Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET 2003 in 21 Days

his document is the first tutorial in a series of tutorials for programmers learning about the .NET Framework development environment. What you will learn is what the .NET Framework is and how it relates to other technologies such as C# (C-Sharp) and Windows. You will also learn how to write a simple C# program as well as gain a taste for the possibilities of this new platform.

.NET Framework Fundamentals

Explore in-depth technical information and get started building the next generation of applications and Web services using the .NET Framework

Introducing .NET

This book is for experienced developers at the leading edge, or for businesses that have to already be developing solutions on the latest platform as soon as it comes out. The different sections of .NET are in various stages of completion, and all are in beta programs and therefore a high degree of technical competence and awareness of technologies such a COM, COM+, ASP, and VB is required on the part of the reader. Some experience of C, C++ or Java would be advantageous to anyone new to C#, although it's not essential.

ASP.NET Developer Guide

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ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with VB 2005

ASP.NET Introduction or ASP.NET Programming Tutorial to download chapter 1 or chapter 2 in PDF format.

ASP.NET 2.0 in CSharp 2005

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ASP.NET Web Matrix

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Mastering Visual Studio .NET

This book is for absolutely anyone doing development in Windows at all. If you're an MFC, C++, STL, ATL, COM, Win32, Visual Basic, C#, HTML, XML, ASP.NET, database, web application, web service, Windows Service, standalone client, or component programmer targeting Windows or the Windows variants (i.e., Windows CE or the PocketPC), VS.NET is calling your name, and this book was written for you

ASP.NET

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ASP.NET/Database

The Microsoft.NET framework comes with several namespaces to manage data in databases. .NET also comes with SQL Server and Oracle native providers. A native provider will only work with one database product, and uses the native database more efficiently. There are several generic database classes, however if you are using a database that has a native provider, use it.