Murach's ADO .NET 3.5 LINQ and the Entity Framework with C# 2008

Description

You won't get far as a C# developer unless you know how to write database applications. That is where this book comes in. It shows you how to use Visual Studio 2008 and ADO.NET 3.5 to develop database applications the way the best professionals do. That includes the full gamut of skills you need, from using prototyping features that generate ADO.NET code...to writing your own ADO.NET code from scratch so you can closely control how the database processing works...to using .NET 3.5 features like LINQ and the ADO.NET Entity Framework that actually change the way you think about handling data. What's more, this book takes you from beginner to database professional in a logical progression that makes each step easier to master.

CONTENTS:

An introduction to database programming; An introduction to ADO.NET 3.5; How to work with data sources & datasets; How to work with bound controls & parameterized queries; How to use the Dataset Designer; How to work with connections, commands, & data readers; How to work with parameters & stored procedures; How to work with transactions; How to work with object data sources; A complete Payable Entry application; An introduction to LINQ; How to use LINQ to DataSet; How to use LINQ to SQL (part 1); How to use LINQ to SQL (part 2); How to use LINQ data source controls with web applications; How to use LINQ to XML; How to create an Entity Data Model; How to use LINQ to Entities; How to use Entity SQL; How to use Entity data source controls with web applications.