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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2768
EAN: 9781590594391
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1590594398
Label: Apress
Manufacturer: Apress
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1080
Publication Date: December 15, 2005
Publisher: Apress
Studio: Apress
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Renowned author Matthew MacDonald combines careful treatment of the API with detailed user-interface design principles. Further, this book incorporates C# and the final beta of .NET 2.0. The result: thorough coverage of Windows Forms and GDI+ namespaces for you .NET programmers! You will become equipped to design state-of-the-art Windows interfaces and program graphics, and learn how to create your own controls.
As a developer, you must know more than just how to add a control to a window. You must be able to create an entire user interface framework that's scalable, flexible, and reusable. This book is not a reference manual. Instead, it contains detailed discussions about user interface elements that you'll use on a regular basis.
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This product not only enables the reader an opportunity to really come to an understanding of Windows Forms GUI presentation but, also allows the reader to casually explore the more in depth aspects of forms layout and design. The fantastic appeal that this document possesses is simple, atomic, and logical delivery of information in a "small project" styling.
Allot of, what is known as, .Net 2.0 WinForms is carry over to .Net 3.0 & 3.5 and in such this book has yet to become dated. This reason alone is why I decided to purchase Pro .Net Windows Forms... by Apress. I managed to get much more out of this book than what I was expecting and I cannot say that I am unhappy about the fact.
The Mono Framework for Linux and Unix systems almost completely facilitates everything compliant to the .Net Framework 2.0 now so, this book will only serve you well as .Net 2.0 conformant applications developed on Windows will now run right out of the box on Linux against the Mono ... Read More
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This book has already paid for itself in just a couple of weeks -- due to the time saved in trying to find the information I need. Every time I have a question regarding an issue in Windows Forms or with Custom & User Controls, I can find it here. Additionally, the content is written in a manner that can be understood by mere mortals, with some good tips and tricks thrown in too.
Highly recommended.
On the merits of this text, I've already purchased Matthew MacDonald's WPF book (the 3.0 one, since I haven't *quite* moved to VS 2008 yet...).
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I needed this book for a training course on Windows development in .Net. It helped a great deal to have a good reference that was not the same as the book used in the course. Sometimes I found the examples a little hard to follow because of the distraction of the scenarios shown, but when I boiled them down to what they were meant to present, they were very helpful.
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I checked this book out online and only read chapter 20(multithreading). In this chapter the author does an excelent job progressively building your knowledge about .net Threading. I would highly recommend reading this book to anyone wanting to learn about Threading.
The only downfall about this chapter is that it does not talk about some of the more advanced Threading classes such as Monitor and ReaderWriterLock. I would love for this author to do a standalone book just about threading.
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I've read quite a few books on Windows Forms applications which include creating custom controls. There are some that are average and there are some that are very good. Usually the average books tend to touch on the simpler aspects of windows forms and forms controls and not go into much detail, which is OK for the novice programmer dabbling in .NET for the first time. However, the more experienced programmers among us want much more. In this respect the very good books tend to be a little over the top for the average user.
This book falls somewhere in the middle for novice and experienced programmers alike, whilst still being rather good. It offers a good discussion on what makes up the underlying architecture of Windows Forms applications which many books lack. The .NET IDE attempts to hide a lot of the nuts and bolts behind the outer layers and generally you shouldn't touch what's under the covers. But occasionally you need to, especially when using visual inheritance because ... Read More
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