In the 1990s, Microsoft did the impossible and released a programming tool that let everyone write programs to run on Windows. Author Peter Wright was so excited about that tool, Visual Basic, that he wrote a series of books on it and introduced nearly a quarter of a million people all over the world to programming.

Now Microsoft has done it again with the release of the Express tools. With nearly every home now having a computer and most people having access to the Internet, being able to take control of the computer and write your own programs is more useful and exciting than ever. So Wright has decided to do it again.

In this book, you''ll find everything you need to program your computer by using Visual C# 2005 Express, one of the very latest programming tools from Microsoft. If you have never written computer programs before, Wright will show you how much fun and how easy it can be. Perhaps you are a programmer and just need to get up to speed on .NET for work—this book is for you too.

Wright took the same approach with this book that he did with the VB titles, and inside you''ll find a fast–paced guide to the essentials to get you programming fast. You''ll learn the C# language and the tools Visual C# 2005 Express provides. He covers everything from simple console programs to code that talks to the Internet, and even how to write your own database programs. Whatever your reasons for wanting to learn to program with C#, this book will get you where you want to be quickly, and hopefully with a smile on your face. So dive in and change the way you use computers forever.

Designed to get programmers up to professional levels as fast as possible, ADO.NET: From Novice to Pro is geared toward developers who have little or no .NET or ADO.NET experience, as well as programmers who are not yet comfortable with database programming. Best-selling author Peter Wright painlessly moves readers from simple database access to the sophisticated manipulation of XML documents.

The book begins by showing you the basic architecture of ADO.NET, and then provides you with the tools you''ll need to work with data providers and the Connection, Command, and DataSet objects. Wright then drills down into the topics that are essential for you as a professional developer to understand, including transactions, concurrency, typed DataSets, and the use of XML with ADO.NET.

Through numerous hands-on examples and working code that is adaptable to individual projects, you''ll learn how to create fast and powerful ADO.NET enterprise applications. By the end of this book, you''ll be able to work at a professional level utilizing Microsoft''s most powerful data-access technology.

If youre a young writer, answers to these questions and more can be found in Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens. Written by a writer for writers, this book was created just for you by someone who believes in young writers and who also likes to have some fun along the way. Heres a sample of what youll find inside.

Stuck for a Story Idea? Who, What, Where, When Who: Your Characters What: Your Plot Where and When: Your Setting Ways to Start a Story with Character, Action or Setting Writing Description That Even You Will Want to Read Connecting With Other Writers

And much more

This book is a helpful and practical resource when youre stuck on an aspect of writing or when you want to start a new project.Read a 4-star review of the book at Canadian Materials, Manitoba Library Association http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol17/no5/writingfiction.html

If youre a young writer, answers to these questions and more can be found in Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens. Written by a writer for writers, this book was created just for you by someone who believes in young writers and who also likes to have some fun along the way. Heres a sample of what youll find inside.

Stuck for a Story Idea? Who, What, Where, When Who: Your Characters What: Your Plot Where and When: Your Setting Ways to Start a Story with Character, Action or Setting Writing Description That Even You Will Want to Read Connecting With Other Writers

And much more

In the 1990s, Microsoft did the impossible and released a programming tool that let everyone write programs to run on Windows. Author Peter Wright was so excited about that tool, Visual Basic, that he wrote a series of books on it and introduced nearly a quarter of a million people all over the world to programming.

Now Microsoft has done it again with the release of the Express tools. With nearly every home now having a computer and most people having access to the Internet, being able to take control of the computer and write your own programs is more useful and exciting than ever. So Wright has decided to do it again.

In this book, you''ll find everything you need to program your computer by using Visual C# 2005 Express, one of the very latest programming tools from Microsoft. If you have never written computer programs before, Wright will show you how much fun and how easy it can be. Perhaps you are a programmer and just need to get up to speed on .NET for work—this book is for you too.

Wright took the same approach with this book that he did with the VB titles, and inside you''ll find a fast–paced guide to the essentials to get you programming fast. You''ll learn the C# language and the tools Visual C# 2005 Express provides. He covers everything from simple console programs to code that talks to the Internet, and even how to write your own database programs. Whatever your reasons for wanting to learn to program with C#, this book will get you where you want to be quickly, and hopefully with a smile on your face. So dive in and change the way you use computers forever.

Designed to get programmers up to professional levels as fast as possible, ADO.NET: From Novice to Pro is geared toward developers who have little or no .NET or ADO.NET experience, as well as programmers who are not yet comfortable with database programming. Best-selling author Peter Wright painlessly moves readers from simple database access to the sophisticated manipulation of XML documents.

The book begins by showing you the basic architecture of ADO.NET, and then provides you with the tools you''ll need to work with data providers and the Connection, Command, and DataSet objects. Wright then drills down into the topics that are essential for you as a professional developer to understand, including transactions, concurrency, typed DataSets, and the use of XML with ADO.NET.

Through numerous hands-on examples and working code that is adaptable to individual projects, you''ll learn how to create fast and powerful ADO.NET enterprise applications. By the end of this book, you''ll be able to work at a professional level utilizing Microsoft''s most powerful data-access technology.

If youre a young writer, answers to these questions and more can be found in Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens. Written by a writer for writers, this book was created just for you by someone who believes in young writers and who also likes to have some fun along the way. Heres a sample of what youll find inside.

Stuck for a Story Idea? Who, What, Where, When Who: Your Characters What: Your Plot Where and When: Your Setting Ways to Start a Story with Character, Action or Setting Writing Description That Even You Will Want to Read Connecting With Other Writers

And much more

This book is a helpful and practical resource when youre stuck on an aspect of writing or when you want to start a new project.Read a 4-star review of the book at Canadian Materials, Manitoba Library Association http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol17/no5/writingfiction.html

If youre a young writer, answers to these questions and more can be found in Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens. Written by a writer for writers, this book was created just for you by someone who believes in young writers and who also likes to have some fun along the way. Heres a sample of what youll find inside.

Stuck for a Story Idea? Who, What, Where, When Who: Your Characters What: Your Plot Where and When: Your Setting Ways to Start a Story with Character, Action or Setting Writing Description That Even You Will Want to Read Connecting With Other Writers

And much more