Julia Case Bradley,
Mt. San Antonio College Anita C. Millspaugh,
Mt. San Antonio College
ISBN: 0073517224 Copyright year: 2010
Revision Changes
Major Revisions and Additional Topics in This Edition
With the exception of small, concept-demonstrating programs, all programs
are written as multitier applications. WCF Services are covered prior to Web
applications, and the middle-tier components are written as services.
The text covers the new features of Visual Studio 2008 and many useful
existing features, including:
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
• Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
• Language INtegrated Queries (LINQ).
• Creation of DataContext objects from database tables for use with LINQ.
• AJAX.
• Cascading style sheets.
• Adding of validation code to the DataSet object.
• Crystal Reports using local databases for both Windows and Web
applications.
• Partial classes.
• The singleton design pattern for a class that should be instantiated only
once.
• Validation of user input using TryParse.
• ClickOnce deployment.
• Generics and generic collections.
• Cascading style sheets and master pages.
• SQL Server Express, which provides the advantage of local database files
for development and testing.
• TableAdapter, BindingSource, TableAdapterManager (new), and Binding-
Navigator objects.
• Table lookups for populating a combo box from a related table.
• Use of properties and methods of the BindingSource to filter, navigate, and
update database tables.
• Use of named table relationships.
• Use of related tables in a Web service.
• The Login controls for Web applications.
• Display and updating of data using the Web DataSource objects and data
components: GridView, DetailsView, and FormView.
• The built-in Web server, which allows development of Web applications
without the necessity of running IIS. This feature also allows development
on the home editions of Windows XP and Vista, and does not require
administrative rights for all Web development.
• Smart Device applications, including the new device emulators.
• Use of My.Application for changing culture settings.
• The BackgroundWorker component for executing more than one thread.
New features of the Visual Studio IDE that are covered in the text include:
• The Object Relational O/R Designer.
• XAML split windows.
• The TableAdapterManager.
• CSS Properties window, Manage Styles window, and Apply Styles window.
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