by Alex Davies
If you're writing one of several applications that call for asynchronous programming, this concise hands-on guide shows you how the async feature in C# 5.0 can make the process much simpler. Along with a clear introduction to asynchronous programming, you get an in-depth look at how the async feature works and why you might want to use it in your application.Written for experienced C# programmers - yet...
Price: $9.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Tarik Soulami
Use Windows debuggers throughout the development cycle - and build better software. Rethink your use of Windows debugging and tracing tools - and learn how to make them a key part of test-driven software development. Led by a member of the Windows Fundamentals Team at Microsoft, you'll apply expert debugging and tracing techniques - and sharpen your C++ and C# code analysis skills - through practical e...
Price: $13.06 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2012
Start Here! Learn the Kinect API 
by Rob Miles
Ready to learn Kinect programming? Start Here!Learn the fundamentals of programming with the Kinect API - and begin building apps that use motion tracking, voice recognition, and more. If you have experience programming with C# - simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises.Here's where you start learning Kinect: ...
Price: $4.19 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2012
Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit
by David Catuhe
Create rich experiences for users of Windows 7 and Windows 8 Developer Preview with this pragmatic guide to the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK). The author, a developer evangelist for Microsoft, walks you through Kinect sensor technology and the SDK - providing hands-on insights for how to add gesture and posture recognition to your apps. If you're skilled in C# and Windows Presentati...
Price: $12.00 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2012
Beginning Windows 8 Application Development
by Istvan Novak, Zoltan Arvai, Gyorgy Balassy, David Fulop
If you're a beginning developer, there's no better place to get up to speed on the Windows 8 SDK than this Wrox guide. A team of Microsoft experts provides a complete course in Windows 8 programming, helping you take full advantage of the innovative new SDK. Written in an easy-to-read style, this book is packed with reusable examples that showcase the endless possibilities of the Windows SDK and a...
Price: $3.70 | Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2012
Beginning ASP.NET 4.5: in C# and VB
by Imar Spaanjaars
Updated for ASP.NET 4.5, this introductory book is filled with helpful examples and contains a user-friendly, step-by-step format. Written by popular author and Microsoft ASP.NET MVP Imar Spaanjaars, this book walks you through ASP.NET, Microsoft's technology for building dynamically generated web pages. This edition retains the highly accessible approach to building the Planet Wrox website example, an...
Price: $27.11 | Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2012
Professional Visual Studio 2012
by Bruce Johnson
This expert Wrox guide is exactly what you need to get up and running quickly with Visual Studio 2012. Written by a Microsoft Visual C# MVP, it guides you through the exciting features of the integrated development environment (IDE)—such as code snippets, refactoring, and patterns—while also showing you how to maximize all the latest tools and significant improvements to the technology. The in-depth cover...
Price: $6.48 | Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2012
by Matthew MacDonald
Assuming no prior coding experience, you'll be taught everything you need to know from the ground up. Starting from first principals, you'll learn the skills you need to be an effective ASP.NET developer who is ready to progress to more sophisticated projects and professional work.You'll be taught how to use object orientation and code-behind techniques to lay out your code clearly in a way o...
Price: $4.84 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
Introducing .NET 4.5, 2nd Edition
by Alex Mackey, William Stewart Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
Microsoft has introduced a large number of changes to the way that the .NET Framework operates. Familiar technologies have 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. The introduction of Windows 8 and its new style of applications only compounds the proble...
Price: $28.79 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
Programming Entity Framework: DbContext
by Julia Lerman, Rowan Miller
The DbContext API captures Entity Framework's (EF) most commonly used features and tasks, simplifying development with EF. This concise book shows you how to use the API to perform set operations with the DbSet class, handle change tracking and resolve concurrency conflicts with the Change Tracker API, and validate changes to your data with the Validation API.With DbContext, you'll be able to quer...
Price: $14.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012