Karli Watson, Jacob Vibe Hammer, Jon D. Reid, Morgan Skinner, Daniel Kemper, Christian Nagel

Beginning Visual C# 2012 Programming (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Step-by-step beginner’s guide to Visual C# 2012

Written for novice programmers who want to learn programming with C# and the .NET framework, this book offers programming basics such as variables, flow control, and object oriented programming. It then moves into web and Windows programming and data access (databases and XML). The authors focus on the tool that beginners use most often to program C#, the Visual C# 2012 development environment in Visual Studio 2012.

• Puts the spotlight on key beginning level topics with easy-to-follow instructions for Microsoft Visual C# 2012
• Explores how to program for variables, expressions, flow control, and functions
• Explains the debugging process and error handling as well as object oriented programming, and much more

Beginning Microsoft Visual C# 2012 Programming offers beginners a guide to writing effective programming code following simple step-by-step methods, each followed by the opportunity to try out newly acquired skills.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118396377
• Artikelnr.: 37343713

Autorenporträt

Karli Watson is an author and IT contractor in London.

Jacob Vibe Hammer is a software architect and developer at Kamstrup A/S, Denmark. He has coauthored several books.

Jon D. Reid is the director of systems engineering at Indigo Biosystems, Inc.

Morgan Skinner joined Microsoft in 2001.

Daniel Kemper is a software engineer specializing in reporting and rich client technologies.

Christian Nagel is a Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft MVP, an associate of thinktecture, and founder of CN innovation.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

