Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 Quickstart Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 Quickstart Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgment -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Windows Store Apps -- Introduction -- Building our first Windows Store app -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding a splash screen (and app tiles) to our app -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Improving the application to make it compliant with the Windows 8 lifecycle model -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Improving our application tile -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Improving our application with toast notifications -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 2. Exploring the Top New Features of the CLR -- Introduction -- Creating a portable library -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Controlling the timeout in regular expressions -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There'smore... -- Defining the culture for an application domain -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Overriding the default reflection behavior -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using the new ZipArchive class -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Understanding async and await in .NET 4.5 -- How to do it... -- How it works...

There's more... -- Using the new asynchronous file I/O operations -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- 3. Understanding the New Networking Capabilities -- Introduction -- Using the HttpClient and the new System.Net.Http namespaces -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 4. Understanding the new features of Entity Framework 5.0 -- Introduction -- Creating our first "Code First" application -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using Code First Migrations -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 5. Understanding the New Features of ASP.NET -- Introduction -- Creating our first ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms application -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Configuring our application to use unobtrusive validation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using Smart Tasks in the HTML editor -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using WAI-ARIA support -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using the Extract to User Control feature -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using the Page Inspector feature -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating an asynchronous HTTP module -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 6. Implementing WPF's new features -- Introduction -- Implementing asynchronous error handling with INotifyDataErrorInfo -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using the WeakEvent pattern with WeakEventManager -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using the dispatcher's new features -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works...

There's more... -- Data binding to static properties -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Throttling data source update delays -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- LiveShaping - repositioning elements when its bound data changes -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 7. Applying the New WCF Features -- Introduction -- Using the asynchronous features of WCF -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Using WebSockets -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using Contract First development -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 8. Creating and Hosting Our First ASP.NET Web API -- Introduction -- Creating our first ASP.NET web API -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Implementing a CRUD ASP.NET web API -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Setting up a self-hosted ASP.NET web API -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 9. Using the New Capabilities of WF -- Introduction -- Creating a state machine workflow -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using the enhanced designer features -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- A. Resources for Further Knowledge -- Resources for knowing more about .NET 4.5 and its tools -- Resources for knowing more about Windows 8 -- Resources for knowing more about general development -- B. .NET 4.5 - Deployment Risks and Issues -- Introduction -- Risks of the in-place upgrade -- Platform targeting -- Other risks -- Index.