.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.