A fast-paced introduction to Borland C#Builder and the .NET Framework

C#Builder Kick Start takes you on fast-paced tutorial of the new C#Builder product and .NET application development. You'll breeze past the introductory material and dive into numerous practical examples designed to illustrate the capabilities of the C#Builder product and the best practices for using it. This book begins with a brief introduction to .NET and material that will help familiarize you with the C#Builder environment. As you move deeper, you'll learn how use the integrated debugger, where you can inspect runtime application state; the Project Manager, which helps you to manage source code and control the application build process; and the unique Model View, which allows you to view a UML diagram of your code.

You'll quickly master Windows Forms, ASP.NET, GDI+, Windows Forms Controls and ASP.NET controls. Along the way, you'll explore the extra software development tasks you need to know, and you'll learn how to reuse code through controls and components.

Maintaining the focus on application development, you'll understand how to build database applications with ADO.NET using the Borland Data Provider—a set of ADO.NET components that connect to multiple database systems. In addition, you build XML Web Services that exchange database information with your application.

Contents

• Introduction.
• I. Overview of C#Builder and the C# Programming language.
  • Introducing .NET and the C#Builder IDE.
  • C# Basics.
  • Intermediate C#.
  • Advanced C#.
  • Managing Code and Projects.
• II. Windows forms client application development.
  • Introduction to Windows Forms and Windows Controls.
  • Windows Forms Dialogs.
  • Windows Forms Resources.
  • Windows Forms Graphics with GDI+.
• III. ASP.NET Web application development.
  • Introduction to ASP.NET.
  • ASP.NET Application Events and State Management.
  • ASP.NET Security.
  • ASP.NET Custom and User Controls.
• IV. Enterprise application development.
  • ADO.NET and File I/O.
  • Data Binding.
  • XML Web Services.
  • Assemblies, Versioning, and Deployment.
  • Index