.Net Framework 4.5 Programming Cookbook

If you are looking for a programming book, then I would suggest you to read this one, .Net Framework 4.5 Expert Programming Cookbook written by A.P. Rajshekhar published by Packt Publishing.

This book covers :

• Chapter 1, Core .NET Recipes, will cover the core concepts in .NET, which include metadata programming, reflection, asynchronous I/O, and dynamic programming.
• Chapter 2, Application Events and Windows Forms, covers topics such as event handling, dynamically generating controls, and layouts as well as creating video players using Managed DirectX.
• Chapter 3, Threading and Parallel Programming, will cover multi-threading, thread-safety, and the parallel framework extensions to avoid threading pitfalls in your Windows Forms, WPF, and Silverlight applications.
• Chapter 4, ASP.NET Recipes – I, explains the new features of ASP.NET applications including strongly-typed controls, HTML 5 controls, and client-side storage as well as passing data between Silverlight and the ASPX page.
• Chapter 5, ADO.NET Recipes, covers saving and retrieving files of big size (BLOB) in SQL Server, managing transactions, and using DataSet to operate upon XML data.
• Chapter 6, WCF Recipes, explains uploading files using streamed mode, implementing REST services, handling exceptions using FaultContract, implementing custom binding, and securing services using role-based security.
• Chapter 7, WPF Recipes, will cover design patterns that include MVVM, repository pattern, and Data Mapper as well as new controls such as Ribbon control and live data shaper. It will also cover creating a video player using WPF Media API.
• Chapter 8, ASP.NET Recipes – II, covers the new features of ASP.NET websites such as enabling Google/Facebook, SSO-based authentication, adding unobtrusive validation, embedding maps in websites, and protecting against cross-server scripting attacks.
• Chapter 9, Silverlight Recipes, explains the new pivot control, accessing webcams, and client-side storage.
• Chapter 10, Entity Framework Recipes, will cover using LINQ to join multiple entities, calling stored procedures using Entity Framework, handling long-running tasks, and using table-valued functions of MS SQL Server.

- Nicolas