Beginning: Microsoft Visual C# 2008 -- About the Authors -- Credits -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who This Book Is For -- How This Book Is Structured -- What You Need to Use This Book -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- p2p.wrox.com -- Part I: The C# Language -- Chapter 1: Introducing C# -- What Is the .NET Framework? -- What Is C#? -- Visual Studio 2008 -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Writing a C# Program -- The Development Environments -- Console Applications -- Windows Forms Applications -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Variables and Expressions -- Basic C# Syntax -- Basic C# Console Application Structure -- Variables -- Expressions -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 4: Flow Control -- Boolean Logic -- The goto Statement -- Branching -- Looping -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 5: More About Variables -- Type Conversion -- Complex Variable Types -- String Manipulation -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 6: Functions -- Defining and Using Functions -- Variable Scope -- The Main() Function -- Struct Functions -- Overloading Functions -- Delegates -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 7: Debugging and Error Handling -- Debugging in VS and VCE -- Error Handling -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 8: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming -- What Is Object-Oriented Programming? -- OOP Techniques -- OOP in Windows Applications -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 9: Defining Classes -- Class Definitions in C# -- System.Object -- Constructors and Destructors -- OOP Tools in VS and VCE -- Class Library Projects -- Interfaces Versus Abstract Classes -- Struct Types -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 10: Defining Class Members -- Member Definitions -- Additional Class Member Topics -- Interface Implementation -- Partial Class Definitions -- Partial Method Definitions -- Example Application -- Summary -- Exercises.

Chapter 11: Collections, Comparisons, and Conversions -- Collections -- Comparisons -- Conversions -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 12: Generics -- What Is a Generic? -- Using Generics -- Defining Generics -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 13: Additional OOP Techniques -- The :: Operator and the Global Namespace Qualifier -- Custom Exceptions -- Events -- Expanding and Using CardLib -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 14: C# 3.0 Language Enhancements -- Initializers -- Type Inference -- Anonymous Types -- Extension Methods -- Lambda Expressions -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part II: Windows Programming -- Chapter 15: Basic Windows Programming -- Controls -- The Button Control -- The Label and LinkLabel Controls -- The TextBox Control -- The RadioButton and CheckBox Controls -- The RichTextBox Control -- The ListBox and CheckedListBox Controls -- The ListView Control -- The TabControl Control -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 16: Advanced Windows Forms Features -- Menus and Toolbars -- Toolbars -- SDI and MDI Applications -- Creating Controls -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 17: Using Common Dialogs -- Common Dialogs -- How to Use Dialogs -- File Dialogs -- Printing -- Print Preview -- FontDialog and ColorDialog -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 18: Deploying Windows Applications -- Deployment Overview -- ClickOnce Deployment -- Visual Studio Setup and Deployment Project Types -- Microsoft Windows Installer Architecture -- Creating an Installation Package for the SimpleEditor -- Building the Project -- Installation -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part III: Web Programming -- Chapter 19: Basic Web Programming -- Overview -- ASP.NET Runtime -- Creating a Simple Page -- Server Controls -- Event Handlers -- Input Validation -- State Management -- Authentication and Authorization -- Reading and Writing to an SQL Server Database -- Summary -- Exercises.

Chapter 20: Advanced Web Programming -- Master Pages -- Site Navigation -- User Controls -- Profiles -- Web Parts -- JavaScript -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 21: Web Services -- Before Web Services -- Where to Use Web Services -- Web Services Architecture -- Web Services and the .NET Framework -- Creating a Simple ASP.NET Web Service -- Testing the Web Service -- Implementing a Windows Client -- Calling the Service Asynchronously -- Implementing an ASP.NET Client -- Passing Data -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 22: Ajax Programming -- Ajax Overview -- Update Panel -- Timer Control -- Update Progress -- Web Services -- Extender Controls -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 23: Deploying Web Applications -- Internet Information Services -- IIS Configuration -- Copying a Web Site -- Publishing a Web Site -- Windows Installer -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part IV: Data Access -- Chapter 24: File System Data -- Streams -- The Classes for Input and Output -- Serialized Objects -- Monitoring the File Structure -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 25: XML -- XML Documents -- Using XML in Your Application -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 26: Introduction to LINQ -- LINQ Varieties -- First LINQ Query -- Using the LINQ Method Syntax and Lambda Expressions -- Ordering Query Results -- orderby Clause -- Ordering Using Method Syntax -- Querying a Large Data Set -- Aggregate Operators -- Querying Complex Objects -- Projection: Creating New Objects in Queries -- Projection: Method Syntax -- Select Distinct Query -- Any and All -- Ordering By Multiple Levels -- Multi-Level Ordering Method Syntax: ThenBy -- Group Queries -- Take and Skip -- First and FirstOrDefault -- Set Operators -- Joins -- Resources and Further Reading -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 27: LINQ to SQL -- Object -Relational Mapping (ORM) -- Installing SQL Server and the Northwind Sample Data.

First LINQ to SQL Query -- Navigating LINQ to SQL Relationships -- Drilling Down Further with LINQ to SQL -- Grouping, Ordering, and Other Advanced Queries in LINQ to SQL -- Displaying Generated SQL -- Data Binding with LINQ to SQL -- Updating Bound Data with LINQ to SQL -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 28: ADO.NET and LINQ over DataSet -- What Is ADO.NET? -- Overview of ADO.NET Classes and Objects -- Reading Data with the DataReader -- Reading Data with the DataSet -- Updating the Database -- Accessing Multiple Tables in a DataSet -- XML and ADO.NET -- SQL Support in ADO.NET -- Using LINQ over DataSet with ADO.NET -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 29: LINQ to XML -- LINQ to XML Functional Constructors -- Saving and Loading an XML Document -- Working with XML Fragments -- Generating XML from LINQ to SQL -- How to Query an XML Document -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part V: Additional Techniques -- Chapter 30: Attributes -- What Is an Attribute? -- Reflection -- Built-in Attributes -- Custom Attributes -- Summary -- Chapter 31: XML Documentation -- Adding XML Documentation -- Making Use of XML Documentation -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 32: Networking -- Networking Overview -- Networking Programming Options -- WebClient -- WebRequest and WebResponse -- TcpListener and TcpClient -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 33: Introduction to GDI+ -- Overview of Graphical Drawing -- Drawing Lines Using the Pen Class -- Drawing Shapes Using the Brush Class -- Drawing Text Using the Font Class -- Drawing Using Images -- Advanced Capabilities of GDI+ -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 34: Windows Presentation Foundation -- What Is WPF? -- Anatomy of a Basic WPF Application -- WPF Fundamentals -- Programming with WPF -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 35: Windows Communication Foundation -- What Is WCF ? -- WCF Concepts -- WCF Programming -- Summary -- Exercises.

Chapter 36: Windows Workflow Foundation -- Activities -- The Workflow Runtime -- Data Binding -- Summary -- Index.