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INTRODUCTION xxxi

PART I: THE C# LANGUAGE

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING C# 3

What Is the .NET Framework? 3

What’s in the .NET Framework? 4

Writing Applications Using the .NET Framework 4

CIL and JIT 4

Assemblies 5

Managed Code 5

Garbage Collection 6

Fitting It Together 6

Linking 7

What Is C#? 7

Applications You Can Write with C# 8

C# in this Book 8

Visual Studio 2012 8

Visual Studio Express 2012 Products 9

Solutions 9

Summary 10

CHAPTER 2: WRITING A C# PROGRAM 13

The Visual Studio 2012 Development Environment 14

Console Applications 16

The Solution Explorer 18

The Properties Window 19

The Error List Window 19

Desktop Applications 20

Summary 23

CHAPTER 3: VARIABLES AND EXPRESSIONS 25

Basic C# Syntax 26

Basic C# Console Application Structure 28

Variables 29

Simple Types 29

Variable Naming 33

Naming Conventions 34

Literal Values 34

Variable Declaration and Assignment 36

Expressions 37

Mathematical Operators 37

Assignment Operators 41

Operator Precedence 42

Namespaces 42

Summary 45

CHAPTER 4: FLOW CONTROL 49

Boolean Logic 49

Boolean Assignment Operators 52

Bitwise Operators 53

Operator Precedence Updated 57

The goto Statement 58

Branching 59

The Ternary Operator 59

The if Statement 59

Checking More Conditions Using if Statements 62

The switch Statement 63

Looping 65

do Loops 66

while Loops 68

for Loops 70

Interrupting Loops 74

Infi nite Loops 75

Summary 75

CHAPTER 5: MORE ABOUT VARIABLES 79

Type Conversion 80

Implicit Conversions 80

Explicit Conversions 81

Explicit Conversions Using the Convert Commands 84

Complex Variable Types 86

Enumerations 87

Defi ning Enumerations 87

Structs 90

Defi ning Structs 90

Arrays 92

Declaring Arrays 93

foreach Loops 95

Multidimensional Arrays 96

Arrays of Arrays 97

String Manipulation 98

Summary 102

CHAPTER 6: FUNCTIONS 105

Defi ning and Using Functions 106

Return Values 108

Parameters 109

Parameter Matching 111

Parameter Arrays 111

Reference and Value Parameters 113

Out Parameters 115

Variable Scope 116

Variable Scope in Other Structures 118

Parameters and Return Values versus Global Data 120

The Main( ) Function 121

Struct Functions 123

Overloading Functions 124

Using Delegates 125

Summary 128

CHAPTER 7: DEBUGGING AND ERROR HANDLING 131

Debugging in Visual Studio 132

Debugging in Nonbreak (Normal) Mode 132

Outputting Debugging Information 133

Tracepoints 137

Diagnostics Output Versus Tracepoints 139

Debugging in Break Mode 140

Entering Break Mode 140

Monitoring Variable Content 142

Stepping Through Code 144

Immediate and Command Windows 146

The Call Stack Window 146

Error Handling 147

try…catch…finally 147

Listing and Configuring Exceptions 152

Notes on Exception Handling 152

Summary 153

CHAPTER 8: INTRODUCTION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED

PROGRAMMING 157

What Is Object-Oriented Programming? 158

What Is an Object? 158

Properties and Fields 159

Methods 160

Everything’s an Object 161

The Life Cycle of an Object 161

Constructors 161

Destructors 162

Static and Instance Class Members 162

Static Constructors 162

Static Classes 163

OOP Techniques 163

Interfaces 163

Disposable Objects 164

Inheritance 165

Polymorphism 167

Interface Polymorphism 168

Relationships Between Objects 168

Containment 168

Collections 169

Operator Overloading 169

Events 170

Reference Types Versus Value Types 170

OOP in Desktop Applications 171

Summary 174

CHAPTER 9: DEFINING CLASSES 177

Class Defi nitions in C# 177

Interface Defi nitions 180

System.Object 182

Constructors and Destructors 184

Constructor Execution Sequence 185

OOP Tools in Visual Studio 188

The Class View Window 188

The Object Browser 190

Adding Classes 191

Class Diagrams 192

Class Library Projects 193

Interfaces Versus Abstract Classes 196

Struct Types 198

Shallow Copying Versus Deep Copying 200

Summary 200

CHAPTER 10: DEFINING CLASS MEMBERS 203

Member Defi nitions 203

Defi ning Fields 204

Defi ning Methods 204

Defi ning Properties 205

Adding Members from a Class Diagram 210

Adding Methods 210

Adding Properties 212

Adding Fields 212

Refactoring Members 212

Automatic Properties 213

Additional Class Member Topics 213

Hiding Base Class Methods 213

Calling Overridden or Hidden Base Class Methods 215

The this Keyword 216

Using Nested Type Defi nitions 216

Interface Implementation 218

Implementing Interfaces in Classes 219

Explicit Interface Member Implementation 220

Additional Property Accessors 220

Partial Class Defi nitions 221

Partial Method Defi nitions 222

Example Application 224

Planning the Application 224

The Card Class 224

The Deck Class 224

Writing the Class Library 224

Adding the Suit and Rank Enumerations 225

Adding the Card Class 226

Adding the Deck Class 227

A Client Application for the Class Library 230

The Call Hierarchy Window 231

