Chapter 6: Process Management by Addison Wesley on Feb 10, 2010
This chapter explains the basics of process management and also introduces the basic synchronization operations and wait functions that will be important throughout the rest of the book.

Chapter 8: C# 4.0 Features by Addison Wesley on Feb 02, 2010
This chapter looks at the new features added into C# 4.0 that combine to improve code readability and extend your ability to leverage LINQ to Object queries over dynamic data sources.

Chapter 1: SQL Query Performance Tuning by Apress on Jan 26, 2010
Query performance tuning is an important part of today's database applications. Often you can achieve large savings in both time and money with proper query performance tuning

Chapter 6: Memory Corruption Part II - Heaps by Addison Wesley on Nov 16, 2009
This chapter discusses a myriad of stability issues that can surface in an application when the heap is used in a nonconventional fashion. Although the stack and the heap are managed very differently in Windows, the process by which we analyze stack- and heap-related problems is the same.

Chapter 1 - Introduction to "M" by Addison Wesley on Nov 03, 2009
The "Oslo" Modeling Language (M) is a modern, declarative language for working with data. M lets users write down how they want to structure and query their data using a convenient textual syntax that is convenient to both author and read.

Chapter 2: How to code a JavaScript application by Murach on Nov 02, 2009
This chapter presents a subset of JavaScript and DOM scripting that will soon have you writing significant applications. If you don't have any programming experience, this chapter also makes a great aptitude test. If you read it and can do the exercises at the end of the chapter, you're ready for the rest of this book.

Chapter 12 - Delegates and Lambda Expressions by Addison Wesley on Oct 13, 2009
C# achieves the same functionality using a delegate, which encapsulates methods as objects, enabling an indirect method call bound at runtime.

Chapter 11 - Adding Client Capabilities to Server Controls Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit by Addison Wesley on Sep 21, 2009
In this chapter, we delve into the details of the toolkit a little further as we develop as series of extender controls that demonstrate the rich features the toolkit provides.

Chapter 4 - Normalizing a Data Model by Addison Wesley on Sep 01, 2009
Data normalization is probably one of the most talked-about aspects of database modeling. Before building your data model, you must answer a few questions about normalization. These questions include whether or not to use the formal normalization forms, which of these forms to use, and when to denormalize.

Chapter 13 - Programmable Web by Addison Wesley on Aug 25, 2009
The new Web programming capabilities in WCF simplify the building of services for use on the Web. This chapter covers these services, including SOAP, POX, the UriTemplate class, the webHttpBinding binding, configuration-free hosting, and content syndication models.

Chapter 11: An introduction to LINQ by Murach on Aug 13, 2009
In this chapter, you’ll learn the basic concepts and skills for using a new feature of C# 2008 called LINQ. To illustrate these concepts and skills, I’ll use an implementation of LINQ called LINQ to Objects. You use LINQ to Objects to work with in-memory data structures such as generic lists and arrays.

Chapter 2: Your First ASP.NET MVC Application by Packt Publishing on Aug 12, 2009
This chapter describes the ASP.NET MVC project template that is installed in Visual Studio. A simple application is built, briefly touching on all of the aspects of the ASP.NET MVC framework.

Chapter 7 - Thinking in Sets by Addison Wesley on Aug 09, 2009
In this chapter, you will learn What Is a Set, Anyway,Operations on Sets, Intersection, Difference, Union and SQL Set Operations.

Chapter 8 : Reading Objects with LINQ to SQL by Addison Wesley on Jul 28, 2009
It uses the mapping of classes to tables to translate LINQ queries to SQL commands and then materializes objects from the rows returned. The objects can be related to each other in a graph of objects that is managed by LINQ to SQL on your behalf.

Writing Windows C# Programs by Addison Wesley on Jul 21, 2009
The C# language has its roots in C++, Visual Basic, and Java. Both C# and VB.Net use the same libraries and compile to the same underlying code. Both are managed languages with garbage collection of unused variable space, and both can be used interchangeably. Both also use classes with method names that are very similar to those in Java, so if you are familiar with Java, you will have no trouble with C#.

Chapter 3: How to retrieve data from a single table by Murach on Mar 13, 2009
In this chapter, you’ll learn how to code SELECT statements that retrieve data from a single table.

Chapter 10: Processes, AppDomains,Contexts, and Threads by Apress on Feb 02, 2009
In this Chapter you drill deeper into the constitution of a .NET executable host and come to understand the relationship between Win32 processes, application domains, contexts, and threads.

Chapter 7: Web Matrix and XML by Apress on Jan 13, 2009
In this chapter Use the XML Support ,XML Notepad ,XMLEditGrid Control,XML File Page,XSL Transform Page,XML Schema Page and XML Data Display Application

Chapter 5: Advanced C# Class Construction Techniques by Apress on Jan 13, 2009
This chapter rounds out your introduction to the core aspects of the C# language by examining a number of advanced (but extremely useful) syntactic constructs. To begin, you learn how to construct and use an indexer method.

Chapter 27: Nullable Types by Apress on Jan 08, 2009
Null values are a useful programming construct beyond simply recording the initial state of a class variable.

Chapter 1: C# Preview by Apress on Jan 08, 2009
In this chapter, I've touched upon the high-level characteristics of programs written in C#.

Chapter 1: Introducing WPF by Apress on Jan 07, 2009
In this chapter you'll peer into the architecture of WPF. You'll get your first look at how itworks, and you'll see what it promises for the next generation of Windows applications.

Chapter 18: Working with POOM by Apress on Jan 05, 2009
The Pocket Outlook Object Model is the gateway to Outlook-specific data. POOM is not only a fun word to say, but also a powerful resource for developers. POOM allows you to integrate seamlessly your mobile applications into the standard core applications found on every Pocket PC.

Chapter 5: Event-Based Programming by Apress on Jan 02, 2009
In this chapter, we explore the intricacies of working with server control events.

Chapter 10: Advanced BizTalk Orchestration Features by Apress on Dec 22, 2008
In this chapter, I'll show you the many advanced features of BizTalk Orchestration: orchestration transactions, XLANG Schedule throttling, orchestration correlation, Web services in BizTalk Orchestration, orchestration dehydration, and so on. You'll continue to update Bob's ASP as you explore these features, because Bob always wants to add to his application.