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Windows Forms in Action Second Edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# Erik Brown April, 2006 | 850 pages ISBN: 1-932394-65-6 |
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$22.50 | PDF ebook | |
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Book Reviews
Reviews of the first edition of Windows Forms Programming with C#
"A comprehensive, straightforward, 'user-friendly' guide to writing programs in the .NET environment using object-oriented sets of classes...[a] solid and useful reference for C# users."
-- The Bookwatch
"Another fantastic thing about Windows Forms Programming With C# is the layout and presentation: it?s amazing...each step is clearly laid out...clear and simple...the perfect book to get you started with Windows Forms. High praises for Erik Brown?s Windows Forms Programming With C#."
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Universal Thread magazine
"...provides extensive detail about every major common control and Windows Form widget that ships with Visual Studio .NET. It also covers in detail the classes behind the controls."
-- www.asp.netPro.com
"I'm sure that the publisher pulled their hair out doing the page layouts for this book, but the reader benefits by having an exceptionally clear list of how to do the examples. Well done!"
-- www.DotNetBookReviews.com
"This is not a factory book but a book written by someone who has both a deep knowledge of Windows Forms and who also knows how to pedagogically communicate that deep knowledge one concept at a time..."
-- Tanguay Info Newsletter
"This definitely ranks among the better books I've read in a while. Highly recommended."
-- Nashville SQL Server User Group
"...this book is an excellent discussion of Windows programming using
the new Visual Studio.NET tool to create Window applications. It is like a new
Petzold's book about Windows programming on the Microsoft .NET platform."
-- Compunotes
"definitively the best book I have read on Windows.Forms.NET programming. A lot of material covered in the very friendly format. I've purchased the e-book version. If you're serious GUI developer and you're moving to .NET you must read this one first, and all others then if you need them. Excellent book!"
--An Amazon reader
"!!!! Exceptional."
-- Today's Books
DESCRIPTION
Using many examples all on a common theme, this second edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# presents Windows application development in a step-by-step, easy to follow format. Written for beginner and intermediate programmers eager to get their hands dirty, the text covers fundamentals like labels, buttons, and tool strips, as well as advanced concepts like owner-drawn lists, custom controls, and two-way data binding.
The book is a tutorial, leading the reader through Windows application development using C# and Visual Studio .NET. It illustrates how the classes in the .NET Framework interact in a fully functional application. Material added for the second edition includes coverage of the .NET 2.0 Framework, extender providers, cryptographic classes, and application deployment.
Highlights
- Practical and real-world
- Examples presented in unique tabular form
- Covers application integration and code management
- Expands and updates the widely acclaimed First Edition
ABOUT THE AUTHOR...
A mathematician by training, Erik Brown has been working with code for over 17 years, as a developer, architect, consultant, and manager. He is a veteranof three successful start up companies and currently works as a program manager at Unisys Corporation. Erik lives in northern Virginia with his wife and two daughters.