Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 Expert Development Cookbook

Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 Expert Development Cookbook, 9781849686709 (184968670X), Packt Publishing, 2013

Put Visual Studio and .NET together and the results are empowering. With over 40 recipes in this Cookbook you can learn to integrate them both to achieve unparalleled results in applications that are in tune with modern technologies.

Overview

Step-by-step instructions to learn the power of .NET development with Visual Studio 2012
Filled with examples that clearly illustrate how to integrate with the technologies and frameworks of your choice.
Each sample demonstrates key conceptsto build your knowledge of the architecture in a practical and incremental way.

In Detail

Working with a varied set of upcoming technologies is a challenge. Visual Studio 2012 is all about enabling you to develop and manage these consumer-focused and business-focused apps. It provides best-in-class tools that propel developers to create new apps or evolve existing ones, and it enables individuals and teams to deliver continuous value and agility. In conjunction, .NET 4.5 provides expansive capabilities for developers to work on all forms of apps and services, from client to mobile to web to cloud, enabling them to get to the market fast. This book shows you exactly how to do this, and much more. It focuses on giving expertise on upcoming technologies through complete architectural insights of .NET infrastructure and hands on examples.

"Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 Expert Development Cookbook" is a step-by-step practical guide that teaches you how to work with new changes on technology under .NET. It provides in-depth analysis and expert advice on various elements of .NET, applying them in code using detailed practical examples. The book provides solutions to common development problems and helps you adapt to the latest technologies and get to grips with modern app development for the .NET 4.5 platform.

This cookbook gets you startedon Visual Studio 2012 IDE and its various tooling capabilities. It provides expert knowledge on .NET infrastructure, internals of assemblies, and a basic introduction of Intermediate language. Common C# concepts and ideas are demonstrated through an example-driven approach.

The recipes provide an overall view of ASP.NET Web applications and introduce the new performance boosters in .NET 4.5. It also gives a basic introduction to HTML 5 and JQuery library to enhance Web applications. It provides a complete introduction to Client applications using WPF and MVVM patterns and looks at some of the major enhancements on WPF 4.5. It shows you how to write applications for Windows 8 and provides expert advice on how to write applications in WinRT, either using XAML and C# or HTML/JavaScript.

What you will learn from this book

Basic usage of Visual Studio 2012 IDE and its various components and better utilization of the tool while writing code
Understand memory management techniques to build better applications
Understand the .NET infrastructure with in-depth analysis of its internals
Architect solutions that leverage the full power of .NET language gems, understanding when to use what
Implement multithreaded / asynchronous applications using recent updates on .NET 4.5 and compare the past approaches
Create secure ASP.NET web based applications in .NET 4.5 with use of JQuery and HTML5 for rapid application development
Architect advanced .NET client applications using MVVM with WPF 4.5
Understand touch sensitive devices and leverage skills to develop multi-touch applications inside Windows 8

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