education of Tigerpaw CRM+, an award-winning CRM product designed to automate contact management, marketing, service and repair, proposal generation, inventory control, and purchasing. At the start of 2008, the current release of Tigerpaw CRM+ had more than 16,000 licensed users. Foxall’s experience in creating certified Office-compatible software has made him an authority on application interface and behavior standards of applications for the Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office environments.

 

Foxall has been writing commercial product code for more than 14 years, in both singleprogrammer and multiple-programmer environments. He’s the author of numerous books, including Practical Standards for Microsoft Visual Basicand MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual Basic Exams. He also has written articles for Access-Office-VBA Advisorand Visual Basic Programmer’s Journal. Foxall has a bachelor’s degree in management of information systems (MIS). He is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and an international speaker on Microsoft Visual Basic. When not programming or writing about programming, he enjoys spending time with his family, playing guitar, listening to amazing bands like Pink Floyd and OSI, and playing computer games. You can reach him at www.jamesfoxall.com/forums.Introduction

From the Back Cover

Sams Teach Yourself Visual C#® 2008 in 24 Hours

James Foxall

 

Starter Kit

DVD includes Visual C#® 2008 Express Edition

 

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you will be up and running with Visual C# 2008. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing you to learn the essentials of Visual C# from the ground up.

 

By the Way notes present interesting pieces of information.

 

Did You Know? tips offer advice or teach an easier way to do something.

 

Watch Out! cautions advise you about potential problems and help you steer clear of disaster.

 

Learn how to...

• Use the powerful design environment of Visual Studio 2008
• Design a feature-rich interface using components such as tree views and tabs
• Create robust applications using modern error handling
• Draw fast graphics using GDI+
• Build a database application using ADO.NET
• Distribute a Visual C# 2008 application

 

James Foxall is vice president of Tigerpaw Software, Inc. (www.tigerpawsoftware.com), a Bellevue, Nebraska, Microsoft Certified Partner specializing in commercial database applications. He manages the development, support, training, and education of Tigerpaw CRM+, an award-winning application that automates contact management, marketing, service and repair, proposal generation, inventory control, and purchasing. Tigerpaw has more than 20,000 licensed users in 27 countries. Foxall’s experience in creating certified Office-compatible software has made him an authority on application interface and behavior standards. In addition to being a well-known author, James is an international speaker on Microsoft technologies, has taught at the college level, and contributes to several journals.

 

DVD Includes:

• Microsoft® Visual C#® 2008 Express Edition

 

On the Web:

• Register your book at informit.com/title/9780672329906 for access to author code, examples, updates and corrections as they become available.

 

Category: Microsoft Programming

Covers: Visual C# 2008

User Level: Beginning

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Sams
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0672329905
• ISBN 13: 9780672329906
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528