Summary 232

CHAPTER 11: COLLECTIONS, COMPARISONS, AND CONVERSIONS 235

Collections 236

Using Collections 236

Defi ning Collections 241

Indexers 242

Adding a Cards Collection to CardLib 244

Keyed Collections and IDictionary 247

Iterators 248

Iterators and Collections 252

Deep Copying 253

Adding Deep Copying to CardLib 255

Comparisons 256

Type Comparisons 256

Boxing and Unboxing 257

The is Operator 258

Value Comparisons 260

Operator Overloading 261

Adding Operator Overloads to CardLib 265

The IComparable and IComparer Interfaces 269

Sorting Collections 271

Conversions 274

Overloading Conversion Operators 274

The as Operator 275

Summary 276

CHAPTER 12: GENERICS 279

What Are Generics? 280

Using Generics 281

Nullable Types 281

Operators and Nullable Types 282

The ?? Operator 283

The System.Collections.Generic Namespace 287

List 287

Sorting and Searching Generic Lists 289

Dictionary 294

Modifying CardLib to Use a Generic Collection Class 295

Defi ning Generic Types 296

Defi ning Generic Classes 296

The default Keyword 298

Constraining Types 298

Inheriting from Generic Classes 304

Generic Operators 305

Generic Structs 306

Defi ning Generic Interfaces 306

Defi ning Generic Methods 306

Defi ning Generic Delegates 308

Variance 308

Covariance 309

Contravariance 310

Summary 310

CHAPTER 13: ADDITIONAL OOP TECHNIQUES 313

The :: Operator and the Global Namespace Qualifi er 313

Custom Exceptions 315

Adding Custom Exceptions to CardLib 315

Events 316

What Is an Event? 316

Handling Events 317

Defi ning Events 319

Multipurpose Event Handlers 323

The EventHandler and Generic EventHandler Types 325

Return Values and Event Handlers 326

Anonymous Methods 326

Expanding and Using CardLib 327

A Card Game Client for CardLib 327

Attributes 334

Reading Attributes 334

Creating Attributes 335

Summary 336

CHAPTER 14: C# LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENTS 339

Initializers 340

Object Initializers 340

Collection Initializers 342

Type Inference 344

Anonymous Types 346

Dynamic Lookup 350

The dynamic Type 350

IDynamicMetaObjectProvider 354

Advanced Method Parameters 354

Optional Parameters 354

Optional Parameter Values 355

The OptionalAttribute Attribute 356

Optional Parameter Order 356

Named Parameters 356

Named and Optional Parameter Guidelines 360

Extension Methods 360

Lambda Expressions 364

Anonymous Methods Recap 364

Lambda Expressions for Anonymous Methods 365

Lambda Expression Parameters 368

Lambda Expression Statement Bodies 368

Lambda Expressions as Delegates and Expression Trees 369

Lambda Expressions and Collections 370

Caller Information Attributes 372

Summary 375

PART II: WINDOWS PROGRAMMING

CHAPTER 15: BASIC DESKTOP PROGRAMMING 381

XAML 382

Separation of Concerns 382

XAML in Action 383

Namespaces 383

Code-Behind Files 384

The Playground 384

WPF Controls 385

Properties 386

Dependency Properties 387

Attached Properties 388

Events 388

Handling Events 389

Routed Events 390

Routed Commands 390

Control Types 392

Control Layout 393

Stack Order 393

Alignment, Margins, Padding, and Dimensions 393

Border 394

Canvas 394

DockPanel 395

StackPanel 397

WrapPanel 398

Grid 398

The Game Client 401

The About Window 401

Designing the User Interface 401

The Image Control 401

The Label Control 402

The TextBlock Control 402

The Button Control 402

The Options Window 405

The TextBox Control 406

The CheckBox Control 406

The RadioButton Control 407

The ComboBox Control 408

The TabControl 409

Handling Events in the Options Window 411

Data Binding 413

The DataContext 414

Binding to Local Objects 414

Static Binding to External Objects 414

Dynamic Binding to External Objects 415

Starting a Game 418

The ListBox Control 418

Summary 421

CHAPTER 16: ADVANCED DESKTOP PROGRAMMING 425

The Main Window 425

The Menu Control 426

Routed Commands with Menus 426

Creating and Styling Controls 429

Styles 430

Templates 430

Value Converters 434

The IValueConverter Interface 434

ValueConversionAttribute 434

Triggers 435

Animations 436

Timelines without Key Frames 436

Timelines with Key Frames 437

WPF User Controls 438

Implementing Dependency Properties 439

Putting It All Together 447

Refactoring the Domain Model 447

The View Models 451

Completing the Game 459

Summary 466

CHAPTER 17: WINDOWS STORE APPS 469

Getting Started 469

Windows 8 Developer License 470

How to Get the License 470

Windows Store Apps versus Desktop Applications 471

Developing Windows Store Apps 472

View Modes 472

Full-Screen Mode 473

Snapped Mode 473

Fill Mode 473

Screen Orientation 473

The Missing Caption Bar 473

Menus and Toolbars 473

The App Bar 474

Charms 475

Tiles and Badges 476

App Lifetime 476

Lock Screen Apps 476

App Development 476

WPF and Windows Store App XAML Diff erences 476

Namespace Changes 477

Eff ects 477

Opacity Mask 477

Style Triggers 477

Commands 478

