This guide explains how to use the C# object-oriented language to develop professional Windows Forms applications, as well as Visual Studio 2012 and the .NET Framework. It describes the basics of using the Visual Studio IDE and C# 2012 and how to develop a simple Windows application; the data types, control structures, and other elements of the language and the core .NET classes needed to develop Windows applications, including data validation techniques; the object-oriented programming features of C# and how to create business and database classes, use them to populate business objects with data from files or a database, and use inheritance, polymorphism, and interfaces; the basic skills for developing database applications, including data sources and writing ADO.NET code; additional skills for working with data, including text, binary, and XML files and LINQ; enhancing a Windows interface with a multiple-document interface, menus, toolbars, and help information, as well as deploying applications; and programming Windows 8 apps. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) Read Less