Introducing .NET 4.0: with Visual Studio 2010 (Expert's Voice in .NET) |  | Author: Alex Mackey
Publisher: Apress
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Product Description
Microsoft is introducing a large number of changes to the way that the .NET Framework operates. Familiar technologies are being altered, best practices replaced, and developer methodologies adjusted. Many developers find it hard to keep up with the pace of change across .NET's ever-widening array of technologies. You may know what's happening in C#, but how about the Azure cloud? How is that going to affect your work? What are the limitations of the new pLINQ syntax? What you need is a roadmap. A guide to help you see the innovations that matter and to give you a head start on the opportunities available in the new framework. Introducing .NET 4.0: with Visual Studio 2010 is designed to provide you with just that roadmap. It serves as a no-nonsense primer that will help experienced .NET developers understand the impact of the new framework and its associated technologies.This book will keep you updated on the changes and help you to seize new opportunities confidently and quickly.
What you'll learn - Get an overview and brief history of each new or changing technology that puts it into context
- Familiarize yourself with key concepts and opportunities through highly accessible tutorials
- Understand how to perform common tasks in new technology areas such as pLINQ
- Gain expert performance tips
- See examples of real-world applications of each technology to help you learn how a technology can be put to work
Who is this book for? The book is aimed at .NET 3.5 developers who will be trying to get to grips with .NET 4.0 and the associated supporting technologies, such as ASP.NET MVC, pLINQ, etc., which will be changing the way they need to think about creating applications.
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 This book is a smorgasbord of .NET 4.0 goodies February 10, 2010
T. Anderson (PA USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is a smorgasbord of .NET 4.0 goodies. This book does an excellent job of pulling all the new features in .NET 4.0 into one place. It covers the topics in enough detail that you leave the topic understanding what it is about and in many cases with references to find out more.
I am currently working as the SME on some of the Microsoft Learning tracks for Visual Studio 2010, so I have had to dig deep into Visual Studio 2010. I wish I would have had this book at the beginning of the project. I have not found anything missing as far as new features go.
Below is the table of contents from the book.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Visual Studio IDE and MEF
Chapter 3: Language and Dynamic Changes
Chapter 4: CLR and BCL Changes
Chapter 5: Parallelization and Threading Enhancements
Chapter 6: Windows Workflow Foundation 4
Chapter 7: Windows Communication Foundation
Chapter 8: Entity Framework
Chapter 9: WCF Data Services
Chapter 10: ASPNET
Chapter 11: Microsoft AJAX Library
Chapter 12: jQuery
Chapter 13: ASPNET MVC
Chapter 14: Silverlight Introduction
Chapter 15: WPF 4.0 and Silverlight 3.0
Chapter 16: Windows Azure
The biggest ding to this book is the typos. Holy smokes, editors should not drink on the job. I won't ding the book the book for that.
Another ding is that although they talk about code samples, I cannot find any. They give you the database they used throughout the book, but I have found no use for it without the code to attach to it.
All in all I recommend this book to anyone interested in getting up to speed quickly with the new features in .NET 4.0. It is nice to have them all in one place. It is also nice to have them in a book that does not cover every feature. For example an ASP.NET 4.0 book will have every feature in the 4.0 release along with all the past releases.
The book is definitely worth the purchase.
A very good book to know all the new aspects in .Net 4.0 and visual studio 2010 February 8, 2010
GIS Developer (Columbus, OH)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am .Net Software developer and want to keep current with the latest technology so I can know what tools to use when facing a specific problem, but it's hard to follow so many different technologies in this field. I follow a lot of different blogs, but it's still hard to gain a big picture because the blogs touch a topic without too much background information. This book is targeted for the busy developers like me. The book doesn't dig into depth for a specific technology, but it gives a brief overview for each popular technology, specifically:
1. Visual Studio 2010 new features.
2. C# and VB new features in .Net 4.0
3. CLR new features.
4. Parallelization new features.
5. WF
6. WCF
7. Entity Framework
8. WCF Data services.
9. Asp.Net
10. Asp.Net Ajax.
11. JQuery
12. Asp.Net MVC
13. Silverlight and WPF
14. Windows Azure.
As I said, this book is about width, not depth, since each technology itself could easily make a full book .After reading this book, you gain a big picture on each technology, and then if you want to dig into a specific technology, you can pick up the books focusing on the specific technology.
Exactly what I was looking for February 5, 2010
decimal (San Francisco, CA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Thanks, Alex Mackey. I opened to the first page and you already started answering the questions I've had in my mind today. Specifically, for me, information about what's new in .NET 4.0, ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight and WCF Data Services. Very timely information. It's funny that in the tech-book industry the time-frame for getting books to press is so short that it's almost like the re-birth of a need for newspapers or something. Extra, extra! Find out what Microsoft is up to today! :-) This is a good book, and I have very much enjoyed Alex's writing style. It's like having a friend there walking through this stuff together. Kudos.
Great Book on New Features on .NET 4.0 May 23, 2010
Frank Stepanski (PA)
Visual Studio 2010 has just come out recently with .NET 4.0 and has some nice interesting new features in VS as well as .NET 4.0. This book covers all the new features in Visual Studio 2010 which includes new features in .NET 4.0.
The first several chapters discuss some of the "core" changes to the framework and IDE. These chapters felt very forced and rushed. There is lots of great information on cool new features like Silverlight 3.0 full IDE support, full jQuery support, better intellisense, MVC 2.0 full support, and much more.
Below is the table of contents from the book.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Visual Studio IDE and MEF
Chapter 3: Language and Dynamic Changes
Chapter 4: CLR and BCL Changes
Chapter 5: Parallelization and Threading Enhancements
Chapter 6: Windows Workflow Foundation 4
Chapter 7: Windows Communication Foundation
Chapter 8: Entity Framework
Chapter 9: WCF Data Services
Chapter 10: ASPNET
Chapter 11: Microsoft AJAX Library
Chapter 12: jQuery
Chapter 13: ASPNET MVC
Chapter 14: Silverlight Introduction
Chapter 15: WPF 4.0 and Silverlight 3.0
Chapter 16: Windows Azure
Its a great book for anybody wanting to know what is new in the latest version of Visual Studio or .NET. A great buy!
Terrific Overview of .NET 4.0 July 31, 2010
Gerald Montgomery (Chandler, AZ)
If you've been busy working with VS 2008 and want to get an overview of changes and additions to VS 2010, this book is perfect! Very clear explanatory sections with light introductory projects, where appropriate, to help integrate the information.
Others reviews have covered the details and section chapters. I'll just add that Author is maintaining a web site you can link to from the Apress Book Details page or just try this - simpleisbest.co.uk/. Click the Book Tab and look for the "What's different about this book?" section. He details what he was trying to accomplish while writing the book, complete with an explanatory cartoon! In my opinion he nailed what he was trying to achieve.
To sum up, this is a great overview/introduction to .NET 4.0 technologies.
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