Month: December 2012

Title: Programming Windows® 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
By: Kraig Brockschmidt
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Ebook, Safari Books Online
Ebook: November 2012
Pages: 833
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-7256-7| ISBN 10:0-7356-7256-3

NOTE: This title is also available as a free eBook. It is based on Windows 8 Release Preview; the content and publication date will be updated for final Windows 8 software.

Apply your existing skills with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—and start building your own Windows 8 apps now. As a member of the Windows Ecosystem team, the author has trained hundreds of Microsoft engineers and has been on the front lines of bringing the first Windows 8 apps to the Windows Store. Through this book, you’ll get a thorough grounding in platform features and considerations, and delve into development essentials across the whole scope of the Windows 8 platform. “Quickstart” sections provide ready experience with the tools, API, and core features. And you’ll gain insights and best practices on design, coding, and performance from real-world developers working on real-world apps.

Topics includes:

• Platform Characteristics
• App Anatomy and Page Navigation
• Controls, Control Styling, and Basic Data Binding
• Collections and Collection Controls
• Layout
• Windows 8 Style Commanding UI
• State, Settings, Files, and Documents
• Input and Sensors
• Media
• Purposeful Animations
• Contracts
• Tiles, Notifications, the Lock Screen, and Background Tasks
• Networking
• Devices and Printing
• ExtensionsWinRT Components
• Localization, Accessibility, and the Windows Store

Kraig Brockschmidt

Kraig Brockschmidt has worked with Microsoft since 1988, focusing primarily on helping developers through writing, education, public speaking, and direct engagement. Kraig is currently a Senior Program Manager in the Windows Ecosystem team working directly with key partners on building apps for Windows 8 and bringing knowledge gained in that experience to the wider developer community. His other books include Inside OLE (two editions), Mystic Microsoft, The Harmonium Handbook, and Finding Focus. His website is http://www.kraigbrockschmidt.com.

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Title: CLR via C#, 4th Edition
By: Jeffrey Richter
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: November 2012
Ebook: October 2012
Pages: 896
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-6745-7| ISBN 10:0-7356-6745-4
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-6875-1| ISBN 10:0-7356-6875-2

Dig deep and master the intricacies of the common language runtime, C#, and .NET development. Led by programming expert Jeffrey Richter, a longtime consultant to the Microsoft .NET team—you’ll gain pragmatic insights for building robust, reliable, and responsive apps and components.

• Fully updated for .NET Framework 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012
• Delivers a thorough grounding in the .NET Framework architecture, runtime environment, and other key topics, including asynchronous programming and the new Windows Runtime
• Provides extensive code samples in Visual C# 2012
• Features authoritative, pragmatic guidance on difficult development concepts such as generics and threading

Jeffrey Richter

Jeffrey Richter is a cofounder of Wintellect (www.wintellect.com), a training, consulting, and debugging firm dedicated to helping companies build better software faster. In addition to this book’s previous editions, he’s written several other popular programming titles. He has been a consultant to the Microsoft .NET Framework Team since 1999.

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Mickey Gousset, Brian Keller, Martin Woodward
ISBN: 978-1-1183-1408-1
Paperback
600 pages
August 2012

The authoritative and timely guide to ALM from Microsoft insiders and MVPs

Focused on the latest release of Visual Studio, this edition shows you how to use the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) capabilities of Visual Studio 2012 to streamline software design, development, and testing. Divided into six main parts, this timely and authoritative title covers Team Foundation Server, stakeholder engagement, project management, architecture, software development, and testing. Whether serving as a step-by-step guide or a reference for designing software solutions, this book offers a nuts-and-bolts approach to using Microsoft’s flagship development tools to solve real-world challenges throughout the application lifecycle.

Coverage includes:

• INTRODUCTION TO APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT WITH VISUAL STUDIO
• INTRODUCTION TO TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER
• TEAM FOUNDATION VERSION CONTROL
• TEAM FOUNDATION BUILD
• COMMON TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER
• INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING
• STORYBOARDING
• CAPTURING STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK
• AGILE PLANNING AND TRACKING
• INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
• TOP-DOWN DESIGN WITH USE CASE
• ANALYZING APPLICATIONS USING
• USING LAYER DIAGRAMS TO MODEL
• INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
• UNIT TESTING
• CODE ANALYSIS, CODE METRICS
• PROFILING AND PERFORMANCE
• DEBUGGING WITH INTELLITRACE
• INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE TESTING
• MANUAL TESTING
• CODED USER INTERFACE TESTING
• WEB PERFORMANCE AND LOAD TESTING
• LAB MANAGEMENT

Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012 offers a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the leading reference book on ALM.

Mickey Gousset is a principal consultant for Infront Consulting Group, a Microsoft ALM MVP, and coauthor of several ALM books.

Brian Keller is a senior technical evangelist for Microsoft, the coauthor of several books, and has presented at conferences all over the world.

Martin Woodward is a senior program manager for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server at Microsoft. He has coauthored several ALM books, presents on the topic at conferences around the world and is a former Visual Studio ALM MVP of the Year.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

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Bryan Newsome
ISBN: 978-1-1183-1181-3
Paperback
744 pages
September 2012

The ultimate beginner’s guide to programming in Visual Basic 2012

Visual Basic, used to write Windows applications and web apps with ASP.NET, is an essential language for beginning programmers. Using the time-tested Wrox approach, this guide provides a step-by-step format that gets beginners up and running quickly and confidently. Essential topics covered include writing Windows applications, working with dialog boxes and menus, object oriented programming techniques, programming for graphics, using Visual Basic with ASP.NET for web apps, and dealing with data access and SQL Server.

• Visual Basic is a popular first language for beginning programmers; this Wrox beginner’s guide covers all aspects of the newest version
• Uses a basic, step-by-step approach to help beginners learn quickly and easily
• Covers essential topics including flow control, data structure, writing Windows applications, error handling and debugging, objects and object oriented techniques, and class libraries
• Explains Windows Forms, graphics programming, accessing databases, web programming using Visual Basic with ASP.NET, data access, SQL Server, ADO.NET, and XML

Beginning Visual Basic 2012 is a must-have for programming newcomers who want to get a solid footing in one of the most important programming languages.

Bryan Newsome works as a senior programmer and analyst specializing in Microsoft solutions. He provides clients with solutions and mentoring on leading-edge Microsoft technologies. Bryan is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer for VB.NET.

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Title: Introducing Windows® 8: An Overview for IT Professionals
By: Jerry Honeycutt
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: November 2012
Ebook: November 2012
Pages: 168
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-7050-1| ISBN 10:0-7356-7050-1
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-7045-7| ISBN 10:0-7356-7045-5

Get a head start evaluating Window 8. Based on the Release Preview of the software, this guide introduces new features and capabilities, with scenario-based insights demonstrating how to plan for, deploy, and maintain Windows 8 in an enterprise environment.

Network administrators will get an early, high-level view of these topics and more:

• Performance, reliability, and security features
• Deployment options
• Managing the new UI using Group Policy and Windows PowerShell
• Internet Explorer 10
• Virtualization and cloud solutions
• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
• Recovery features

Jerry Honeycutt

Jerry Honeycutt is an expert on Windows technologies and has written more than 25 books, including Microsoft Windows Desktop Deployment Resource Kit.

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