Sams Teach Yourself the C# Language in 21 Days

September 8th, 2010

In just 21 days readers will learn how to use the key features of the C# programming language—not only the commands, but how to create entire programs using them within a few simple chapters. This book is designed to teach C# from the ground up—each lesson is built to supplement the chapter before to provide a fully rounded understanding of the C# language. Sams Teach Yourself the C# Language in 21 Days is the only book on the market that takes C# out of the Microsoft Visual Studio and teaches it as a platform-independent language—letting readers program for Windows, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X. Additional coverage added from the first edition: more and better Windows Forms information, database access, XML, types, runs, appendix for Visual C++ .NET users, plus much more. This book also includes a CD-ROM full of third-party editor software and sample code, making it an easy-to-use, all-in-one package.

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Beginning F#

September 7th, 2010

Beginning F#
Apress; 1st Edition. edition (December 21, 2009) | ISBN: 1430223898 | 488 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Functional programming is perhaps the next big wave in application development. As experienced developers know, functional programming makes its mark by allowing application builders to develop solutions to complicated programming situations cleanly and efficiently. A rich history of functional languages, including Erlang and OCaml, leads the way to F#, Microsoft’s effort to bring the elegance and focus of functional programming into the world of managed code and .NET.

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Data Structures for Game Programmers

September 6th, 2010

Data Structures for Game Programmers
Publisher: Premier Press | English | 2002 | ISBN: 1931841942 | PDF | 884 pages | 12 Mb

Game programmers, check out the only book on data structures written especially for you! Described in layman’s terms, this book will explain all of the essential data structures that are used in video game programming. It will also go over some of the more advanced and specialized data structures, too. Data Structures for Game Programmers is written in C++, and any special skills required to understand the book will be explained within it.

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Developing Application Frameworks in .NET by Xin Chen

September 6th, 2010

Developing Application Frameworks in .NET by Xin Chen
Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (April 26, 2004) | ISBN: 1590592883 | 392 pages | CHM | 5.00 MB

Application frameworks are absolutely vital in the development of every large application by providing common services that are used repeatedly throughout the application. These services can also be shared by multiple domain-specific applications, and hence reduce the time and cost of development. Application framework also controls the flow of the application, such as how objects are instantiated inside the application, and how developers can customize and extend the framework to fit a specific need for their application.

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Microsoft Visual C++ Windows Applications By Example By Stefan Bjorndander

September 5th, 2010

Microsoft Visual C++ Windows Applications By Example By Stefan Bjorndander
Publisher: Packt Publishing 2008 | 440 Pages | ISBN: 1847195563 | PDF | 10 MB

With this book you will learn how to create applications using MDI, complex file formats, text parsing and processing, graphics, and interactions. Every essential skill required to build Windows desktop-style applications is covered in the context of fully working examples.

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Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4

September 3rd, 2010

Chris Anderson, “Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4″
Apress | 2010 | ISBN: 1430272074 | 576 pages | PDF | 6 MB

Silverlight 4 has the potential to revolutionize the way we build business applications. With its flexibility, web deployment, cross-platform capabilities, rich .NET language support on the client, rich user interface control set, small runtime, and more, it comes close to the perfect platform in which to build business applications. It’s a very powerful technology, and despite its relative youth, it’s moving forward at a rapid pace and is gaining widespread adoption.

This book will guide you through the process of designing and developing enterprise-strength business applications in Silverlight 4 and C#. You will learn how to take advantage of the power of Silverlight to develop rich and robust business applications, from getting started to deployment, and everything in between.
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