| These books cover important .NET programming languages. There are also surveys of the .NET Framework from the perspective of particular programming languages. Introductory .NET Language Books The first set of books teaches several of the important .NET languages. These books cover their language from the ground up and have no prerequisite other than programming experience in some language. Unlike many .NET language books, which are a mixture of the language and topics in the .NET Framework, these books are focused on the languages, with attention to important interactions between the language and the framework. By concentrating on the languages, these books have much more detail and many more practical examples than similar books. The languages selected are the new language C#, the greatly changed VB.NET, and the open source language ported to the .NET environment, PerlNET. Visual C++ .NET is covered in our intermediate book, and JScript .NET is covered in Fundamentals of Web Applications Using .NET and XML . Introduction to C# Using .NET This book gives thorough coverage of the C# language from the ground up. The book is organized with a specific section covering the parts of C# common to other C-like languages. This section can be cleanly skipped by programmers with C experience or the equivalent, making for a good reading path for a diverse group of readers. The book gives thorough attention to the object-oriented aspects of C# and thus serves as an excellent book for programmers migrating to C# from Visual Basic or COBOL. Its gradual pace and many examples make the book an excellent candidate as a college textbook for adventurous professors looking to teach C# early in the language's life cycle. Introduction to Visual Basic Using .NET This book gives thorough coverage of the VB.NET language from the ground up. Like the companion book on C#, this book gives thorough attention to the object-oriented aspects of VB.NET. Thus the book is excellent for VB programmers migrating to the more sophisticated VB.NET, as well as programmers experienced in languages such as COBOL. This book would also be suitable as a college textbook. Programming Perl in the .NET Environment A very important part of the vision behind Microsoft .NET is that the platform is designed from to support multiple programming languages from many sources, and not just Microsoft languages. This book, like other books in the series, is rooted in long experience in industrial teaching. It covers the Perl language from the ground up. Although oriented toward the ActiveState PerlNET compiler, the book also provides excellent coverage of the Perl language suitable for other versions as well. Intermediate .NET Framework Survey Books The second set of books is focused on topics in the .NET Framework, rather than on programming languages. Three parallel books cover the .NET Framework using the important languages C#, VB.NET, and Visual C++. The C# and VB.NET books contain self-contained introductions to the languages suitable for experienced programmers, allowing them to rapidly come up to speed on the new languages without having to plow through an introductory book. The design of the series makes these books much more targeted than many similar books. The language emphasis is cleanly broken out into introductory books, allowing the intermediate books to cover the important topics of the .NET Framework in greater depth. The series design also makes for flexible reading paths. Less experienced readers can read the language book followed by the intermediate framework book, while more experienced readers can go directly to the intermediate framework book. Application Development Using C# and .NET This book covers important topics in the .NET Framework for experienced programmers. The reader does not need prior experience in C#, because there is a self-contained treatment, but the reader should have experience in some object-oriented language such as C++ or Java. A seasoned Visual Basic programmer who has experience working with objects and components in VB could also read the book. A less experienced reader coming from the introductory C# book can skip the chapters on C# and proceed directly to a study of the Framework. The book is practical, with many examples and a major case study. The goal is to equip the reader to begin building significant applications using the .NET Framework. Application Development Using Visual Basic and .NET This book is for the experienced VB programmer who wishes to quickly learn the new VB.NET version of VB and then get on to learning the .NET Framework. It is also suitable for experienced enterprise programmers in other languages who wish to learn the powerful RAD-oriented Visual Basic language in its .NET incarnation and go on to build applications. Like the companion C# book, this book is very practical with many examples, and the same case study is implemented in VB.NET. .NET Architecture and Programming Using Visual C++ This parallel book is for the experienced Visual C++ programmer who wishes to learn the .NET Framework to build high performing applications. Unlike the C# and VB.NET book, there is no coverage of the C++ language itself, because C++ is too complex to cover in a brief space. This book is specifically for experienced C++ programmers. Like the companion C# and VB.NET books, this book is very practical with many examples, and it uses the same case study implemented in Visual C++. .NET Applications and Technology These books cover specific areas of .NET technology or application areas. In some cases, a specific language is used and, in other cases, the book is about the technology or application without regard to a particular language. Fundamentals of Web Applications Using .NET and XML This book provides thorough coverage of building Web applications using .NET. Unlike other books about ASP.NET, this book gives attention to the whole process of Web application development. The book incorporates a review tutorial on classical Web programming, making the book accessible to the experienced programmer new to the Web world. The book contains significant coverage on ASP.NET Web Forms, Web services, SOAP and XML. .NET Security and Cryptography This book is intended to provide the reader with a practical and comprehensive tutorial on implementing both security and cryptography on the .NET platform. It is an effective tutorial, providing a large number of clear and focused code examples, with ample commentary on how the code examples work. Both C# and VB.NET code will be provided for all examples. The book is comprehensive, covering all of the most important concepts and techniques supported by the .NET platform. This book will also provide sufficient background information to enable the reader to clearly see why security and cryptography are critically important to modern software development. Important practical topics that are covered include Code Access Security, Role-based Security, ASP.NET Security, Digital Signatures and Certificate Authorities, as well as Symmetric and Asymmetric Cryptography using the .NET Framework. Mobile Application Development Using .NET This book covers the Mobile Internet Toolkit, the part of the .NET Framework used to build device-specific Mobile Applications. The book begins by familiarizing developers with the Mobile Internet Toolkit, Mobile Basic Controls, DataBound controls and Mobile Specific Controls. It includes extensive coverage of Style Sheets and Device Specific Controls, the Validation Control, Session State Management and Security features in Mobile Applications. In addition, the book includes information on J2ME, Mobile Information Server and the Compact.NET framework. The book also includes two case studies. The emphasis is on using Mobile controls that generate varying user interfaces depending upon the client device capability, which helps developers build single applications targeting multiple client devices without having to write separate programs for each device. Developing Windows Applications Using Visual Basic .NET This book teaches Windows programming and application development for the .NET platform using C#. It explains all necessary aspects of Windows programming including GUI, component development, accessing files, databases and printing. After building on the fundamentals, the book goes to the next level and explores the aspects of developing Windows applications. This book is organized into seven parts. Parts I and II introduce the essentials of the .NET Framework and VB.NET. Parts III and IV cover Windows Forms programming in depth. Part V covers ADO.NET programming. Part VI covers important topics for encapsulating the business layer, including multithreading, assemblies, remoting, Windows services and Web services. Part VII covers a wide range of topics such as file processing, printing, interoperability, networking, security and deployment, which are important in developing industrial strength Windows applications. Developing Web Applications Using ASP.NET and VB.NET This book is for experienced programmers familiar with Web development (possibly using ASP) and the .NET framework. We assume that the reader knows VB.NET language fundamentals. We also assume familiarity with XML and related technologies like XSLT. The book gives deeper insight into the topic of developing Web-based applications using ASP.NET and Visual Basic. NET. It covers Web Forms, Web server controls, database programming, handling XML data and documents, Web services, caching features, component development, configuration and deployment, and security.  | 
