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Below you will find a group of links to some of the best VB, ASP.NET, and C# books in their respective categories. All of the books listed have been carefully chosen on the basis of their quality, popularity, and rating by the .NET community.

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Murach's C# 2015

Publisher: Murach

Review

Murach's C# 2015 is the latest edition of Murach's popular classic C# Book. By the time you're through with this book, the 14 complete business level applications will ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build professional Windows forms applications.

Unlike many C# books, this book focuses on all the essential C# skills that all C# developers need most while on the job.

The OOP, or object-oriented programming section is presented using real world business objects such as customers, invoices, and products. You will learn the concepts of inheritance, polymorphism, and interfaces within a business application concept.

As with other programming books from Murach, this one also provides extensive database programming coverage. Databases are critical in business applications and this is why Murach's C# 2015 provides four chapters dedicated to database programming. You will learn how to prototype database applications using rapid application development tools such as data sources, datasets, and bound controls. You will then learn how to use ADO.NET to work directly with databases for untimate processing control. Finally, you will learn how read and write to binary, text, and XML files.

The final section covers enhancement of the user interface and deployment of your application. Finally, you will learn some new C# 2015 time saving features such as Live Code Analysis and CodeLens that help track coding problems.

If you're looking for just one book that will quickly and easily teach you how to build professional business applications using C#, then Murach's C# 2015 is the one. Murach's C# 2015 is so simple to read and understand that you'll be building your own professional business applications in no time.

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Murach's SQL Server 2016 for Developers

Publisher: Murach

Review

Murach's SQL Server 2016 is written for professional application developers who need to work with SQL Server databases. It's also a good choice for anyone needing to learn SQL, since SQL is the standard scripting language for any database management system.

You will learn how to use SQL Server 2016 and Management Studio interface to run SQL statements on your computer. You'll learn how to retrieve data from the database, as well as how to add, edit, and delete data.

Later you will learn how to design and create a database by using either SQL statements or the Management Studio interface.

In the final section you will learn the advanced skills that give your database much of it's power. These features include, views, scripts, stored procedures, functions, triggers, and transactions. Also included in this section is database security, XML,BLOBs, and CLR integration.

If you're looking for one book that will provide you will a solid foundation and reference to working with SQL Server, then Murach's SQL Server 2016 is the book for you.

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Murach's ADO.NET 4 Database Programming with C# 2010

Publisher: Murach

Review

Murach's ADO.NET 4 is the only book you will need to develop ADO.NET 4 database applications at the professional level.

With the help of 23 complete real world applications, end of chapter exercises, and Murach's paired page format, with code/syntax on the right and explanations on the left, you will have all the tools you need to develop your own real world database applications using ADO.NET 4 and C# 2010.

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