Enter a New World of Database Programming
C# and ADO.NETfacilitate the development of a new generation of database applications,including remote applications that run on theWeb. Mastering C# Database Programming is the resource you need to thrivein this new world. Assuming no prior experience with database programming, thisbook teaches you every aspect of the craft, from GUI design to server developmentto middle-tier implementation. If you’re familiar with earlier versions ofADO, you’ll master the many new features of ADO.NET all the more quickly.You'll also learn the importance of XML within the new .NET paradigm. Coverageincludes:

.NET Compact Framework Programming with C# is the definitive tutorial and reference for the .NET Compact Framework (CF). It shows you how to transfer your skills and your code to the Pocket PC 2003 and other mobile and embedded smart devices.

Dig deep and master the intricacies of the common language runtime, C#, and .NET development. Led by programming expert Jeffrey Richter, a longtime consultant to the Microsoft .NET team—you’ll gain pragmatic insights for building robust, reliable, and responsive apps and components.

Everything you need to know to build enterprise (line of business) applications with WPF
WPF is and remains the premier framework for building Line of Business/ Enterprise Windows applications. This course will teach you all you need to know, from absolute scratch through advanced skills in building WPF applications. The emphasis is on best practices and the needs of enterprise application developers. Skills covered include the fundamentals of XAML, layout, controls, panels, asynchronous programming, data binding, data display and much more.

C/C++, Visual Basic, and Java programmers are seeking real-world information on Microsoft's upcoming language, C#. C# Developer's Headstart, provides programmers with the answers they need in order to make vital decisions about code adoption and migration.
-- Learn to integrate C# with legacy code
-- Build a migration strategy for moving current applications into C#
-- Real-world development solutions

This course covers C#, Microsoft's managed C-style language for the .Net Framework. In typical Jump Start fashion, every stop of this course will be example-driven. Microsoft Technical Evangelist Jerry Nixon and the co-founder of Crank211, Daren May, will craft sample after sample in real time to show simple and complex techniques you can take back to your workplace.

This course provides an in-depth look at how events, delegates and lambdas work in the C# language and .NET framework. Events, delegates and lambdas play an important role in the .NET framework, but can be difficult to understand when developers first get started with the C# language.

Become a leading Windows 8 app developer by using Windows 8 App Projects - XAML and C# Edition to learn techniques, tools, and ideas to create successful, 5-star apps.

Dig deep and master the intricacies of the common language runtime, C#, and .NET development. Led by programming expert Jeffrey Richter, a longtime consultant to the Microsoft .NET team—you’ll gain pragmatic insights for building robust, reliable, and responsive apps and components.

The annotated story of the creation of a real-world Windows 8 Store Application. Windows 8 From Design To Delivery with XAML and C # walks through the design, implementation, testing , and Delivery of a Real-World Application. Course This puts Windows 8 Programming skills into context by Creating a non-Trivial Application from Scratch. Along the way We Look at XAML layout and controls, Page navigation, Data binding, Data Management, life cycle Management, working with Files, MVVM, snap View, semantic Zoom and much More. Both Windows 8 novices and intermediate programmers will benefit from this real-world scenario walk-through.

Programming Windows, 6th Edition - Charles Petzold
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Beginning Windows 8 Application Development XAML Edition
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Become a leading Windows 8 app developer by using Windows 8 App Projects - XAML and C# Edition to learn techniques, tools, and ideas to create successful, 5-star apps.