Murachs C# 2012 - Softcover

Developers have made Murach's core C# book a perennial best-seller ever since the 1st edition came out in 2004.Now, this 5th Edition is a self-paced, professional book that shows how to use Visual Studio 2012, C# 5.0, and the .NET 4.5 classes to develop Windows Forms applications. It's an object-oriented book that shows how to use business classes, inheritance, and interfaces the way they're used in the real world. It's a data programming book that shows how to prototype professional database applications using RAD features like data sources, how to start using ADO.NET to work directly with databases for more control, and how to use LINQ to query a variety of data sources, from databases to arrays to XML files. It's a book that broadens your knowledge with an introduction to Windows 8 programming. When you're done, you'll be able to develop 3-tiered, object-oriented Windows Forms applications the way the best professionals do.

Joel Murach has been writing and editing books about computer programming for over 10 years. During that time, he has written extensively on a wide range of Java, .NET, web, and database technologies. When he's not programming or writing books about programming, he can be found surfing or writing music.Anne Boehm has over 30 years of experience as an enterprise programmer. She got started with Visual Basic in the days of VB5, and has been programming on .NET since its inception. In the past 5 years, she's added C# to her programming repertoire, and she's authored or co-authored books on Visual Basic, C#, ADO.NET, and ASP.NET.