Templates and Pages 478

Blank Page 478

Basic Page 478

Grouped Items and Group Details Pages 478

Item Details Page 479

Items and Split Pages 479

Sandboxed Apps 479

Disk Access 479

Serialization, Streams, and Async Programming 480

Navigation Between Pages 483

Managing State 485

Converting KarliCards, Part 1 485

Creating the CardLib Project 486

Converting the View Models 489

Visual Changes 493

Drop Shadow and Opacity Masks 493

Style Triggers 493

Converting User Controls 493

Common Elements of Windows Store Apps 499

The AppBar Control 500

The Settings Panel 501

Tiles, Badges, and Splash Screens 503

Converting KarliCards, Part 2 504

The Windows Store 509

Checking the Store Requirements 509

Summary 510

CHAPTER 18: DEPLOYING DESKTOP APPLICATIONS 513

Deployment Overview 514

ClickOnce Deployment 514

Implementing ClickOnce Deployment 515

Installing the Application with ClickOnce 522

Creating and Using Updates of the Application 524

InstallShield Limited Edition 524

The Project Assistant 524

Step 1: Application Information 525

Step 2: Installation Requirements 525

Step 3: Installation Architecture 526

Step 4: Application Files 526

Step 5: Application Shortcuts 527

Step 6: Application Registry 528

Step 7: Installation Interview 528

Summary 530

PART III: WEB PROGRAMMING

CHAPTER 19: ASP.NET WEB PROGRAMMING 535

Overview of Web Applications 536

ASP.NET Runtime 536

Creating a Simple Page 536

Server Controls 544

ASP.NET Postback 545

ASP.NET AJAX Postback 550

Input Validation 553

State Management 557

Client-Side State Management 558

View State 558

Cookie 559

Server-Side State Management 560

Session 560

Application 561

Cache 562

Styles 562

Master Pages 566

Site Navigation 571

Authentication and Authorization 573

Authentication Confi guration 574

Using Security Controls 577

Reading from and Writing to a SQL Server Database 580

Summary 589

CHAPTER 20: DEPLOYING WEB APPLICATIONS 591

Internet Information Services 591

IIS Confi guration 592

Copying a Website 594

Publishing a Web Application 597

Summary 600

PART IV: DATA ACCESS

CHAPTER 21: FILE SYSTEM DATA 605

Streams 605

The Classes for Input and Output 606

The File and Directory Classes 607

The FileInfo Class 608

The DirectoryInfo Class 610

Path Names and Relative Paths 611

The FileStream Object 611

File Position 612

Reading Data 613

Writing Data 615

The StreamWriter Object 617

The StreamReader Object 618

Reading Data 620

Delimited Files 621

Asynchronous File Access 625

Reading and Writing Compressed Files 625

Serialized Objects 628

Monitoring the File System 632

Summary 636

CHAPTER 22: XML 639

XML Documents 640

XML Elements 640

Attributes 641

The XML Declaration 641

The Structure of an XML Document 642

XML Namespaces 642

Well-Formed and Valid XML 643

Validating XML Documents 644

Schemas 644

The XSD dialog box shown in the XmlDocument Class 645

Using XML in Your Application 647

XML Document Object Model 647

The XmlDocument Class 648

The XmlElement Class 648

Changing the Values of Nodes 652

Selecting Nodes 656

XPath 657

Summary 661

CHAPTER 23: INTRODUCTION TO LINQ 663

First LINQ Query 664

Declaring a Variable for Results Using the var Keyword 665

Specifying the Data Source: from Clause 666

Specify Condition: where Clause 666

Selecting Items: select Clause 666

Finishing Up: Using the foreach Loop 667

Deferred Query Execution 667

Using the LINQ Method Syntax 667

LINQ Extension Methods 667

Query Syntax versus Method Syntax 668

Ordering Query Results 669

Understanding the orderby Clause 670

Ordering Using Method Syntax 671

Querying a Large Data Set 672

Using Aggregate Operators 674

Querying Complex Objects 678

Projection: Creating New Objects in Queries 681

Projection: Method Syntax 682

Using the Select Distinct Query 683

Using the Any and All Methods 684

Ordering by Multiple Levels 685

Multi-Level Ordering Method Syntax: ThenBy 687

Using Group Queries 687

Using Take and Skip 689

Using First and FirstOrDefault 691

Using the LINQ Set Operators 692

Using Joins 694

Summary 696

CHAPTER 24: APPLYING LINQ 699

LINQ Varieties 699

Using LINQ with Databases 700

Installing SQL Server and the Northwind Sample Data 700

Installing SQL Server Express 701

Installing the Northwind Sample Database 701

First LINQ to Database Query 701

Navigating Database Relationships 704

Using LINQ with XML 706

LINQ to XML Functional Constructors 707

Constructing XML Element Text with Strings 710

Saving and Loading an XML Document 710

Loading XML from a String 712

Contents of a Saved XML Document 713

Working with XML Fragments 713

Generating XML from Databases 715

How to Query an XML Document 717

Using LINQ to XML Query Members 718

Elements( ) 718

Descendants( ) 719

Attributes( ) 721

Summary 723

PART V: ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES

CHAPTER 25: WINDOWS COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION 727

