Mastering Visual C# .NET is the best resource for getting everything you can out of the new C# language and the .NET Framework. You'll master C# language essentials, quickly taking advantage of the many improvements it offers over C++ and see tons of examples that show you all the ways that .NET can make your programming more efficient and your applications more powerful. You'll learn how to create stand-alone applications, as well as build Windows, web, and database applications. You'll even see how to develop web services-a technology that holds great promise for the future of distributed application.

Coverage includes:

• Mastering the fundamentals and advanced aspects of the C# language
• Using Visual Studio .NET for increased coding productivity and debugging
• Creating distributed applications with remoting and web services
• Understanding object-oriented concepts
• Delivering data across the Internet with web services
• Using XML to communicate with other applications
• Accessing databases with ADO.NET
• Building Windows applications
• Creating web applications using ASP.NET
• Reading and writing data from/to files or the Internet
• Using advanced data structures to store and manipulate information
• Using multi-threading for greater application efficiency
• Using reflection to manipulate running code
• Building distributed applications with remoting and web services
• Securing code and authenticating users
• Using built-in encryption facilities
• Making your applications world-ready
• Parsing strings with regular expressions
• Using delegates to handle runtime events
• Programming defensively with exception handling