ET Enterprise Services are and how to use them to build effective distributed business applications. It presents the big picture of.NET Enterprise Services using clear explanations and practical examples. It discusses the architecture using straightforward language and demonstrates how to use all of the Enterprise Services technologies to develop scalable distributed applications. All samples from the book will be available in both C No. and VB.NET at www.ChristianNagel.com/EnterpriseServices.

This concise guide for experienced programmers and software architects is a complete no-nonsense overview of key elements and programming languages central to all .NET application development

COM/COM+. and .NET will need to interoperate for a long time to come as companies undergo the migration to .NET. Gordon's book is a natural fit for anyone with COM applications that need to work with .NET, as it provides practical migration advice for developers moving their applications from COM/COM+ to .NET.

If you've begun programming using Microsoft's .NET Framework, you've discovered a lot of new and improved functionality. But, more than likely, you've also discovered a lot of missing functionality. Indeed, a third of the functions supported by the old Win32 API are not yet supported by .NET. Although you may not at first notice the loss of Win32 API functionality in .NET, the more you program, the more you'll realize how essential it is. As a programmer, you will not want to do without these solutions. .NET Framework Solutions: In Search of the Lost Win32 API is one more thing you can't do without: a complete guide to your options for dealing with the functionality missing from .NET. As you'll learn, some functions are handily situated within Visual Basic or C#. In most cases, however, you'll need to access the old Win32 API from the .NET Framework. This is demanding work, but this book makes it easy, walking you through every step and paying special attention to the work of managing memory manually--the most error-prone part of the process. The topics covered inside are as varied as the missing functionality: direct hardware access, low-level security control, certain aspects of OS access, support for multimedia and utilities, and DirectX. You also get hard-to-find information on COM access, plus a collection of examples--dealing with DirectX and the MMC Snap-ins--that unite COM and Win32 access in especially illuminating ways. Over time, you can expect to see the .NET Framework expanded to include much of what it now lacks. But your programming tasks can't wait, and .NET Framework Solutions makes you productive--today.

Discusses how .NET technologies work and how they can be used, covering topics including Web services technologies, SOAP, CLR, Visual Basic.NET, the .NET framework class library, ADO.NET and ASP.NET.

The author Kanalakis gives in-depth and detailed guidance on how to build a single, scalable enterprise application with C# and using .NET technologies.

The author placed itself from the point of view of the developer which must be quickly productive and anticipate changes without having to reinvent the wheel. More than half the book is dedicated to the 2.0 version of .NET and covers: The .NET platform, The C#2 language and The .NET Framework. With several reminders to fundamental, it is the perfect book for the student, the beginner or even the seasoned developer.

“If you have any interest in writing .NET programs using Active Directory or ADAM, this is the book you want to read.” —Joe Richards, Microsoft MVP, directory services Identity and Access Management are rapidly gaining importance as key areas of practice in the IT industry, and directory services provide the fundamental building blocks that enable them. For enterprise developers struggling to build directory-enabled .NET applications, The .NET Developer’s Guide to Directory Services Programming will come as a welcome aid. Microsoft MVPs Joe Kaplan and Ryan Dunn have written a practical introduction to programming directory services, using both versions 1.1 and 2.0 of the .NET Framework. The extensive examples in the book are in C#; a companion Web site includes both C# and Visual Basic source code and examples. Readers will Learn to create, rename, update, and delete objects in Active Directory and ADAM Learn to bind to and search directories effectively and efficiently Learn to read and write attributes of all types in the directory Learn to use directory services within ASP.NET applications Get concrete examples of common programming tasks such as managing Active Directory and ADAM users and groups, and performing authentication Experienced .NET developers—those building enterprise applications or simply interested in learning about directory services—will find that The .NET Developer’s Guide to Directory Services Programming unravels the complexities and helps them to avoid the common pitfalls that developers face.

This book introduces a new industry technology, Business Service Orchestration (BSO). Section I provides detailed overview of business services and their orchestration and describes an in-depth architecture necessary to provide a web of business services, and orchestration of their interactions, including a methodology for modeling the BSO. Section II focuses on technologies necessary to orchestrate business services, ranging from component models to programming languages to various kinds of protocols. Section III reveals a real use case and explains how to apply orchestration to a real-life business process.

This book provides a step-by-step understanding of the programming concepts and theories for the beginners in .NET programming. It focuses on the Windows-based application programs, Visual programming concepts, interactive graphics fundamentals, and database connectivity concepts. The text includes topics such as Windows Forms, Windows Controls, Windows programming, data access with ADO .NET, and handling data access and data manipulation in codes. Thoroughly practical and elaborate, the book provides deep insights into the .NET programming concepts and is designed to enhance the programming skills of the users of C#.