What Is WCF? 728

WCF Concepts 728

WCF Communication Protocols 729

Addresses, Endpoints, and Bindings 729

Contracts 731

Message Patterns 732

Behaviors 732

Hosting 732

WCF Programming 733

The WCF Test Client 740

Defi ning WCF Service Contracts 742

Data Contracts 743

Service Contracts 743

Operation Contracts 744

Message Contracts 745

Fault Contracts 745

Self-Hosted WCF Services 750

Summary 756

CHAPTER 26: WINDOWS WORKFLOW FOUNDATION 759

Hello World 759

Workfl ows and Activities 761

If Activity 761

While Activity 762

Sequence Activity 762

Arguments and Variables 763

Custom Activities 767

Workfl ow Extensions 769

Activity Validation 773

Activity Designers 774

Summary 776

APPENDIX A: EXERCISE SOLUTIONS 779

INDEX 827

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INTRODUCTION xxxi
PART I: THE C# LANGUAGE
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING C# 3
What Is the .NET Framework? 3
What's in the .NET Framework? 4
Writing Applications Using the .NET Framework 4
CIL and JIT 4
Assemblies 5
Managed Code 5
Garbage Collection 6
Fitting It Together 6
Linking 7
What Is C#? 7
Applications You Can Write with C# 8
C# in this Book 8
Visual Studio 2012 8
Visual Studio Express 2012 Products 9
Solutions 9
Summary 10
CHAPTER 2: WRITING A C# PROGRAM 13
The Visual Studio 2012 Development Environment 14
Console Applications 16
The Solution Explorer 18
The Properties Window 19
The Error List Window 19
Desktop Applications 20
Summary 23
CHAPTER 3: VARIABLES AND EXPRESSIONS 25
Basic C# Syntax 26
Basic C# Console Application Structure 28
Variables 29
Simple Types 29
Variable Naming 33
Naming Conventions 34
Literal Values 34
Variable Declaration and Assignment 36
Expressions 37
Mathematical Operators 37
Assignment Operators 41
Operator Precedence 42
Namespaces 42
Summary 45
CHAPTER 4: FLOW CONTROL 49
Boolean Logic 49
Boolean Assignment Operators 52
Bitwise Operators 53
Operator Precedence Updated 57
The goto Statement 58
Branching 59
The Ternary Operator 59
The if Statement 59
Checking More Conditions Using if Statements 62
The switch Statement 63
Looping 65
do Loops 66
while Loops 68
for Loops 70
Interrupting Loops 74
Infi nite Loops 75
Summary 75
CHAPTER 5: MORE ABOUT VARIABLES 79
Type Conversion 80
Implicit Conversions 80
Explicit Conversions 81
Explicit Conversions Using the Convert Commands 84
Complex Variable Types 86
Enumerations 87
Defi ning Enumerations 87
Structs 90
Defi ning Structs 90
Arrays 92
Declaring Arrays 93
foreach Loops 95
Multidimensional Arrays 96
Arrays of Arrays 97
String Manipulation 98
Summary 102
CHAPTER 6: FUNCTIONS 105
Defi ning and Using Functions 106
Return Values 108
Parameters 109
Parameter Matching 111
Parameter Arrays 111
Reference and Value Parameters 113
Out Parameters 115
Variable Scope 116
Variable Scope in Other Structures 118
Parameters and Return Values versus Global Data 120
The Main( ) Function 121
Struct Functions 123
Overloading Functions 124
Using Delegates 125
Summary 128
CHAPTER 7: DEBUGGING AND ERROR HANDLING 131
Debugging in Visual Studio 132
Debugging in Nonbreak (Normal) Mode 132
Outputting Debugging Information 133
Tracepoints 137
Diagnostics Output Versus Tracepoints 139
Debugging in Break Mode 140
Entering Break Mode 140
Monitoring Variable Content 142
Stepping Through Code 144
Immediate and Command Windows 146
The Call Stack Window 146
Error Handling 147
try...catch...finally 147
Listing and Configuring Exceptions 152
Notes on Exception Handling 152
Summary 153
CHAPTER 8: INTRODUCTION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED
PROGRAMMING 157
What Is Object-Oriented Programming? 158
What Is an Object? 158
Properties and Fields 159
Methods 160
Everything's an Object 161
The Life Cycle of an Object 161
Constructors 161
Destructors 162
Static and Instance Class Members 162
Static Constructors 162
Static Classes 163
OOP Techniques 163
Interfaces 163
Disposable Objects 164
Inheritance 165
Polymorphism 167
Interface Polymorphism 168
