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Includes

• Professional ASP.NET 3.5: in C# and VB
• Professional C# 2008
• Professional LINQ
• .NET DomainDriven Design with C#: Problem  Design  Solution

4 great books at a value price!

Professional ASP.NET 3.5

Professional ASP.NET 3.5 helps the experienced programmer put key new ASP.NET developer features including AJAX, LINQ, and a new CSS designer in Visual Web Developer 2008 into action. Greatly expanded from the original bestselling Professional ASP.NET 2.0, Professional ASP.NET 3.5 covers all the key technologies retained from 2.0 in new depth alongside the hundreds of pages of coverage of the important new 3.5 features. Written by 3 of the most wellknown and influential ASP.NET developers who were highly praised by ASP.NET creator Scott Guthrie for their ASP.NET 2.0 books, Professional ASP.NET 3.5 is the book youll learn the language from and turn to day after day as you write web applications. And as always, Professional ASP.NET 3.5 features language examples in the book and in the code download in both C# and VB!

Key new coverage for ASP.NET 3.5 includes:

• Thorough coverage of how to implement ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX and the ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit
• An introduction to LINQ (Language Integrated Query) and many LINQ examples throughout the book sidebyside with the related SQL example to show you the differences between the two
• Enhanced coverage of XML use in ASP.NET including the new XML Schema Designer Addon, LINQ to XML, LINQ for XML examples, and XSLTC.exe, a commandline XSLT compiler
• A new chapter on CSS design for ASP.NET and the Visual Web Developer CSS design tools
• Coverage of Scott Hanselmans famous productivity tool picks for developers to help make you a more productive ASP.NET developer

Professional C# 2008

Updated for .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio® 2008, this book is the ultimate guide to C# 2008 and its environment. Beginning with a look into the architecture and methodology of .NET, it explains why the C# language cannot be viewed in isolation, but rather, must be considered in parallel with the .NET Framework. After gaining an understanding of the foundation of C#, youll then go on to examine the fundamentals of C# programming with each successive chapter.

Key new coverage for C# 2008 includes:

• LINQ, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML, and ADO.NET entities
• Windows Communication Foundation
• Windows Workflow Foundation
• Windows Presentation Foundation

Professional LINQ

This book shows you how to effectively use LINQ to query XML, SQL databases, ADO.NET DataSets, and other data sources, and it also delves deeper into the technology to demonstrate how LINQ can dramatically improve your applications. The book covers the languagespecific features that support LINQ, as well as LINQ queries and the LINQ standard query operators. Youll see how to program with LINQ to XML with both C# and Visual Basic® and how to use LINQ to XML with other data models. Plus, youll see LINQ to SQL queries, advanced query concepts, LINQ to Entities, and LINQ to DataSets.

What you will learn from this book:

• The syntax to use when writing LINQ queries
• The concepts, techniques, and programming fundamentals necessary to program with LINQ to XML
• All about LINQ to SQL queries and concepts
• Ways to work with the DataContext class and entity objects
• How to build applications using LINQ and associated LINQ providers

.NET DomainDriven Design with C#: Problem  Design  Solution

This unique resource walks you through the process of building a realworld application using domaindriven design implemented in C#. Based on a real application for an existing company, the project featured throughout the book focuses on the domain object model and the supporting framework that is being built to support that model. Each chapter is broken down into specific modules so that you can identify the problem, decide what solution will provide the best results, and then execute that design to solve the problem. With each chapter, youll build a complete project from beginning to end, offering you indispensable, handson practice at creating code that builds applications.

What you will learn from this book

• When, why, and how to use domaindriven design
• How to build a framework for the domain model
• How to design and build the initial domain model
• Ways to handle proposal requests, submit transmittals, and change orders
• Techniques for applying TDD to the domain model
• How to deal with requests for clarification and information

" includes: Thorough coverage of how to implement ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX and the ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit; an introduction to LINQ (Language Integrated Query) and many LINQ examples throughout the book side-by-side with the related SQL example to show you the differences between the two; enhanced coverage of XML use in ASP.NET including the new XML Schema Designer Add-on, LINQ to XML, LINQ for XML examples, and XSLTC.exe, a command-line XSLT compiler; a new chapter on CSS design for ASP.NET and the Visual Web Developer CSS design tools; and, coverage of Scott Hanselman's famous productivity tool picks for developers to help make you a more productive ASP.NET developer."Professional C# 2008": Updated for .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio[registered] 2008, this book is the ultimate guide to C# 2008 and its environment. Beginning with a look into the architecture and methodology of .NET, it explains why the C# language cannot be viewed in isolation, but rather, must be considered in parallel with the .NET Framework. After gaining an understanding of the foundation of C#, you'll then go on to examine the fundamentals of C# programming with each successive chapter.

Key new coverage for "C# 2008" includes: LINQ, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML, and ADO.NET entities; Windows Communication Foundation; Windows Workflow Foundation; and, Windows Presentation Foundation."Professional LINQ": This book shows you how to effectively use LINQ to query XML, SQL databases, ADO.NET DataSets, and other data sources, and it also delves deeper into the technology to demonstrate how LINQ can dramatically improve your applications. This book covers the language-specific features that support LINQ, as well as LINQ queries and the LINQ standard query operators. You'll see how to program with LINQ to XML with both C# and Visual Basic[registered] and how to use LINQ to XML with other data models. Plus, you'll see LINQ to SQL queries, advanced query concepts, LINQ to Entities, and LINQ to DataSets. What you will learn from this book: The syntax to use when writing LINQ queries; the concepts, techniques, and programming fundamentals necessary to program with LINQ to XML; all about LINQ to SQL queries and concepts; ways to work with the DataContext class and entity objects; how to build applications using LINQ and associated LINQ providers.".N

ET Domain-Driven Design with C#: Problem - Design - Solution": This unique resource walks you through the process of building a real-world application using domain-driven design implemented in C#. Based on a real application for an existing company, the project featured throughout the book focuses on the domain object model and the supporting framework that is being built to support that model. Each chapter is broken down into specific modules so that you can identify the problem, decide what solution will provide the best results, and then execute that design to solve the problem. With each chapter, you'll build a complete project from beginning to end, offering you indispensable, hands-on practice at creating code that builds applications.What you will learn from this book: When, why, and how to use domain-driven design; how to build a framework for the domain model; how to design and build the initial domain model; ways to handle proposal requests, submit transmittals, and change orders; techniques for applying TDD to the domain model; and, how to deal with requests for clarification and information.

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