Microsoft .Net Kick Start

by Hitesh Seth

'Microsoft .NET Kick Start' answers the essential questions ?What is .NET?? and ?What can .NET do for me?? from the developer?s perspective. Expert author Hitesh Seth explains the .NET platform?its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672325748
• ISBN13: 9780672325748
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Informative, Less Examples

Microsoft .NET Kick Start is a great book to read upon. I found the contents of this book were not only interesting but also informative. The book has been written in a lucid style by explaining all the concepts in an orderly fashion. Designed for Intermediate and Advanced readers this book can also be read by beginners as they will get a basic idea about the architecture of .NET. Even though this book doesn’t concentrate on a single .NET language, it contains a mixture of C#, Visual Basic .NET, Visual J# .NET & Visual C+ .NET. With the help of this book, readers can be able to learn the basics of these four languages along with many other advanced topics. The book begins with a nice introduction to Microsoft .NET (Chapter 1: Putting .NET in Perspective). This chapter covers all the key concepts of .NET Framework like CLR, CTS including a detailed note about Microsoft Office System and Enterprise Servers. Chapter 2 (Understanding the CLR) examines the Common Language Runtime and the Intermediate Language. The author missed to give a screenshot of the ILDASM tool. In chapter 3, Programming with .NET, author explains all the language basics beginning from developing a simple Hello World application to Delegates in 4 different .NET languages. The author also shows how to mix C#, Visual Basic .NET and Visual J# .NET in a single program along with a note on other .NET programming languages. This chapter is a very big chapter and it deserves to be called as 4 in 1. However, the author missed to give explanations about Attributes, Indexers and Operator Overloading. Further, it would have been nice if the source codes were accompanied by relevant screenshots or snippets of the output.Chapter 4 (Using the .NET Class Library) is a very big chapter. It covers some of the advanced topics like Multithreading, XML and Message queuing in addition to ADO.NET. I feel that this chapter should be divided into 2 separate chapters for more clarity. For instance, XML and ADO.NET can be featured as a separate chapter. Chapter 5 is a real bonus for readers as it deals with Visual Studio .NET in a comprehensive manner with numerous screenshots. This chapter begins with the installation of Visual Studio .NET and later on it shows you how to develop applications for smart devices and mobiles. It ends with a brief introduction about modeling .NET applications. Table 5.2 given on this chapter is a very useful one as it helps a reader to learn about different project types in a flash. Chapter 6 covers about the various third party tools used for developing .NET applications. It would have been great if a CD had been included with this book containing the trial versions of these tools so that readers without Internet connectivity can install and test them easily. I feel that the author missed to give a note about other popular editors like SharpDevelop. Chapter 7 completely talks about Windows Forms with the help of code samples. ASP.NET and Web Services have been covered in