Relationships Between Objects 168
Containment 168
Collections 169
Operator Overloading 169
Events 170
Reference Types Versus Value Types 170
OOP in Desktop Applications 171
Summary 174
CHAPTER 9: DEFINING CLASSES 177
Class Defi nitions in C# 177
Interface Defi nitions 180
System.Object 182
Constructors and Destructors 184
Constructor Execution Sequence 185
OOP Tools in Visual Studio 188
The Class View Window 188
The Object Browser 190
Adding Classes 191
Class Diagrams 192
Class Library Projects 193
Interfaces Versus Abstract Classes 196
Struct Types 198
Shallow Copying Versus Deep Copying 200
Summary 200
CHAPTER 10: DEFINING CLASS MEMBERS 203
Member Defi nitions 203
Defi ning Fields 204
Defi ning Methods 204
Defi ning Properties 205
Adding Members from a Class Diagram 210
Adding Methods 210
Adding Properties 212
Adding Fields 212
Refactoring Members 212
Automatic Properties 213
Additional Class Member Topics 213
Hiding Base Class Methods 213
Calling Overridden or Hidden Base Class Methods 215
The this Keyword 216
Using Nested Type Defi nitions 216
Interface Implementation 218
Implementing Interfaces in Classes 219
Explicit Interface Member Implementation 220
Additional Property Accessors 220
Partial Class Defi nitions 221
Partial Method Defi nitions 222
Example Application 224
Planning the Application 224
The Card Class 224
The Deck Class 224
Writing the Class Library 224
Adding the Suit and Rank Enumerations 225
Adding the Card Class 226
Adding the Deck Class 227
A Client Application for the Class Library 230
The Call Hierarchy Window 231
Summary 232
CHAPTER 11: COLLECTIONS, COMPARISONS, AND CONVERSIONS 235
Collections 236
Using Collections 236
Defi ning Collections 241
Indexers 242
Adding a Cards Collection to CardLib 244
Keyed Collections and IDictionary 247
Iterators 248
Iterators and Collections 252
Deep Copying 253
Adding Deep Copying to CardLib 255
Comparisons 256
Type Comparisons 256
Boxing and Unboxing 257
The is Operator 258
Value Comparisons 260
Operator Overloading 261
Adding Operator Overloads to CardLib 265
The IComparable and IComparer Interfaces 269
Sorting Collections 271
Conversions 274
Overloading Conversion Operators 274
The as Operator 275
Summary 276
CHAPTER 12: GENERICS 279
What Are Generics? 280
Using Generics 281
Nullable Types 281
Operators and Nullable Types 282
The ?? Operator 283
The System.Collections.Generic Namespace 287
List 287
Sorting and Searching Generic Lists 289
Dictionary 294
Modifying CardLib to Use a Generic Collection Class 295
Defi ning Generic Types 296
Defi ning Generic Classes 296
The default Keyword 298
Constraining Types 298
Inheriting from Generic Classes 304
Generic Operators 305
Generic Structs 306
Defi ning Generic Interfaces 306
Defi ning Generic Methods 306
Defi ning Generic Delegates 308
Variance 308
Covariance 309
Contravariance 310
Summary 310
CHAPTER 13: ADDITIONAL OOP TECHNIQUES 313
The :: Operator and the Global Namespace Qualifi er 313
Custom Exceptions 315
Adding Custom Exceptions to CardLib 315
Events 316
What Is an Event? 316
Handling Events 317
Defi ning Events 319
Multipurpose Event Handlers 323
The EventHandler and Generic EventHandler Types 325
Return Values and Event Handlers 326
Anonymous Methods 326
Expanding and Using CardLib 327
A Card Game Client for CardLib 327
Attributes 334
Reading Attributes 334
Creating Attributes 335
Summary 336
CHAPTER 14: C# LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENTS 339
Initializers 340
Object Initializers 340
Collection Initializers 342
Type Inference 344
Anonymous Types 346
Dynamic Lookup 350
The dynamic Type 350
IDynamicMetaObjectProvider 354
Advanced Method Parameters 354
Optional Parameters 354
Optional Parameter Values 355
The OptionalAttribute Attribute 356
Optional Parameter Order 356
Named Parameters 356
Named and Optional Parameter Guidelines 360
Extension Methods 360
Lambda Expressions 364
Anonymous Methods Recap 364
Lambda Expressions for Anonymous Methods 365
