Murach's ADO.NET 4 Database Programming With C# 2010: Training & Reference

Now in its 4th Edition, this book shows C# developers how to use Visual Studio and ADO.NET to develop database applications the way the best professionals do. You'll learn how to:

• quickly create Windows and web applications by dragging-and-dropping data controls in Visual Studio 2010
• code your own presentation, business, and database classes with ADO.NET 4 to build 3-layer applications...the route the professionals take for flexibility and control
• display and manipulate data in web applications by using ASP.NET data controls designed specifically for that purpose, like GridView and DetailsView
• work with XML-specific features of ADO.NET to read, write, and manipulate XML data in your applications
• use Visual Studio's Report Designer and ReportViewer control to create and display reports in both Windows and web applications
• use LINQ to SQL instead of standard SQL so you can query databases using C# constructs
• create Entity Data Models so you can use LINQ to Entities to work with business objects, like invoices, while the Entity Framework handles the database details