Fast Track C#

C# is a modern, object-oriented language, designed by Microsoft to be the language of choice for programming the .NET Framework. .NET provides a new environment for developing almost any Windows-based or web-based application.

By taking the "Fast Track" to C#, you have a compact guide to this new world. Spanning an extensive range of topics, this book presents a tutorial to the C# language itself, and then takes you deeper into programming the .NET Framework.

Fast Track C# delivers the information you need to exploit this exciting new environment, and to start building real-world applications as quickly as possible.

This book will help you to quickly learn about the following:

- Understand what C# is, and how it fits into the .NET Framework
- A concise introduction to all the main features of the C# language, with Java and C++ comparisons noted
- Using the .NET base classes
- Writing and deploying Windows applications with C# and Visual Studio .NET
- Creating and configuring .NET assemblies
- Accessing databases with ADO.NET, and using XML in C#
- Integrating your existing COM components with the .NET Framework
- COM+ Services in the .NET Framework
- Building web applications with ASP.NET pages
- Creating web services in C#