Lambda Expression Parameters 368
Lambda Expression Statement Bodies 368
Lambda Expressions as Delegates and Expression Trees 369
Lambda Expressions and Collections 370
Caller Information Attributes 372
Summary 375
PART II: WINDOWS PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER 15: BASIC DESKTOP PROGRAMMING 381
XAML 382
Separation of Concerns 382
XAML in Action 383
Namespaces 383
Code-Behind Files 384
The Playground 384
WPF Controls 385
Properties 386
Dependency Properties 387
Attached Properties 388
Events 388
Handling Events 389
Routed Events 390
Routed Commands 390
Control Types 392
Control Layout 393
Stack Order 393
Alignment, Margins, Padding, and Dimensions 393
Border 394
Canvas 394
DockPanel 395
StackPanel 397
WrapPanel 398
Grid 398
The Game Client 401
The About Window 401
Designing the User Interface 401
The Image Control 401
The Label Control 402
The TextBlock Control 402
The Button Control 402
The Options Window 405
The TextBox Control 406
The CheckBox Control 406
The RadioButton Control 407
The ComboBox Control 408
The TabControl 409
Handling Events in the Options Window 411
Data Binding 413
The DataContext 414
Binding to Local Objects 414
Static Binding to External Objects 414
Dynamic Binding to External Objects 415
Starting a Game 418
The ListBox Control 418
Summary 421
CHAPTER 16: ADVANCED DESKTOP PROGRAMMING 425
The Main Window 425
The Menu Control 426
Routed Commands with Menus 426
Creating and Styling Controls 429
Styles 430
Templates 430
Value Converters 434
The IValueConverter Interface 434
ValueConversionAttribute 434
Triggers 435
Animations 436
Timelines without Key Frames 436
Timelines with Key Frames 437
WPF User Controls 438
Implementing Dependency Properties 439
Putting It All Together 447
Refactoring the Domain Model 447
The View Models 451
Completing the Game 459
Summary 466
CHAPTER 17: WINDOWS STORE APPS 469
Getting Started 469
Windows 8 Developer License 470
How to Get the License 470
Windows Store Apps versus Desktop Applications 471
Developing Windows Store Apps 472
View Modes 472
Full-Screen Mode 473
Snapped Mode 473
Fill Mode 473
Screen Orientation 473
The Missing Caption Bar 473
Menus and Toolbars 473
The App Bar 474
Charms 475
Tiles and Badges 476
App Lifetime 476
Lock Screen Apps 476
App Development 476
WPF and Windows Store App XAML Diff erences 476
Namespace Changes 477
Eff ects 477
Opacity Mask 477
Style Triggers 477
Commands 478
Templates and Pages 478
Blank Page 478
Basic Page 478
Grouped Items and Group Details Pages 478
Item Details Page 479
Items and Split Pages 479
Sandboxed Apps 479
Disk Access 479
Serialization, Streams, and Async Programming 480
Navigation Between Pages 483
Managing State 485
Converting KarliCards, Part 1 485
Creating the CardLib Project 486
Converting the View Models 489
Visual Changes 493
Drop Shadow and Opacity Masks 493
Style Triggers 493
Converting User Controls 493
Common Elements of Windows Store Apps 499
The AppBar Control 500
The Settings Panel 501
Tiles, Badges, and Splash Screens 503
Converting KarliCards, Part 2 504
The Windows Store 509
Checking the Store Requirements 509
Summary 510
CHAPTER 18: DEPLOYING DESKTOP APPLICATIONS 513
Deployment Overview 514
ClickOnce Deployment 514
Implementing ClickOnce Deployment 515
Installing the Application with ClickOnce 522
Creating and Using Updates of the Application 524
InstallShield Limited Edition 524
The Project Assistant 524
Step 1: Application Information 525
Step 2: Installation Requirements 525
Step 3: Installation Architecture 526
Step 4: Application Files 526
Step 5: Application Shortcuts 527
Step 6: Application Registry 528
Step 7: Installation Interview 528
Summary 530
PART III: WEB PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER 19: ASP.NET WEB PROGRAMMING 535
Overview of Web Applications 536
ASP.NET Runtime 536
Creating a Simple Page 536
Server Controls 544
ASP.NET Postback 545
ASP.NET AJAX Postback 550
Input Validation 553
State Management 557
Client-Side State Management 558
