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Introducing .NET 4.5

Apress
  • You may knows what's happening with the C# language, but how is the new Windows 8 design going to affect you? What about recent innovations in the cloud?
  • Introducing .NET 4.5 guides you through the innovations that matter and helps you to seize new opportunities confidently and quickly.

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Introduction

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 1-8
  3. IDE Improvements

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 9-47
  4. The BCL and the CLR

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 49-79
  5. MEF 2 in 4.5

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 81-102
  6. Language

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 103-122
  7. ASP.NET 4.5

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 123-152
  8. ASP.NET MVC 4

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 153-170
  9. Windows Communication Foundation and Web API

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 171-198
  10. Working with Data

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 199-213
  11. Windows Azure

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 215-257
  12. Windows Workflow Foundation

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 259-280
  13. WPF

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 281-296
  14. Silverlight 5

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 297-318
  15. Windows 8 Applications

    • Alex Mackey, William Tulloch, Mahesh Krishnan
    Pages 319-366
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 367-384

About this book

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 problem.

You may know what's happening in C#, but what about the latest innovations in the cloud? How is that going to affect your work? What possibilities do the new async capabilities bring? What you need is a roadmap. A guide to help you see the innovations that matter and to give you a head start on the opportunities available in the new framework.

Introducing .NET 4.5 is designed to provide you with just that roadmap. It serves as a no-nonsense primer that will help experienced .NET developers understand the impact of the new framework and the technologies that co-exist with it. This book will keep you updated on the changes and help you to seize new opportunities confidently and quickly.

About the authors

Alex Mackey is an experienced web consultant with over 12 years experience in web development. He wrote the predecessor to this book, Introducing .NET 4.0: With Visual Studio 2010 (Apress), and is a Microsoft MVP Internet Explorer: Development. Alex has just started a new position with the Australian-based consultancy Kiandra (http://kiandra.com.au/). He previously worked for another consultancy, Readify, in Melbourne, Australia. Alex is very active in the development community and has spoken at a number of large conferences including TechEd, Remix, and Australian ALM. Alex also runs the annual community-development conference DDD Melbourne and user group DevEve.net.

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