Summary

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One thing that really makes Microsoft stand alone as a programming tools vendor is their dedication to providing developers with all the resources they could need to be successful. From online support like MSDN to their outstanding support for authors, Microsoft demonstrates their commitment to supporting developers. The IBuySpy application, which will include a store, portal, and news site by the time .NET is officially released, is just one more example of how Microsoft helps developers to be productive with their tools.

IBuySpy.com encapsulates many of Microsoft's best practices for developing solutions using .NET. In this chapter, you learned how the IBuySpy.com store was designed and architected, and also why the designers made their decisions. You learned which choices were made because they are the best way to do a certain task, and which ones were made in the interest of keeping the sample application simple and approachable by novice developers. The examples in this chapter all built upon the existing framework provided by IBuySpy.com, which itself is fully available for download, and as you worked through the examples in this chapter you installed your own IBuySpy.com store.

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