View State 558
Cookie 559
Server-Side State Management 560
Session 560
Application 561
Cache 562
Styles 562
Master Pages 566
Site Navigation 571
Authentication and Authorization 573
Authentication Confi guration 574
Using Security Controls 577
Reading from and Writing to a SQL Server Database 580
Summary 589
CHAPTER 20: DEPLOYING WEB APPLICATIONS 591
Internet Information Services 591
IIS Confi guration 592
Copying a Website 594
Publishing a Web Application 597
Summary 600
PART IV: DATA ACCESS
CHAPTER 21: FILE SYSTEM DATA 605
Streams 605
The Classes for Input and Output 606
The File and Directory Classes 607
The FileInfo Class 608
The DirectoryInfo Class 610
Path Names and Relative Paths 611
The FileStream Object 611
File Position 612
Reading Data 613
Writing Data 615
The StreamWriter Object 617
The StreamReader Object 618
Reading Data 620
Delimited Files 621
Asynchronous File Access 625
Reading and Writing Compressed Files 625
Serialized Objects 628
Monitoring the File System 632
Summary 636
CHAPTER 22: XML 639
XML Documents 640
XML Elements 640
Attributes 641
The XML Declaration 641
The Structure of an XML Document 642
XML Namespaces 642
Well-Formed and Valid XML 643
Validating XML Documents 644
Schemas 644
The XSD dialog box shown in the XmlDocument Class 645
Using XML in Your Application 647
XML Document Object Model 647
The XmlDocument Class 648
The XmlElement Class 648
Changing the Values of Nodes 652
Selecting Nodes 656
XPath 657
Summary 661
CHAPTER 23: INTRODUCTION TO LINQ 663
First LINQ Query 664
Declaring a Variable for Results Using the var Keyword 665
Specifying the Data Source: from Clause 666
Specify Condition: where Clause 666
Selecting Items: select Clause 666
Finishing Up: Using the foreach Loop 667
Deferred Query Execution 667
Using the LINQ Method Syntax 667
LINQ Extension Methods 667
Query Syntax versus Method Syntax 668
Ordering Query Results 669
Understanding the orderby Clause 670
Ordering Using Method Syntax 671
Querying a Large Data Set 672
Using Aggregate Operators 674
Querying Complex Objects 678
Projection: Creating New Objects in Queries 681
Projection: Method Syntax 682
Using the Select Distinct Query 683
Using the Any and All Methods 684
Ordering by Multiple Levels 685
Multi-Level Ordering Method Syntax: ThenBy 687
Using Group Queries 687
Using Take and Skip 689
Using First and FirstOrDefault 691
Using the LINQ Set Operators 692
Using Joins 694
Summary 696
CHAPTER 24: APPLYING LINQ 699
LINQ Varieties 699
Using LINQ with Databases 700
Installing SQL Server and the Northwind Sample Data 700
Installing SQL Server Express 701
Installing the Northwind Sample Database 701
First LINQ to Database Query 701
Navigating Database Relationships 704
Using LINQ with XML 706
LINQ to XML Functional Constructors 707
Constructing XML Element Text with Strings 710
Saving and Loading an XML Document 710
Loading XML from a String 712
Contents of a Saved XML Document 713
Working with XML Fragments 713
Generating XML from Databases 715
How to Query an XML Document 717
Using LINQ to XML Query Members 718
Elements( ) 718
Descendants( ) 719
Attributes( ) 721
Summary 723
PART V: ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES
CHAPTER 25: WINDOWS COMMUNICATION FOUNDATION 727
What Is WCF? 728
WCF Concepts 728
WCF Communication Protocols 729
Addresses, Endpoints, and Bindings 729
Contracts 731
Message Patterns 732
Behaviors 732
Hosting 732
WCF Programming 733
The WCF Test Client 740
Defi ning WCF Service Contracts 742
Data Contracts 743
Service Contracts 743
Operation Contracts 744
Message Contracts 745
Fault Contracts 745
Self-Hosted WCF Services 750
Summary 756
CHAPTER 26: WINDOWS WORKFLOW FOUNDATION 759
Hello World 759
Workfl ows and Activities 761
If Activity 761
While Activity 762
Sequence Activity 762
Arguments and Variables 763
Custom Activities 767
Workfl ow Extensions 769
Activity Validation 773
Activity Designers 774
Summary 776
APPENDIX A: EXERCISE SOLUTIONS 779
INDEX 827