https://www.developerfusion.com/t/csharp/books/view/samplechapters/ 2009-04-22T00:00:00.00Z http://www.developerfusion.com/book/44429/beginning-xna-30-game-programming-from-novice-to-professional-beginning-from-novice-to-professional/ 2009-04-22T00:00:00.00Z

Would you like to create your own games, but never have the time to dig into the details of multimedia programming? Now you don’t have to! XNA 3.0 makes it simple to create your own games, which will run on your PC and Xbox 360 console. Even if you don’t know how to program at all, Beginning XNA 3.0 Game Programming: From Novice to Professional will teach you the basics of C# 2008 programming along the way.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/11215/beginning-aspnet-ecommerce-in-c-from-novice-to-professional/ 2009-03-23T00:00:00.00Z

With the latest incarnations of ASP.NET 3.5 and SQL Server 2008, programming dynamic data–driven web sites with Microsoft technologies has become easier and much more efficient than ever before. Fewer mouse clicks and fewer lines of code can now enable more powerful features and the tools you need—Visual Web Developer and SQL Server 2008 Express Edition—are free. In Beginning ASP.NET E-Commerce in C#: From Novice to Professional, you'll learn how to best use the free deve

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/44417/xna-30-game-programming-recipes-a-problemsolution-approach-experts-voice-in-xna/ 2009-03-09T00:00:00.00Z

Join the game development revolution today! XNA 3.0 greatly simplifies the development of your own games, lowering the barrier for programmers to get into game development. In XNA, you can start coding your games from the very start, a true revelation compared to other game programming environments. XNA doesn’t sacrifice power for this ease of use—it is built entirely on DirectX technology. Completely updated for XNA 3.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/11222/pro-aspnet-35-in-c-2008-includes-silverlight-2-third-edition/ 2009-01-02T00:00:00.00Z

ASP.NET 3.5 is the latest version of Microsoft's revolutionary ASP.NET technology. It is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 raises the bar for high–quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft's dynamic web solution. This new edition is updated with everything you need to integrate Silverlight 2.0 and SQL Server 2008 into your ASP.NET applications. You will learn about Silverlight's e

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/31265/expert-c-2008-business-objects/ 2008-12-19T00:00:00.00Z

Do you want to create .NET applications that provide high performance and scalability? Do you want to employ object–oriented programming techniques in a distributed environment? Do you want to maximize the reuse and maintainability of your code? Then this book is for you. In Rockford Lhotka’s Expert C# 2008 Business Objects, you’ll learn how to use advanced

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/9420/pro-silverlight-2-in-c-2008/ 2008-11-25T00:00:00.00Z

Pro Silverlight 2 in C# 2008 is the perfect reference: you’ll learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D drawing, animations, and media playback, and best of all, you’ll experience the plumbing of .NET and the design model of WPF through Silverlight—all of the same .NET technology that developers use to design next–generation Windows applications.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/31321/beginning-c-2008-objects-from-concept-to-code-experts-voice-in-net/ 2008-10-22T00:00:00.00Z

Updated with the latest changes to C#, Beginning C# 2008 Objects: From Concepts to Code introduces complete beginners to C# coding practice with a solid methodological foundation written by two critically–acclaimed experts in the field, already authors of the best–selling Beginning C# Objects.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/17100/wpf-recipes-in-c-2008-a-problemsolution-approach-experts-voice-in-net/ 2008-09-22T00:00:00.00Z

WPF offers amazing new opportunities to .NET programmers in terms of the user interfaces they can deliver to their customers. But this significant technological advance comes with a steep learning curve, requiring the programmer to learn new classes, new syntax, and an entirely new approach to UI development.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/44407/beginning-c-2008-from-novice-to-professional-second-edition-beginning-from-novice-to-professional/ 2008-09-15T00:00:00.00Z

This book is for anyone who wants to write good C# code—even if you have never programmed before. Writing good code can be a challenge—there are so many options, especially in a .NET language like C#. If you want to really get the best from a programming language, you need to know which features work best in which situations and understand their strengths and weaknesses. It is this understanding that makes the difference between coding and coding well.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/17128/beginning-xml-with-c-2008-from-novice-to-professional-experts-voice-in-net/ 2008-07-11T00:00:00.00Z

Beginning XML with C# 2008 focuses on XML and how it is used within .NET 3.5. As you’d expect of a modern application framework, .NET 3.5 has extensive support for XML in everything from data access to configuration, from raw parsing to code documentation. This book demystifies all of this. It explains the basics of XML as well as the namespaces and objects you need to know in order to work efficiently with XML.

James Crowley